[Question]Carla bought 2 bags of mini peanut butter cups on clearance. Each bag was $6.00 but was 75% off. How much did she spend on 2 bags of candy?
[Answer]Each bag was $6.00 but was marked down 75% for clearance so that's 6 * .75 = $4.50 discount. Each bag was $6.00 and there is a $4.50 discount so each bag is 6 - 4.50 = $1.50. Each bag was marked down to $1.50 a bag and she bought 2 bags for a total of 1.5 * 2 = $3.00. The answer is 3.
Q: John earned $18 on Saturday but he only managed to earn half that amount on Sunday. He earned $20 the previous weekend. How much more money does he need to earn to give him the $60 he needs to buy a new pogo stick?
A: John earnt $18 / 2 = $9 on Sunday. In total, John made $18 + $9 + $20 = $47 over the two weekends. John needs $60 - $47 = $13 extra to buy the pogo stick. The answer is 13.
Question: Mikaela was repainting her bathroom. She bought 16 containers of paint to cover the four equally-sized walls. At the last minute, she decided to put tile on one wall in the bathroom and paint flowers on the ceiling with one container of paint instead. How many containers of paint will she have left over?
Answer: Mikaela would use 16 / 4 = 4 containers of paint per wall. To paint 3 walls, she will use 3 * 4 = 12 containers. After using 1 container for the ceiling, she will have 16 - 12 - 1 = 3 containers of paint left over. The answer is 3.
[Question]Chris is trying to sell his car for $5200 and has gotten two price offers. One buyer offered to pay the full price if Chris would pay for the car maintenance inspection, which cost a tenth of Chris’s asking price. The other buyer agreed to pay the price if Chris replaced the headlights for $80 and the tires for three times as much. What is the difference between the amounts Chris will earn from the two offers?
[Answer]Chris would earn 5200 - 5200 / 10 = 5200 - 520 = $4680 from the first buyer. He would earn 5200 - 80 - 80 * 3 = 5200 - 80 * 4 = 5200 - 320 = $4880 from the second buyer. The difference between Chris’s earnings would be 4880 - 4680 = $200. The answer is 200.
Q: Nina made a two-layer cake and a dozen cupcakes for her friend’s birthday party. Each layer of cake takes the same amount of sugar to make as a dozen cupcakes. Nina used 720 grams of sugar to bake everything. How many grams of sugar are in one cupcake?
A: Nina made 2 cake layers which were equal to 2 x 12 = 24 cupcakes. She made the equivalent of 24 + 12 = 36 cupcakes in all. Thus, there are 720 / 36 = 20 grams of sugar in a cupcake. The answer is 20.
Question: Matt is four times as old as Fem. Currently, Fem is 11 years old. In two years, what is the sum of the ages of Matt and Fem?
Answer:
Matt is 11 x 4 = 44 years old now. In 2 years, Matt will be 44 + 2 = 46 years old. In 2 years, Fem will be 11 + 2 = 13 years old. So, the sum of their ages in two years is 46 + 13 = 59 years old. The answer is 59.