Q: Fatima has a piece of cloth that is 100 square inches big. She has decided to cut the cloth in half. She plans on keeping half and donating the other half. If she does this 2 times, then how much cloth will she have donated?
A: The first cut will result in 100 / 2 = 50 square inches of fabric. The second cut will result in 50 / 2 = 25 square inches of fabric. Fatima will have donated a total of 50 + 25 = 75 square inches of fabric. The answer is 75.
Question: Bob is building a garden on his land, and he wants it to be fenced in to keep out varmints. The garden is a rectangular plot 225 feet long by 125 feet wide. He also wants to have a small 3-foot wide gate to walk through and a larger 10-foot wide gate to move his gardening equipment through. How much fencing is Bob going to need to fence in his garden, taking into account the two gates?
Answer: The perimeter of the garden is 2 * 225 + 2 * 125 = 450 + 250 = 700 feet. Minus the two gates, he will need at least 700 - 3 - 10 = 687 feet of fencing. The answer is 687.
[Question]Magdalena has an apple tree on their farm, producing very few apples each year for a while now. However, this year, the apple tree yield was excellent, and it grew 200 apples. Magdalena picked 1/5 of the fruits on the first day, twice that number on the second day, and 20 more apples than he picked on the first day on the third day. Calculate the total number of apples remaining in the tree.
[Answer]Magdalena picked 1 / 5 * 200 apples = 40 apples on the first day. On the second day, she picked 2 * 40 apples = 80 apples from the tree. The total number of apples that he picked on the third day is 40 apples + 20 apples = 60 apples. In total, she picked 40 apples + 80 apples + 60 apples = 180 apples in the three days. The total number of apples remaining in the tree is 200 apples - 180 apples = 20 apples. The answer is 20.
Q: The Tigers played 56 home games this year. They had 12 losses and half as many ties. How many games did they win?
A: The Tigers had 12 / 2 = 6 ties. The Tigers had 56 - (12 + 6) = 38 wins. The answer is 38.
Question: Droid owns a coffee shop. He uses 3 bags of coffee beans every morning, he uses triple that number in the afternoon than in the morning, and he uses twice the morning number in the evening. How many bags of coffee beans does he use every week?
Answer: Droid uses 3 x 3 = 9 bags of coffee beans in the afternoon. He uses 3 x 2 = 6 bags of coffee beans in the evening. So, he uses a total of 3 + 9 + 6 = 18 bags of coffee beans every day. Therefore, Droid uses a total of 18 x 7 = 126 bags of coffee beans every week. The answer is 126.
Q: A farmer has 46 chickens. Each chicken gives him 6 eggs a week. If he sells a dozen eggs for $3, how much money would he make in 8 weeks?
A:
The farmer gets 46 x 6 = 276 eggs a week. That gives him 276 / 12 = 23 dozen eggs. In one week, he makes 23 x 3 = $69. In 8 weeks, he makes $69 x 8 = $552. The answer is 552.