Question: The recipe for a four-person cake requires 2 eggs and 4 cups of milk. Tyler wants to use this recipe to make a cake for eight people. If Tyler has 3 eggs in the fridge, how many more eggs does Tyler need to buy?
Answer: A cake for eight people would require 8 / 4 = 2 times as many eggs as a 4 people cake. If a 4 - person cake requires 2 eggs, then an 8 - person cake requires 2 x 2 = 4 eggs. Tyler needs to buy 4 - 3 = 1 more egg. The answer is 1.
[Question]Inez has $150. She spends one-half on hockey skates and a certain amount on hockey pads. If Inez has $25 remaining, how much did the hockey pads cost, together, in dollars?
[Answer]She spent 150 / 2 = $75 on hockey skates. Let X be the amount Inez spent on hockey pads. 150 - 75 - X = 25. 75 - X = 25. X = 50. The hockey pads cost $50. The answer is 50.
Q: Alexis has four times as many mangoes as Dilan and Ashley combined. If Alexis has 60 mangoes, how many mangoes does all of them have combined?
A: If Alexis has four times the combined number of mangoes Dilan and Ashley has, then they both have 60 mangoes / 4 = 15 mangoes. The total number of mangoes for all of them is 15 mangoes + 60 mangoes = 75 mangoes. The answer is 75.
Question: Wendy's truck has a gas tank that can hold 20 gallons. She also has a car with a gas tank that holds 12 gallons. The truck's tank is half full. The car's tank is 1/3 full. If she fills them both up completely, how many gallons does she add?
Answer: The truck tank has 10 gallons in it because 20 x .5 = 10. The car tank has 4 gallons in it because 12 x (1 / 3) = 4. She needs to add 10 gallons to the truck because 20 - 10 = 10. She needs to add 8 gallons to the car because 12 - 4 = 8. She needs to add 18 gallons in total because 10 + 8 = 18. The answer is 18.
[Question]In four years, Suzy will be twice Mary's age then. If Suzy is 20 now, how old is Mary?
[Answer]In four years, Suzy will be 20 + 4 = 24. Then Mary will be 24 / 2 = 12. Then Mary is now 12 - 4 = 8. The answer is 8.
[Question]A carpenter made ten tables for this month. Last month, he made three fewer tables than this month. How many tables did the carpenter make in total?
[Answer]
The carpenter made 10 - 3 = 7 tables last month. So, the carpenter made 10 + 7 = 17 tables in all. The answer is 17.