[Question]Maria is chopping up vegetables for a stew. She wants to cut up six times as many carrots as potatoes, twice as many onions as carrots, and 1/3 as many green beans as onions. If she has two potatoes, how many green beans does she need to cut?
[Answer]First find how many carrots Maria needs to cut by multiplying the number of potatoes by 6: 6 * 2 = 12. Then find how many onions she needs by multiplying the number of carrots by 2: 12 * 2 = 24. Finally, divide the number of onions by 3 to find the number of green beans she needs 24 / 3 = 8. The answer is 8.
Q: Paolo has 14 coconuts, while Dante has thrice as many coconuts as Paolo. If Dante sold 10 of his coconuts, how many coconuts did he have left?
A: Dante has 14 x 3 = 42 coconuts. Therefore, Dante was left with 42 - 10 = 32 coconuts after he sold 10 of them. The answer is 32.
Question: James earns $10 per week as an allowance. After saving all his money for four weeks, he spends half of it on a new video game. He then spends a quarter of what is left to buy a new book. How much money does he have left?
Answer: He starts out with $10 * 4 = $40. James spend $40 / 2 = $20 on the video game. After buying the game, he has $40 - $20 = $20 left. He spent $20 / 4 = $5 on the book. He has $20 - $5 = $15 left. The answer is 15.
[Question]Victor has 8 flower stickers. He has 2 fewer animal stickers than flower stickers. How many stickers does Victor have in total?
[Answer]Victor has 8 stickers - 2 stickers = 6 animal stickers. In total Victor has 8 stickers + 6 stickers = 14 stickers. The answer is 14.
Q: Nori had 4 boxes of crayons with 8 crayons in each box. She gave 5 crayons to Mae and also give some crayons to Lea. How many more crayons did she give to Lea than Mae if she has only 15 crayons left?
A: From the 4 boxes, Nori had 8 * 4 = 32 crayons. After giving 5 crayons to Mae, she had 32 - 5 = 27 crayons left. If she only has 15 crayons now, this means she gave Lea 27 - 15 = 12 crayons. Hence, Lea has 12 - 5 = 7 more crayons than Mae. The answer is 7.
Question: A farmer has twice as many pigs as cows, and 4 more cows than goats. If the farmer has 56 animals total, how many goats does he have?
Answer:
Let x be the number of goats. Cows:4 + x. Pigs:2(4 + x) = 8 + 2x. Total:x + 4 + x + 8 + 2x = 56. 4x + 12 = 56. 4x = 44. x = 11 goats. The answer is 11.