Question: Jonas is trying to expand his wardrobe. He has 20 pairs of socks, 5 pairs of shoes, 10 pairs of pants and 10 t-shirts. How many pairs of socks does he need to buy to double the number of individual items in his wardrobe?
Answer: First, we must recognize that all pairs of shoes and socks are actually two items each, whereas the pants and the t - shirts are individual items. Therefore there are 20 * 2 = 40 individual socks in 20 pairs of socks. Similarly, there are 5 * 2 = 10 individual shoes in 5 pairs of shoes. Therefore, Jonas has 40 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 70 individual items in his collection. To double this number, we perform 70 * 2 = 140. This means we need 140 - 70 = 70 new items to double the size. Since there are 2 individual socks in each pair, we take 70 / 2 = 35 new pairs of socks. The answer is 35.
[Question]Caleb has 3 dozen jellybeans. Sophie has half as many jellybeans as Caleb. How many jellybeans do they have in total?
[Answer]Caleb has 3 x 12 = 36 jellybeans. Sophie has 36 / 2 = 18 jellybeans. Together, they have 36 + 18 = 54 jellybeans. The answer is 54.
Q: Ryan's party was 4 times as huge as Taylor's birthday party. If both parties combined had 240 people, how many people were there at Ryan's party?
A: To get the number of people at Taylor's party, we'll assume there were n people at his party. The total number of people at Ryan's party is 4 * n, four times the number of attendees at Taylor's party. Combined, there were 4n + n = 240 people at both parties. This translates to 5n = 240. The total number of people at Taylor's party is n = 240 / 5. There were n = 48 people at Taylor's party. Since Ryan's party was 4 times as huge as Taylor's party, at Ryan's party, there were 48 * 4 = 192 people. The answer is 192.
Question: A pie shop charges $3 per slice of custard pie. They cut each whole pie into 10 slices. If they make 6 whole custard pies, how much money will the pie shop earn?
Answer: The pie shop has 6 x 10 = 60 slices of custard pie. Therefore, the pie shop will earn $3 x 60 = $180 for the 60 slices of custard pie. The answer is 180.
[Question]The age difference between Asaf and Alexander's age is half the total number of pencils Asaf has. The sum of their ages is 140, and Asaf is 50 years old. If Alexander has 60 more pencils than Asaf, calculate the total number of pencils they have together.
[Answer]If the sum of their ages is 140, and Asaf is 50 years old, Alexander is 140 - 50 = 90 years old. The age difference between Asaf and Alexander's age is 90 - 50 = 40. Since the age difference between Asaf and Alexander's age is half the total number of pencils Asaf has, Asaf has 2 * 40 = 80 pencils. If Alexander has 60 more pencils than Asaf, Alexander has 80 + 60 = 140 pencils. Together, they have 140 + 80 = 220 pencils. The answer is 220.
[Question]The number of coronavirus cases in a certain country was 300 infections per day during the first wave. However, the number of cases increased by four times more per day as a new coronavirus variant started infecting people in a second wave. What was the total number of infections during the second wave in 2 weeks?
[Answer]
When the number of cases increased by four times more per day during the second wave, there were 4 * 300 = 1200 more infections per day than during the first wave. The total number of infections during the second wave per day was 1200 + 300 = 1500. For two weeks with 14 days, the number of me infections was 14 * 1500 = 21000. The answer is 21000.