Q: Rachel is twice as old as Rona and Collete's age is half the age of Rona's. If Rona is 8 years old, what is the difference between the age of Collete and Rachel?
A: Rachel's age is 8 x 2 = 16. Collete's age is 8 / 2 = 4. Therefore the difference between their age is 16 - 4 = 12. The answer is 12.
Question: Frank picked 36 apples. Susan picked 3 times as many apples as Frank. If Susan gave out half of her apples, and Frank sold a third of his, how many in total do they have left?
Answer: Susan picked 3 times as much as 36 which is 3 * 36 = 108 apples. She gave out half which is 108 * (1 / 2) = 54 apples. She now has 108 - 54 = 54 apples. Frank sold a third of 36 which is 36 * (1 / 3) = 12 apples. Frank now has 36 - 12 = 24 apples. Altogether they now have 54 + 24 = 78 apples. The answer is 78.
[Question]Ines had $20 in her purse. She bought 3 pounds of peaches, which are $2 per pound at the local farmers’ market. How much did she have left?
[Answer]Ines bought 3 pounds of peaches for 3 peaches * $2 / peach = $6. Ines has $20 - $6 = $14 left. The answer is 14.
Q: A garden is filled with 105 flowers of various colors. There are twice as many red flowers as orange. There are five fewer yellow flowers than red. If there are 10 orange flowers, how many pink and purple flowers are there if they have the same amount and there are no other colors?
A: The number of red flowers is twice as many as orange so 2 * 10 orange = 20 red flowers. The number of yellow flowers is 5 less than red so 20 red - 5 = 15 yellow flowers. The number of red, orange and yellow flowers is 20 red + 10 orange + 15 yellow = 45 flowers. The number of pink and purple flowers total is 105 flowers total - 45 flowers that are not pink or purple = 60 flowers. The number of pink and purple flowers each is 60 flowers / 2 = 30 flowers each. The answer is 30.
Question: A carpenter is building a house. He needs 80 woodblocks to build it. If he has 8 logs that can make five woodblocks each, how many logs does the carpenter still need?
Answer: The carpenter initially has 8 x 5 = 40 blocks of wood. So he still lacks 80 - 40 = 40 blocks of wood. Therefore he still needs 40 / 5 = 8 logs of wood. The answer is 8.
Q: In a Volleyball competition, Lizzie was able to score 4 points. Nathalie's score is 3 more than Lizzie's score and Aimee's score is twice the score of Lizzie and Nathalie combined. The rest of the points were made by their teammates. If the whole team was able to score 50 points, how many points did their teammates make?
A:
Nathalie's score is 4 + 3 = 7. And the total points of Nathalie and Lizzie when combined is 7 + 4 = 11. So, the total score of Aimee is 11 x 2 = 22. Lizzie, Nathalie, and Aimee's total score is 22 + 11 = 33. Therefore, their teammates were able to score 50 - 33 = 17. The answer is 17.