Q: Amy bakes muffins for her friends. On Monday, she brings 1 muffin to school to share. Each day for the rest of the week she brings one more muffin to school than she did the day before. If on Saturday she counts that there are 7 muffins left, how many did she originally bake?
A: On Tuesday, she brings in 1 + 1 = 2 muffins. On Wednesday, she brings in 2 + 1 = 3 muffins. On Thursday, she brings in 3 + 1 = 4 muffins. On Friday, she brings in 4 + 1 = 5 muffins. In total, she brought 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15 muffins to school to share with her friends. She baked a total of 15 + 7 = 22 muffins. The answer is 22.
Question: There are 50 apples and 40 oranges in the cafeteria. If an apple costs $0.80 and an orange costs $0.50, how much does the cafeteria earn for apples and oranges if there are only 10 apples and 6 oranges left?
Answer: Counting the remaining 10 apples. There were 50 - 10 = 40 apples sold. Counting the remaining 6 oranges. There were 40 - 6 = 34 oranges sold. The amount of sales for the apples is $0.8 x 40 = $32. The amount of sales for the oranges is $0.5 x 34 = $17. The cafeteria's total earnings are $32 + $17 = $49. The answer is 49.
[Question]It’s Meghan’s turn to pick up her team's coffee order. She needs 2 drip coffees that are $2.25 each and one double shot espresso that’s $3.50. She needs 2 lattes that are $4.00 and needs to add vanilla syrup to one of those for an additional $0.50. She also needs 2 cold brew coffees that are $2.50 each and 1 cappuccino for $3.50. How much is the coffee order?
[Answer]She needs 2 drip coffees that are $2.25 each so 2 * 2.25 = $4.50. She needs 2 lattes that are $4.00 each so 2 * 4 = $8.00. She needs 2 cold brew coffees that are $2.50 each so 2 * 2.50 = $5.00. So the drips are $4.50, lattes are $8.00 plus $0.50 for syrup, cold brew is $5.00, a double shot for $3.50 and a cappuccino for $3.50 for a total of 4.50 + 8.00 + .50 + 5.00 + 3.50 + 3.50 = $25.00. The answer is 25.
Q: Joan collects rocks. In her collection of rock samples, she had half as many gemstones as minerals yesterday. Today, she went on a rock collecting trip and found 6 more mineral samples. If she has 48 minerals now, how many gemstone samples does she have?
A: Yesterday before her rock collecting trip, she had 48 - 6 = 42 mineral samples. She has 1 / 2 the number of gemstones, so she has 42 / 2 = 21 gemstone samples. The answer is 21.
Question: Nedy can eat 8 packs of crackers from Monday to Thursday. If Nedy ate twice the amount on Friday, how many crackers did Nedy eat in all?
Answer: Nedy can eat 8 x 4 = 32 crackers from Monday to Thursday. He can eat 8 x 2 = 16 packs of crackers on Friday. Therefore, Nedy ate 32 + 16 = 48 crackers in all. The answer is 48.
Q: John buys 3 reels of 100m fishing line. He cuts it into 10m sections. How many sections does he get?
A:
He buys 3 * 100 = 300m. So he gets 300 / 10 = 30 sections. The answer is 30.