Q: The Martin family goes to the mall to get ice cream. A kiddie scoop is $3. A regular scoop is $4. A double scoop is $6.  Mr. and Mrs. Martin each get the regular scoop. Their two children each get the kiddie scoop. Their three teenage children each get double scoops. How much money does Mrs. Martin pay the cashier?
A: The two regular scoops cost $4 x 2 = $8. The two kiddie scoops cost $3 x 2 = $6. The three double scoops cost $6 x 3 = $18. For all the ice creams they ordered, Mrs. Martin pays $8 + $6 + $18 = $32. The answer is 32.
Question: Shelby was having a movie party for her birthday. She and her mom made a dozen bags of buttered popcorn and 10 bags of caramel popcorn. Her brother Alan took 3 bags of buttered popcorn and 1 bag of caramel popcorn for his friends. How many bags of popcorn does Shelby have left for the party?
Answer: Shelby and her mom made 12 bags of buttered popcorn + 10 bags of caramel popcorn = 22 bags. Of those 22 bags, her brother took 3 bags of buttered popcorn + 1 bag of caramel popcorn = 4 bags. So now Shelby has 22 bags – 4 bags = 18 bags of popcorn left. The answer is 18.
[Question]A group of security guards were hired for the night shift at a factory. The four guards agreed to a rotating schedule to cover the nine hours of the night shift. The first guard would take three hours since they were still awake, the last guard would wake up early and take two hours, and the middle two guards would split the remaining hours. How many hours will each middle guard take?
[Answer]The first and last guard will take 3 + 2 = 5 hours of the night shift. There are 9 hours in the night shift, so the middle two guards will cover 9 - 5 = 4 hours. Each middle guard will take 4 / 2 = 2 hours. The answer is 2.
Q: Cary is saving money to buy a new pair of shoes that cost $120. He has already saved $30. He earns $5 for every lawn he mows. If he mows 3 lawns each weekend, how many more weekends will he have to mow lawns before he can afford to buy the shoes?
A: Cary needs to save an additional $120 - $30 = $90. Cary makes $5 * 3 = $15 each weekend. It will take 90 / 15 = 6 more weekends to save enough money to afford the shoes. The answer is 6.
Question: Diane shows Sarah a game that deciphers at what age she will marry based on her name and current age. Sarah is 9 years old. The game consists of adding the number of letters in the player's name plus twice the player's age. According to the game, at what age will Sarah get married?
Answer: Sarah's name has 5 letters, so the first number to add is 5. The second number is twice Sarah's age, so it is 2 * 9 = 18. Adding the numbers together, the game predicts that Sarah will get married at 5 + 18 = 23 years old. The answer is 23.
Q: Gargamel needed new tires for his truck. He went to the auto shop and bought 4 tires on sale for $75 each. The salesman told him that he saved a total of $36. If Gargamel saved the same amount on each tire, what was the original price of each tire?
A:
Gargamel saved $36 for all four tires, so to find the savings per tire was $36 / 4 = $9 saved per tire. Adding the savings to the discount price, the original price was $75 + $9 = $84. The answer is 84.