Question: In a bowl of fruit, there are 2 bananas, twice as many apples, and some oranges. In total there are 12 fruits in the bowl. How many oranges are in the bowl?
Answer: In the bowl, there are twice more apples than bananas, so there are 2 * 2 = 4 apples. That means there are 12 - 4 - 2 = 6 oranges in the bowl. The answer is 6.
[Question]Kathryn moved to a new city for the new job she had landed two weeks ago. Her rent was $1200, 1/2 of what she spent on food and travel expenses in a month. Luckily, she found a new friend Shelby, who moved in with her to share the rent. If her salary was $5000 per month, how much money remained after her expenses?
[Answer]If the rent is half what she spends on food and travel expenses, she spends 1200 * 2 = $2400 on food and travel costs. When her friend moved in and shared the rent costs with her, she started paying 1 / 2 * 1200 = $600 in rent costs. Her total monthly expenses is now 600 + 2400 = $3000. When she deducts her monthly expenses from her salary, she has $5000 - $3000 = $2000 remaining. The answer is 2000.
Q: Rich is reading a 372-page book. He has already read 125 pages of the book. If he skipped the 16 pages of maps, how many more pages does he have left to read to finish the book?
A: He has completed 125 pages + 16 pages = 141 pages of the book. Rich has 372 pages - 141 pages = 231 pages left. The answer is 231.
Question: The total number of employees in a company is 450, and each employee earns $2000 per month. If the company laid off 1/3 of its employees due to tough economic times, calculate the total amount of money the company paid to the remaining employees.
Answer: 1 / 3 of the employees were laid off, that is 1 / 3 * 450 = 150 employees. There were 450 - 150 = 300 employees remaining. If the company was paying each person $2000, the total amount of money paid to the remaining employees is 300 * 2000 = $600000. The answer is 600000.
[Question]Bob started out the week with $80. On Monday alone, he spent half the money. On Tuesday, he spent one-fifth of the amount left from Monday. On Wednesday, he spent 3/8ths of the amount left from Tuesday. How much does he have left now?
[Answer]On Monday, he spent half of $80 leaving him with $80 - (1 / 2) * $80 = $40. On Tuesday, he spent 1 / 5th of $40 leaving $40 - (1 / 5) * 40 = $32. On Wednesday, he spent 3 / 8ths of $32 leaving $32 - (3 / 8) * $32 = $20. The answer is 20.
[Question]Bill is trying to count the toddlers at his daycare, but they keep running around. He double-counts 8 toddlers and misses 3 who are hiding. If Bill thinks he counted 26 toddlers, how many are there really?
[Answer]
First subtract the 8 toddlers Bill double - counted from his count: 26 toddlers - 8 toddlers = 18 toddlers. Then add the 3 toddlers he missed to find the real count: 18 toddlers + 3 toddlers = 21 toddlers. The answer is 21.