[Question]A woman needs to buy 16 oz of butter for a dessert recipe. She can either buy a single 16 oz package of the store-brand butter for $7, or she can buy an 8oz package of store butter for $4 and use a coupon to get an additional two 4 oz packages that normally sell for $2.0 each at a 50% discount (which is applied to each 4oz package separately). What is the lowest price she can pay for the 16 oz of butter she needs?
[Answer]If she uses the coupon, she will pay 2 * 0.5 = $1 for each 4oz package. Thus, she will pay 4 + 2 * 1 = $6 in total for the 8oz package and the two 4oz packages she needs to reach 16 oz of butter when using the coupon. Therefore, the lowest amount she can pay is $6, as this is cheaper than the $7 price for a 16 oz package. The answer is 6.
Q: Jefferson has 56 bananas, while Walter, his friend, has 1/4 times fewer bananas. If they decide to combine their bananas and share them equally between themselves, how many bananas does Walter get?
A: Walter has 1 / 4 * 56 bananas = 14 fewer bananas. If Jefferson has 56 bananas, then Walter has 56 bananas - 14 bananas = 42 bananas. When they combine their bananas, they have a total of 42 bananas + 56 bananas = 98 bananas. After dividing the bananas equally, Walter gets 98 bananas / 2 = 49 bananas. The answer is 49.
Question: Allie picked 44 wildflowers. Thirteen of the flowers were yellow and white, seventeen of the flowers were red and yellow, and 14 of the flowers were red and white. How many more flowers contained the color red than contained the color white?
Answer: 13 were yellow and white, and 14 red and white, for a total of 13 + 14 = 27 flowers containing the color white. 17 were red and yellow, and 14 were red and white, for a total of 17 + 14 = 31 flowers containing the color red. Thus, there were 31 - 27 = 4 more flowers that contained the color red than the color white. The answer is 4.
[Question]Joanna has $8. Compared to her money, her brother has thrice as much while her sister has only half as much. How much money do the three of them have altogether?
[Answer]Joanna has $8. Joanna's brother has thrice as much as Joanna, so he has $8 * 3 = $24. Her sister has half as much as Joanna, then she has $8 / 2 = $4. Together they have $8 + $24 + $4 = $36 altogether. The answer is 36.
Q: Jon runs a website where he gets paid for every person who visits. He gets paid $0.10 for every person who visits. Each hour he gets 50 visits. His website operates 24 hours a day. How many dollars does he make in a 30 day month?
A: He makes 50 * $.10 = $5 per hour. So he makes $5 * 24 = $120 per day. So he makes $120 * 30 = $3600 a month. The answer is 3600.
Question: Tim's car goes down in value by $1000 a year. He bought it for $20,000. How much is it worth after 6 years?
Answer:
It went down in value 1000 * 6 = $6000. So the car is worth 20000 - 6000 = $14,000. The answer is 14000.