Question: A vampire needs to suck 7 gallons of blood per week to survive. If he sucks 2 pints of blood per person, how many people does he need to suck each day to survive?
Answer: Each day it needs to consume 7 / 7 = 1 gallon of blood. There are 128 / 16 = 8 pints per gallon. So he needs to suck blood from 8 / 2 = 4 people per day. The answer is 4.
[Question]Jeanette is practicing her juggling. Each week she can juggle 2 more objects than the week before. If she starts out juggling 3 objects and practices for 5 weeks, how many objects can she juggle?
[Answer]First find the total number of additional objects she learns to juggle: 2 objects / week * 5 weeks = 10 objects. Then add the initial number of objects she could juggle to find the total: 10 objects + 3 objects = 13 objects. The answer is 13.
Q: Angel has a tasty fruit salad restaurant making twice the number of fruit salads made by her friend Alaya's tasty fruit salad restaurant. Alaya's restaurant has 200 fruit salads. How many fruit salads are there in total in the two restaurants?
A: Angel restaurant makes 2 * 200 = 400 fruit salads. The total number of fruit salads made in the two restaurants is 200 + 400 = 600. The answer is 600.
Question: Patrick is half the age of his elder brother Robert. If Robert will turn 30 after 2 years, how old is Patrick now?
Answer: The age of Robert now is 30 - 2 = 28 years old. So, Patrick is 28 / 2 = 14 years old. The answer is 14.
[Question]A banana tree has 100 bananas left after Raj cut some bananas from it. If Raj has eaten 70 bananas and has twice as many remaining in his basket, how many bananas were on the tree initially?
[Answer]If Raj has eaten 70 bananas in the basket, he has 2 * 70 = 140 bananas. The total number of bananas that Raj cut from the tree is 140 + 70 = 210. On the tree initially were 100 + 210 = 310 bananas. The answer is 310.
[Question]Marlene wants to buy half a dozen of shirts to avail of the sale. The regular price of a shirt is $50 and is now on sale at a 20% discount. How much will Marlene pay for the shirts?
[Answer]
Marlene wants to buy 12 / 2 = 6 shirts. The discount price of the shirt is $50 x 20 / 100 = $10. So, the shirt will only costs $50 - $10 = $40 each. Thus, Marlene will pay $40 x 6 = $240 for the 6 shirts. The answer is 240.