[Question]Evie is collecting seashells while at the beach. Each day she collects her favorite 10 shells. At the end of 6 days, she gives 2 shells to her brother. How many shells does she have left?
[Answer]Multiply the number of shells collected each day by 6, to get the total number of seashells Evie has collected: 10 x 6 = 60 seashells. Subtract the 2 shells she gave her brother, to get the number of shells she has left: 60 - 2 = 58 seashells. The answer is 58.
Q: A man decides to try and do everything off his bucket list while he is still young and fit enough to finish it all. One of his goals was to climb the seven summits. He realizes first he has to get in shape to do it and it takes him 2 years of working out to get healthy enough to take up mountain climbing. He then spends twice that long learning how to be a technically proficient mountain climber. After that he starts with the simplest mountain on the list and climbs them all. He spends 5 months climbing each mountain. After that he takes 13 months learning to dive and dives through all the caves he wants in 2 years. How much time did it take to get through all these goals?
A: He spent 2 * 2 = 4 years learning to climb. He spends 5 * 7 = 35 months climbing all 7 mountains. After a 13 month break, he starts diving so that is 35 + 13 = 48 months. That means it is 48 / 12 = 4 years. So in total it all took 2 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 12 years. The answer is 12.
Question: Cheryl is signing up for a golf tournament that costs 20% more than her monthly cell phone expenses to enter the tournament. If Cheryl spends $400 more on her monthly cell phone expenses than on the electricity bill, which costs $800, calculate the total amount she pays upon signing up for the golf tournament.
Answer: If the electricity bill costs $800, and Cheryl spends $400 more on her monthly cell phone expenses than on the electricity bill, she pays $800 + $400 = $1200 on cell phone expenses. Since the cost to enter the tournament is 20% more than Cheryl's monthly cell phone expenses, to enter the tournament, Cheryl has to pay 20 / 100 * 1200 = $240 more than her monthly cell phone expenses. The total cost of joining the golf tournament is $1200 + $240 = $1440. The answer is 1440.
[Question]Out of the 200 cookies that Javier baked from the recipe he learned online, his wife took 30%, and his daughter took 40 from the remaining cookies. If he ate half of the remaining cookies, how many cookies did they not eat?
[Answer]From the 200 cookies, Javier's wife ate 30 / 100 * 200 = 60. After the wife ate 60 cookies, the number of cookies that remained was 200 - 60 = 140. The daughter also ate 40 cookies leaving 140 - 40 = 100 cookies. If Javier ate half of the remaining cookies, he ate 1 / 2 * 100 = 50. The number of cookies that remained is 100 - 50 = 50. The answer is 50.
Q: Before getting to work, Jess has a few errands to run. Jess has to walk 11 blocks to the store and 6 blocks to the gallery, before walking the final 8 blocks to arrive at work. If Jess has already walked 5 blocks, how many more blocks must she walk before arriving at work?
A: Jess needs to walk 11 blocks + 6 blocks + 8 blocks = 25 blocks total. Jess needs to go 25 blocks – 5 = 20 blocks to get to work. The answer is 20.
Question: A farmer harvested 250 potatoes. He bundled them in twenty-five's and sold each bundle for $1.90. He also harvested 320 carrots and bundled them in twenty's and sold each bundle for $2. If the farmer sold all his harvested crops, how much did he get in all?
Answer:
There are 250 / 25 = 10 bundles of potatoes. So, 20 bundles of potatoes amount to $1.9 x 10 = $19. There are 320 / 20 = 16 bundles of carrots. So, 16 bundles of carrots amount to $2 x 16 = $32. Hence, the farmer got $19 + $32 = $51 in all. The answer is 51.