Q: Chris has half as many cookies as Kenny. Glenn has four times as many cookies as Kenny. How many cookies do these three boys have, if Glenn has 24 cookies?
A: Kenny has 24 / 4 = 6 cookies. Chris has 6 / 2 = 3 cookies. These three boys have 24 + 6 + 3 = 33 cookies. The answer is 33.
Question: Lowry sells bonsai. A small bonsai costs $30 and a big bonsai costs $20. If he sold 3 small bonsai and 5 big bonsai, how much did he earn?
Answer: Lowry earns $30 x 3 = $90 from selling 3 small bonsai. He earned $20 x 5 = $100 from selling 5 big bonsai. Therefore, the total amount he earned is $100 + $90 = $190. The answer is 190.
[Question]Percius has a collection of marbles. 40% of them are clear. 20% are black, and the remainder are all the other colors. A friend of his asks if he can take five marbles. On average, how many marbles of other colors will his friend end up getting?
[Answer]40% of the marbles are of other colors because 100 - 20 - 40 = 40. The friend will on average get 2 other colored marbles because 5 x .4 = 2. The answer is 2.
Q: At a coffee shop, 7 customers order coffee at $5 each and 8 customers order tea at $4 each. How much money did the coffee shop make?
A: Sale from coffee is 7 x $5 = $35. Sale from tea is 8 x $4 = $32. Total sales is $35 + $32 = $67. The answer is 67.
Question: A florist is making bouquets for the weekend. The florist uses red, yellow, orange, and purple flowers, and each bouquet contains 9 flowers of any color combinations. This week he planted 125 seeds for each color of flower. Unfortunately, a fungus killed 45 red flowers, 61 yellow, 30 orange, and 40 purple flowers. How many bouquets can the florist make this weekend?
Answer: There were 125 seeds planted for each of the 4 colors of flower, so there were 125 * 4 = 500 flowers planted. The fungus killed 25 red, 31 yellow, 30 orange, and 40 purple flowers, 45 + 61 + 30 + 40 = 176 flowers dead. This leaves 500 - 176 = 324 flowers for the bouquets. If the florist puts 9 flowers in each bouquet, he can make 324 / 9 = 36 bouquets this weekend. The answer is 36.
Q: The bald eagle can dive at a speed of 100 miles per hour, while the peregrine falcon can dive at a speed of twice that of the bald eagle.  Starting from the same treetop, if it takes the bald eagle 30 seconds to dive to the ground, how long, in seconds, will it take the peregrine falcon to dive the same distance?
A:
Twice the speed of the bald eagle is 100 * 2 = 200 miles per hour. Let "x" be the time in seconds it takes the peregrine falcon to travel to the ground. Thus, based on the ratio of their speeds, the following expression is given: x = 30 * (100 / 200). Thus, x = 15 seconds. The answer is 15.