[Question]Peter goes to the store to buy a soda. The soda costs $.25 an ounce. He brought $2 with him and leaves with $.50. How many ounces of soda did he buy?
[Answer]He spend $1.5 on soda because 2 - .5 = 1.5. He bought 6 ounces of soda because 1.5 / .25 = 6. The answer is 6.
Q: Kelly booked a three week vacation to visit relatives. The first day, she spent traveling. The next 5 days she spent at her Grandparents' house. The next day, she spent traveling. Then, she spends the next 5 days at her brother's house. Then she spent two days traveling to her sister's house, spent several days at her sister's house, and then spent two more days traveling home. How many days did she spend at her sister's house?
A: Three weeks is 7 * 3 = 21 days. She traveled one day to her grandparents' house, one day to her brother's house, two days to her sister's house, and two days back home for a total of 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 6 days. She spent 5 days at her grandparents' house and 5 days at her brother's house, for a total of 5 + 5 = 10 days. Thus, of the 21 vacation days, the number of days remaining to spend with her sister was 21 - 6 - 10 = 5 days. The answer is 5.
Question: A quarterback throws 50 passes in one game. He throws twice as many passes to the right of the field than he does to the left of the field. He throws 2 more passes to the center of the field than he did to the left. How many passes did he throw to the left side of the field?
Answer: Let x represent the number of passes thrown to the left side of the field. Right:2x. Center:x + 2. Total:x + 2x + x + 2 = 50. 4x + 2 = 50. 4x = 48. x = 12 passes. The answer is 12.
[Question]Fabian is shopping at a nearby supermarket. He wants to buy 5 kilograms of apples, 3 packs of sugar, and 500 grams of walnuts. One kilogram of apples costs $2, and one kilogram of walnuts costs $6. One pack of sugar is $1 cheaper than one kilogram of apples. How much Fabian needs to pay for the items he wants to buy?
[Answer]The apples cost Fabian 5 kg * $2 / kg = $10. For the walnuts Fabian needs to pay 0.5 kg * $6 = $3. One pack of sugar costs $2 - $1 = $1. So Fabian will pay $1 / pack * 3 = $3 for sugar. In total, Fabian needs to pay $10 + $3 + $3 = $16. The answer is 16.
Q: Jenny has 6 Pokemon cards. Orlando has 2 more cards than Jenny. Richard has three times as many cards as Orlando. How many Pokemon cards do they have in all?
A: Jenny has 6 cards. Orlando has 2 more cards than Jenny, so Orlando has 6 + 2 = 8 cards. Richard has 3 times the number of cards Orlando has. so Richard has 8 * 3 = 24 cards. Together, they have 6 + 8 + 24 = 38 cards. The answer is 38.
Question: Farmer Brown fed 7 chickens and 5 sheep. How many total legs were there among the animals he fed?
Answer:
The chickens had 7 * 2 = 14 legs. The sheep had 5 * 4 = 20 legs. There were 14 + 20 = 34 legs. The answer is 34.