Q: Hendricks buys a guitar for $200, which is 20% less than what Gerald bought the same guitar for. How much did Gerald pay for his guitar?
A: Let G be the price Gerald paid for his guitar. Then 0.8 * G = $200. So G = $200 / 0.8 = $250. The answer is 250.
Question: Hannah is at a restaurant. She spends $23 in total on an entree and a dessert. If the entree costs $5 more than the dessert, how much does the entree cost, in dollars?
Answer: Let D be the cost of the dessert in dollars. The entree costs D + 5 dollars. D + (D + 5) = 23. 2D + 5 = 23. 2D = 18. D = 9. The entree costs $14. The answer is 14.
[Question]Roberta takes $158 with her on a shopping trip to the mall. She spends $45 on new shoes, $17 less on a new bag, and a quarter of the price of the bag for lunch. How much money does she have left after these purchases?
[Answer]Roberta's bag costs $45 - $17 = $28. Roberta spend $28 / 4 = $7 on lunch. Roberta spend 45 + 28 + 7 = 80 in total. Roberta has $158 - 80 = $78 left. The answer is 78.
Q: Tim hires two bodyguards. They each charge $20 an hour. He hires them for 8 hour per day. How much does he pay them in a week if he hires them 7 days a week?
A: It cost him 20 * 2 = $40 an hour for both of them. That means he pays 40 * 8 = $320 a day. So he pays 320 * 7 = $2240 a week. The answer is 2240.
Question: Kennedy grew tomatoes from three plants she had in her backyard. The first tomato plant produced two dozen tomatoes. The second plant produced 5 more than half as many tomatoes as the first plant. And the third plant produced two more tomatoes than the second plant. How many tomatoes did the three plants produce?
Answer: Half as many as the first plant is 24 / 2 = 12 tomatoes. But the second plant produced 5 more than half as many tomatoes as the first plant., or a total of 12 + 5 = 17 tomatoes. And the third plant produced two more tomatoes than the second plant, or 17 + 2 = 19 tomatoes. In total, the three plants produced 24 + 17 + 19 = 60 tomatoes. The answer is 60.
Q: At a people counting station, the number of people counted on the first day was twice the total number counted on the second day. If 500 people were counted on the second day, how many people were counted on the two days?
A:
There were 2 * 500 = 1000 people at the counting station who were counted on the first day. In the two days, 1000 + 500 = 1500 were counted at the station. The answer is 1500.