Q: A courier received 80 packages yesterday and twice as many today. All of these should be delivered tomorrow. How many packages should be delivered tomorrow?
A: There are 80 x 2 = 160 packages today. So, the courier will deliver 80 + 160 = 240 packages. The answer is 240.
Question: A school is adding 5 rows of seats to the auditorium. Each row has 8 seats and each seat costs $30. A parent, being a seat manufacturer, offered a 10% discount on each group of 10 seats purchased. How much will the school pay for the new seats?
Answer: Ten seats amount to $30 x 10 = $300. So there is $300 x 10 / 100 = $30 discount for each 10 seats purchased. Thus, the total cost for every 10 seats is $300 - $30 = $270. The school is going to buy 5 x 8 = 40 seats. This means that the school is going to buy 40 / 10 = 4 sets of 10 seats. Therefore, the school will pay a total of $270 x 4 = $1080 for the new seats. The answer is 1080.
[Question]Matilda has half as many jellybeans as Matt. Matt has ten times as many jellybeans as Steve. If Steve has 84 jellybeans, how many jellybeans does Matilda have?
[Answer]Matt has 84 * 10 = 840 jellybeans. Matilda has 840 / 2 = 420 jellybeans. The answer is 420.
Q: Liz sold her car at 80% of what she originally paid. She uses the proceeds of that sale and needs only $4,000 to buy herself a new $30,000 car. How much cheaper is her new car versus what she originally paid for her old one?
A: If Liz needs only $4,000 to buy a new $30,000 car, that means she has $30,000 - $4,000 = $26,000 from the proceeds of selling her old car. If she sold her car at 80% of what she originally paid for and sold it for $26,000 then she originally paid $26,000 / 80% = $32,500 for her old car. If she paid $32,500 for her old car and the new one is $30,000 then, the new one is $32,500 - $30,000 = $2,500 cheaper. The answer is 2500.
Question: Tim spends 1 hour a day meditating. He spends twice as much time reading. How much time a week does he spend reading?
Answer: He spends 2 * 1 = 2 hours reading. So he reads for 2 * 7 = 14 hours a week. The answer is 14.
Q: Jean has 60 stuffies. She keeps 1/3 of them and then gives away the rest. She gives 1/4 of what she gave away to her sister Janet. How many stuffies did Janet get?
A:
Jean kept 60 / 3 = 20 stuffies. That means she gave away 60 - 20 = 40 stuffies. So Janet got 40 / 4 = 10 stuffies. The answer is 10.