Q: Tamia is making dinner. She is using 5 bell peppers to make her meal. She likes to have a variety of sizes so some will melt and some will be thick enough to eat whole. First she cuts each bell pepper into 20 large slices. Then she takes half those slices and cuts them into 3 smaller pieces each. How many slices and pieces of bell pepper total is Tamia going to add to her meal?
A: First, Tamia cuts the 5 bell peppers into 20 slices each, 5 x 20 = 100 slices. Then, she takes 1 / 2 of those to cut into smaller pieces, 100 / 2 = 50 slices to cut smaller. Tamia takes each of those 50 slices and cuts them into 3 pieces each, 50 x 3 = 150. Tamia is adding 50 slices + 150 smaller pieces = 200 pieces of bell pepper added to her meal. The answer is 200.
Question: Trevor is a comic book illustrator. In the past three months, he has drawn 220 pages of the comic. The comic he illustrates releases a new issue once a month. The first and second months’ issues were the same number of pages, but the third month’s issue was four pages longer than either of the others. How many pages was the first issue of the comic?
Answer: Let P be the number of pages of the first issue of the comic. The second issue is the same number of pages, so the first and second issues are P + P = 2P pages. The third issue is 4 pages longer, so it is P + 4 pages. All three issues are 2P + P + 4 = 3P + 4 = 220 pages long. Thus, 3P = 220 - 4 = 216 pages. Therefore, the first issue of the comic was P = 216 / 3 = 72 pages. The answer is 72.
[Question]Elena has 8 lilies and 5 tulips in her garden. Each lily has 6 petals. Each tulip has 3 petals. How many flower petals are in Elena’s garden?
[Answer]Elena has 8 * 6 = 48 lily petals. Elena has 5 * 3 = 15 tulip petals. Elena has a total of 48 + 15 = 63 petals. The answer is 63.
Q: Lexie is 6 years older than her brother and her sister is twice her age. If Lexie is 8, what is the age difference between her brother and her sister?
A: Lexie's brother is 8 - 6 = 2 years old. Her sister is 8 x 2 = 16 years old. The age difference between her brother and sister is 16 - 2 = 14 years. The answer is 14.
Question: Rachel is writing an essay. She writes 1 page every 30 minutes. She spends 45 minutes researching the topic. She writes a total of 6 pages. Then she spends 75 minutes editing her essay. Altogether, how many hours did she spend completing the essay?
Answer: She spends this long researching and editing her essay 45 min + 75 min = 120 min. Converting the minutes to hours for researching and editing is 120 / 60 = 2 hours. She spends this long writing the essay 6 x 30 min = 180 min. Converting the minutes to hours for writing the essay is 180 / 60 = 3 hours. The total hours Rachel spends completing the essay is 2 + 3 = 5 hours. The answer is 5.
Q: Susy goes to a large school with 800 students, while Sarah goes to a smaller school with only 300 students. At the start of the school year, Susy had 100 social media followers. She gained 40 new followers in the first week of the school year, half that in the second week, and half of that in the third week. Sarah only had 50 social media followers at the start of the year, but she gained 90 new followers the first week, a third of that in the second week, and a third of that in the third week. After three weeks, how many social media followers did the girl with the most total followers have?
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After one week, Susy has 100 + 40 = 140 followers. In the second week, Susy gains 40 / 2 = 20 new followers. In the third week, Susy gains 20 / 2 = 10 new followers. In total, Susy finishes the three weeks with 140 + 20 + 10 = 170 total followers. After one week, Sarah has 50 + 90 = 140 followers. After the second week, Sarah gains 90 / 3 = 30 followers. After the third week, Sarah gains 30 / 3 = 10 followers. So, Sarah finishes the three weeks with 140 + 30 + 10 = 180 total followers. Thus, Sarah is the girl with the most total followers with a total of 180. The answer is 180.