Question: While camping, Cyrus counted 14 mosquito bites on his arms and legs. He later counted another 10 on his body. While he was suffering, his entire family of 6 other people only got a total of half the number of bites that Cyrus got. If they all have an equal number of bites, how many mosquito bites does each member of the rest of Cyrus' family have?
Answer: Altogether, Cyrus got 14 + 10 = 24 mosquito bites. The rest of his family had a total of 24 / 2 = 12 mosquito bites. Each family member had 12 / 6 = 2 mosquito bites. The answer is 2.
[Question]James' keyboard is missing 1/7 of the consonants and two vowels. How many keys are missing in total? (Remember there are 5 vowels and 21 consonants in the alphabet.)
[Answer]First find how many consonants are missing: 21 consonants * 1 / 7 = 3 consonants. Then add the number of missing vowels to find the total number of missing keys: 3 consonants + 2 vowels = 5 keys. The answer is 5.
Q: Phil started his day with $40. He bought a slice of pizza for $2.75, a soda for $1.50 and a pair of jeans for $11.50. If he has nothing but quarters left of his original money, how many quarters does he now have?
A: The total cost of pizza, soda and jeans is $2.75 + $1.50 + $11.50 = $15.75. He now has $40 - $15.75 = $24.25 left. There are 4 quarters in $1.00 so $24 is equal to 24 x 4 = 96 quarters. 25 cents is equal to 1 quarter. Therefore, Phil has 96 quarters + 1 quarter = 97 quarters now. The answer is 97.
Question: Tapanga and Corey have 66 candies together. However, Tapanga has 8 more candies than Corey. How many candies does Corey have?
Answer: Let x = the total number of candies Corey has. x + 8 = the total number of candies Tapanga has. The equation for the total number of candies is x + (x + 8) = 66. Combining like terms, we get 2x + 8 = 66. Subtracting 8 from both sides, we get 2x = 58. Dividing both sides by 2, we get x = 29, so Corey has 29 candies. The answer is 29.
[Question]Aaron has some brothers. Bennett has 6 brothers. If the number of Bennett's brothers is two less than twice the number of Aaron's brothers, what is the number of Aaron's brothers?
[Answer]Twice the number of Aaron's brothers is 6 + 2 = 8. Aaron has 8 / 2 = 4 brothers. The answer is 4.
[Question]Tim sleeps 6 hours per day for 5 days a week and 10 hours a day for the other 2. How much total sleep does he get?
[Answer]
He gets 6 * 5 = 30 hours of sleep on 5 days. He gets 10 * 2 = 20 hours the other days. So he got 30 + 20 = 50 hours. The answer is 50.