Question: At the circus, the clown has 3 dozen balloons on a string in his hand. 3 boys and 12 girls buy a balloon each. How many balloons is the clown still holding?
Answer: The clown is holding 3 x 12 = 36 balloons. This many children buy a balloon: 3 + 12 = 15 kids. After the children buy the balloons, the clown is holding this many in his hand 36 - 15 = 21 balloons. The answer is 21.
[Question]Jackson and Brandon both invest $500 in the stock market. Jackson's investment quadruples in value, while Brandon's is reduced to 20% of the initial value. How much more money does Jackson have than Brandon now?
[Answer]First find the end value of Jackson's investment: $500 * 4 = $2000. Then find the end value of Brandon's investment: 20% * $500 = $100. Then subtract the value of Brandon's investment from the value of Jackson's investment to find the difference: $2000 - $100 = $1900. The answer is 1900.
Q: A psychiatrist has 4 patients that need 25 sessions in total. One of the patients needs 6 sessions. Another patient needs 5 more than that. How many sessions would the remaining patients need?
A: The second patient needs 6 + 5 = 11 sessions. The first two patients need 6 + 11 = 17 sessions total. 25 - 17 = 8 sessions. The answer is 8.
Question: Miles is a musician. He owns three fewer trumpets than he has fingers, and two more guitars than he has hands. He also owns two more trombones than he has heads, and one fewer French horn than he has guitars. What is the total number of musical instruments that Miles owns?
Answer: Three fewer trumpets than Miles has fingers is 10 - 3 = 7 trumpets. Two more guitars than he has hands is 2 + 2 = 4 guitars. Two more trombones than he has heads is 2 + 1 = 3 trombones. And one fewer French horn than he has guitars is 4 - 1 = 3 French horns. Altogether, Miles owns 7 + 4 + 3 + 3 = 17 musical instruments. The answer is 17.
[Question]Katrina saw an ad that said if she signed up for her local recycling program, she could earn $5.00. When she signed up, they told her for every friend that she referred, the friend would receive $5.00 and she would receive another $5.00 per friend. That day, she had 5 friends sign up and another 7 friends by the end of the week. How much money in total did she and her friends make?
[Answer]She signed up 5 friends, then an additional 7 for a total of 5 + 7 = 12 friends. Each friend received $5 so 12 * 5 = $60.00. And she received $5 for each friend so 12 * 5 = $60.00. Her initial reward was $5 and her friends made $60 for signing up and she received $60 when they signed up for a total of 5 + 60 + 60 = $125.00. The answer is 125.
[Question]Linda's bag has 2 dimes, 6 quarters, and 5 nickels. Her mother gives her 2 more dimes, 10 quarters, and twice as many nickels as she has. How many coins does she have altogether?
[Answer]
When Linda's mother gave her 2 more dimes, the total number of dimes increased to 2 + 2 = 4 dimes. She also increased the total number of quarters to 6 + 10 = 16 after her mother gave her 10 more. The total number of dimes and quarters she has is 16 + 4 = 20. Linda's mother also gave her twice as many nickels as she has, a total of 2 * 5 = 10 nickels. The total number of nickels she has increased to 10 + 5 = 15. Altogether, Linda has 20 + 15 = 35 coins. The answer is 35.