[Question]Jerry paid off some of his debts. Two months ago, he paid $12 while last month, he paid $3 more. If his debt was $50 in all, how much does he still have to pay?
[Answer]Jerry paid $12 + $3 = $15 last month. He paid a total of $12 + $15 = $27 for two months. Therefore, Jerry still has to pay $50 - $27 = $23. The answer is 23.
Q: Yvonne and Janna were writing their 1000-word pair research paper. Yvonne was able to write 400 words while Janna wrote 150 more words than Yvonne. When they edited their paper, they removed 20 words and added twice as many words as they removed. How many more words should they add to reach the research paper requirement?
A: Janna wrote 400 + 150 = 550 words. Together, they wrote 400 + 550 = 950 words. They have 950 - 20 = 930 words left after omitting 20 words. Then 20 x 2 = 40 words were added during the editing. Overall, they have 930 + 40 = 970 words. Thus, they should add 1000 - 970 = 30 more words. The answer is 30.
Question: Donna cut her pizza into 12 slices and ate half for lunch. She ate 1/3 of the remaining pizza for dinner. How many slices are left for Donna's lunch tomorrow?
Answer: Her pizza has 12 slices and she ate 1 / 2 of the pizza for lunch so that leaves 12 / 2 = 6 slices left. She eats 1 / 3 of the pizza for dinner, so she eats 1 / 3 * 6 = 2 slices. She had 6 slices and ate 2 slices, so that leaves her with 6 - 2 = 4 slices for tomorrow's lunch. The answer is 4.
[Question]Hearty bought 3 packages of blue and 5 packages of red. If there are 40 beads in each package, how many beads does Hearty have in all?
[Answer]Hearty bought a total of 3 + 5 = 8 packages. Therefore, she has a total of 8 x 40 = 320 beads. The answer is 320.
Q: Dr. Banks had 330 toothbrushes to give away to his patients. He gave away 53 toothbrushes in January. He gave away 67 toothbrushes in February. In March he gave away 46 toothbrushes. In April and May, he gave away the remaining toothbrushes, half each month. How many more toothbrushes did Dr. Banks give out in the busiest month versus the slowest month?
A: Through March, Dr. Banks gave out 53 + 67 + 46 = 166 toothbrushes. Before giving away toothbrushes in April, he had 330 - 166 = 164 toothbrushes remaining. Between April and May, he gave out the remaining 164 / 2 = 82 toothbrushes each month. Dr. Banks gave 82 toothbrushes in his busiest month and 46 toothbrushes during the slowest month. The difference would be 82 - 46 = 36 more toothbrushes in the busiest month. The answer is 36.
Question: Victor works at Clucks Delux, a restaurant specializing in chicken. An order of Chicken Pasta uses 2 pieces of chicken, an order of Barbecue Chicken uses 3 pieces of chicken, and a family-size Fried Chicken Dinner uses 8 pieces of chicken. Tonight, Victor has 2 Fried Chicken Dinner orders, 6 Chicken Pasta orders, and 3 Barbecue Chicken orders. How many pieces of chicken does he need for all the orders?
Answer:
Victor needs 2 * 8 = 16 pieces of chicken for Fried Chicken Dinners. He needs 6 * 2 = 12 pieces of chicken for Chicken Pasta. He needs 3 * 3 = 9 pieces of chicken for Barbecue Chicken orders. Thus, he needs 16 + 12 + 9 = 37 pieces of chicken. The answer is 37.