Q: There are 15 tables in the school's cafeteria. Each table can seat 10 people. Usually, only 1/10 of the seats are left unseated. How many seats are usually taken?
A: The cafeteria can seat 15 x 10 = 150 people. Usually, 150 x 1 / 10 = 15 seat are unseated. Thus, 150 - 15 = 135 seats are usually taken. The answer is 135.
Question: Delaney has to catch a bus that leaves at 8:00. a.m to school every day. He always takes 30 minutes to reach the pick-up point from his home. One day he woke up late and left his home at 7:50. How much time did he miss the bus by when he reached the pick-up point?
Answer: If he left his home at 7:50 a.m. and the distance to the pick - up point is 30 minutes away, he arrived at the pick - up point at 7:50 + 30 minutes = 8:20 a.m. If the bus leaves at 8:00 a.m. every day, then Delaney was 8:20 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. = 20 minutes late when the bus had already left. The answer is 20.
[Question]Quentavious has 5 nickels. His friend offers him some gum and will give him two pieces per nickel. If Quentavious leaves with 2 nickels, how many pieces of gum did he get?
[Answer]He spent 3 nickels because 5 - 2 = 3. He got 6 pieces of gum because 3 x 2 = 6. The answer is 6.
Q: Susan is playing a board game with 48 spaces from the starting space to the winning end space of the game. On the first turn, she moves forward eight spaces. On the second turn, she moves two spaces, but lands on a space that sends her back five spaces. On the third turn, she moves forward six more spaces. How many spaces does she have to move to reach the ending space and win the game?
A: In the first three turns, Susan has moved 8 + 2 - 5 + 6 = 11 spaces. Susan has 48 - 11 = 37 spaces to move to win the game. The answer is 37.
Question: Janet has 9 cards more than Brenda. Mara has twice as many cards as Janet. How many cards do they have in all if Mara has 40 cards less than 150?
Answer: Mara has 150 - 40 = 110 cards. Janet has 110 / 2 = 55 cards since Mara has twice as many as Janet. Brenda has 55 - 9 = 46 cards since Janet has 9 cards more than Brenda. Therefore, they all have 110 + 55 + 46 = 211 cards. The answer is 211.
Q: 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?
A:
Ines bought 3 pounds of peaches for 3 peaches * $2 / peach = $6. Ines has $20 - $6 = $14 left. The answer is 14.