Q: Angie bought three times as many pretzels at the mall as Shelly did. Shelly bought half as many pretzels as Barry. If Barry bought 12 pretzels, how many did Angie buy?
A: Shelly bought 12 / 2 = 6 pretzels. Angie bought 6 * 3 = 18 pretzels. The answer is 18.
Question: Stefan goes to a restaurant to eat dinner with his family. They order an appetizer that costs $10 and 4 entrees that are $20 each. If they tip 20% of the total for the waiter, what is the total amount of money that they spend at the restaurant?
Answer: The total cost of the entrees is 4 * $20 = $80. The total cost of the dinner is $80 + $10 = $90. The tip is $90 * 0.20 = $18. The total cost with tip is $90 + $18 = $108. The answer is 108.
[Question]On Tuesday, a fruit vendor sold 2.5 dozen lemons and 5 dozens avocados. What is the total number of fruits that the fruit vendor sold?
[Answer]Since 1 dozen is equal to 12, then the vendor sold 2.5 x 12 = 30 lemons. While he sold 5 x 12 = 60 avocados. So, the fruit vendor sold a total of 30 + 60 = 90 fruits. The answer is 90.
Q: Kathleen receives a weekly allowance for completing all of her chores. During middle school, her allowance was $2 more than $8 but during her senior year, her allowance was $5 more than twice her middle school allowance. What is the percentage increase in Kathleen's weekly allowance?
A: Kathleen's allowance in middle school was $8 + $2 = $10. Twice her middle school allowance is $10 x 2 = $20. So, Kathleen's senior year allowance is $20 + $5 = $25. Her allowance increased by $25 - $10 = $15. Kathleen's percent increase in her weekly allowance is $15 / $10 x 100% = 150%. The answer is 150.
Question: The New York City Council bought 200 streetlights to modernize its squares. But they don't have enough squares to use all the streetlights bought. Knowing that there are 15 squares in New York and that each park will have 12 new streetlights bought by the city council, how many unused streetlights will remain?
Answer: So the total number of streetlights that will be used is 15 squares * 12 streetlights / square = 180 streetlights. There will be 200 streetlights - 180 streetlights = 20 streetlights unused. The answer is 20.
Q: Lucca bought 200 pieces of bread. Lucca ate 1/4 of the pieces of bread in one day, and 2/5 of the remaining pieces the next day. If he ate half of the remaining pieces on the third day, calculate how many pieces of bread are remaining.
A:
On the first day, Lucca ate 1 / 4 * 200 = 50 pieces. The number of pieces remaining after the first day is 200 - 50 = 150. On the second day, Lucca ate 2 / 5 * 150 = 60 pieces of bread. The pieces of bread that remained after the second day is 150 - 60 = 90. If Lucca ate half of the remaining pieces of bread on the third day, he ate 1 / 2 * 90 = 45 pieces. The pieces of bread that are remaining after the third day are 90 - 45 = 45. The answer is 45.