Q: Jen bought a bag of cookies and ate three-quarters of the bag that day. The next day, she ate half of the remaining cookies. She has 8 cookies left on the third day. How many cookies were in the bag to start?
A: On the third day, Jen had half of the second day’s cookies left, so on the second day, she had 8 * 2 = 16 cookies. On the second day, she had 1 / 4 of the first day’s cookies left, so she started with 16 * 4 = 64 cookies in the bag. The answer is 64.
Question: Henry had 33 games, and he gave five of them to Neil. Now Henry has 4 times more games than Neil. How many games did Neil have at first?
Answer: After giving five games to Neil, Henry has 33 - 5 = 28 games left. Now, Neil has 28 / 4 = 7 games. Neil had 7 - 5 = 2 games at first. The answer is 2.
[Question]Jeff makes 10 donuts each day for 12 days. Jeff eats one of the donuts each day. Chris then comes over and eats 8 donuts. If 10 donuts fit in each box, how many boxes can Jeff fill with his donuts?
[Answer]Jeff makes a total of 10 * 12 = 120 donuts. Jeff eats 1 * 12 = 12 donuts. After Chris is done eating, there are 120 - 12 - 8 = 100 donuts remaining. Jeff needs 100 / 10 = 10 boxes to store all of his donuts. The answer is 10.
Q: There are 24 students in the class. One-third had their school portraits taken before lunch. After lunch, but before gym class, 10 additional students had their portraits taken. After gym class, how many students have not yet had their picture taken?
A: Before lunch, 24 / 3 = 8 students were photographed. Then 8 + 10 = 18 have been photographed by gym class. So 24 - 18 = 6 remain. The answer is 6.
Question: John attends a protest for 4 days. He then attends a second protest for 25% longer than the first. How many days did he spend protesting?
Answer: The second protest was 4 * .25 = 1 day longer than the first. So the second protest was 4 + 1 = 5 days. Thus he spent 4 + 5 = 9 days protesting. The answer is 9.
Q: Juvy has a garden that has 20 rows with 10 plants in each row. She plants parsley in the first 3 rows and rosemary in the last two rows. The rest of the rows will be planted with chives. How many chives will Juvy plant?
A:
Juvy planted 3 + 2 = 5 rows with parsley and rosemary. So, 20 - 5 = 15 rows will be planted with chives. Therefore, 15 x 10 = 150 chives will be planted. The answer is 150.