Q: Jesse is playing with a pile of building blocks. He first builds a building with 80 building blocks. Then he builds a farmhouse with 123 building blocks. He adds a fenced-in area next to the farm made of 57 building blocks. If Jesse has 84 building blocks left, how many building blocks did he start with?
A: Jesse built three structures out of building blocks, 80 + 123 + 57 = 260 building blocks. Jesse started with 260 + 84 leftover building blocks = 344 building blocks that Jesse had originally. The answer is 344.
Question: Brett has 24 more blue marbles than red marbles. He has 5 times as many blue marbles as red marbles. How many red marbles does he have?
Answer: Let x be the number of red marbles. 5 * x = x + 24. 4 * x = 24. x = 6. The answer is 6.
[Question]To celebrate a recent promotion, Arthur decided to treat himself to dinner at a nice restaurant. He ordered a nice appetizer for $8, a delicious ribeye steak for his entrée at $20, had two glasses of nice red wine with dinner for $3 each, and a slice of caramel cheesecake for dessert for $6. He used a voucher for half off the price of his entrée, but he very thoughtfully tipped his waitress a full 20% of what the full cost of his meal would have been without the discount. How much, including the tip, did Arthur spend on dinner?
[Answer]The cost of his food, before the voucher, was $8 + $20 + $3 + $3 + $6 = $40. The tip was $40 * .20 = $8. The voucher saved him $20 / 2 = $10. So the full price of Arthur's meal, with tip, was $40 - $10 + 8 = $38. The answer is 38.
Q: A neighborhood association decided to plant a tree on every street. There are eighteen streets in the neighborhood. The association wanted every other tree to be a fruit tree, and they agreed to plant equal numbers of plum, pear, and apricot trees. How many of each kind of tree will they plant?
A: Every other tree is half the trees, so there will be 18 / 2 = 9 fruit trees planted. The association is planting three kinds of fruit trees, so they will plant 9 / 3 = 3 of each kind of tree. The answer is 3.
Question: Christine figures it would take a pint of paint to paint the front and back of 1 door in her house. She has 8 doors to paint. At the paint store, she can either buy 8 separate pints of paint for $8.00 a pint or a gallon of paint (which is the same as 8 pints) for a flat $55.00 How much money will she save if she buys the gallon of paint instead of 8 pints?
Answer: 8 pints of paint cost $8.00 each so they would cost her 8 * 8 = $64.00. 8 pints of paint cost $64.00 or she could buy a gallon of paint for $55.00. If she buys a gallon, she will save 64 - 55 = $9.00. The answer is 9.
Q: Jenna works as a truck driver. She gets paid $0.40 cents per mile. If she drives 400 miles one way, how much does she get paid for a round trip?
A:
First find the total number of miles Jenna drives: 400 miles / way * 2 ways = 800 miles. Then multiply that number by her pay per mile to find her total pay: 800 miles * $0.40 / mile = $320. The answer is 320.