Question: Justice has 3 ferns, 5 palms, and 7 succulent plants in her house. If she wants a total of 24 plants in her home, how many more plants does she need?
Answer: Justice currently has 3 + 5 + 7 = 15 plants in her house. Justice needs 24 - 15 = 9 more plants. The answer is 9.
[Question]Javier plays 2 baseball games a week. In each of his first 20 games, he averaged 2 hits. If he has 10 games left, how many hits a game does he have to average to bring his average for the season up to 3 hits a game?
[Answer]There are thirty games in the season because 20 + 10 = 30. He needs to get 90 hits on the year to average 3 hits a game because 30 x 3 = 90. He has 40 hits already because 20 x 2 = 40. He needs 50 hits in the final 10 games because 90 - 40 = 50. He needs to average 5 hits a game because 50 / 10 = 5. The answer is 5.
Q: A store gives a 10% discount for the amount of the sell that was over $1000. John buys 7 items that each cost $200. What does his order cost after the discount?
A: His order came out to 7 * 200 = $1400. So there was 1400 - 1000 = $400 that qualified for the discount. So his discount saved 400 * .1 = $40. So his purchase came out to 1400 - 40 = $1360. The answer is 1360.
Question: Every week of last month Paul tried out a new cake recipe. The first week, he followed a cake recipe that called for 24 cups of sugar. Each week after that, he reduced the amount of sugar by half. How much sugar did he use for the cake on the fourth week?
Answer: On the 2nd week, Paul halved the first week's sugar, therefore he used 24 / 2 = 12 cups. The third week, Paul used 12 / 2 = 6 cups. The fourth week, he used 6 / 2 = 3 cups. The answer is 3.
[Question]Keenan needs to write an essay that is 1200 words. Her essay is due at midnight. She writes 400 words per hour for the first two hours. After that, she writes 200 words per hour. How many hours before the deadline does she need to start to finish on time?
[Answer]In the first two hours, Keenan writes 800 words because 400 * 2 = 800. After that, she still needs to write 400 words because 1200 - 800 = 400. Since she writes 200 words per hour, she will take 2 hours to write the last 400 words because 400 / 200 = 2. Thus, she needs to start 4 hours before the deadline because 2 + 2 = 4. The answer is 4.
[Question]Tony's dad is very strict about the washing machine and family members are only allowed to wash 50 total ounces of clothing at a time. Tony doesn't want to break the rules, so he weighs his clothes and finds that a pair of socks weighs 2 ounces, underwear weighs 4 ounces, a shirt weighs 5 ounces, shorts weigh 8 ounces, and pants weigh 10 ounces. Tony is washing a pair of pants, 2 shirts, a pair of shorts, and 3 pairs of socks. How many more pairs of underwear can he add to the wash and not break the rule?
[Answer]
He is washing 10 ounces of shirts because 2 x 5 = 10. He is washing 6 ounces of socks because 3 x 2 = 6. He is already washing 34 ounces of clothes because 10 + 10 + 8 + 6 = 34. He can wash 16 more ounces because 50 - 34 = 16. He can wash 4 pairs of underwear because 16 / 4 = 4. The answer is 4.