[Question]Shawna has 7 acorns. Sheila has 5 times as many acorns as Shawna, but 3 fewer acorns than Danny. How many acorns do they have altogether?
[Answer]Sheila has 7 x 5 = 35 acorns. Danny has 35 + 3 = 38 acorns. Altogether, they have 7 + 35 + 38 = 80 acorns. The answer is 80.
Q: There are 9 boys and 12 girls in a class. The teacher needs to create groups with three members for their class activity. How many groups are formed?
A: There are 9 + 12 = 21 students in a class. Hence, 21 / 3 = 7 groups are formed. The answer is 7.
Question: Julia bought 3 packs of red balls, 10 packs of yellow balls, and 8 packs of green balls. There were 19 balls in each package. How many balls did Julie buy in all?
Answer: The total number of packages is 3 + 10 + 8 = 21. Julia bought 21 × 19 = 399 balls. The answer is 399.
[Question]A class composed of 12 girls and 10 boys was sent to the library for their reading class. Their teacher found out that only 5/6 of the girls and 4/5 of the boys are reading. How many students are not reading?
[Answer]There are 12 x 5 / 6 = 10 girls who are reading. So, 12 - 10 = 2 girls are not reading. There are 10 x 4 / 5 = 8 boys who are reading. So, 10 - 8 = 2 boys are not reading. Thus, there are a total of 2 girls + 2 boys = 4 students who are not reading. The answer is 4.
Q: Haleigh needs to buy leggings for her pet animals. She has 4 dogs and 3 cats. How many pairs of leggings does she need?
A: The dogs have 16 total legs because 4 times 4 equals 16. The cats have 12 total legs because 4 times 3 equals 12. There are 28 total legs because 16 plus 12 equals 28. She needs to buy 14 pairs because 28 divided by two equals 14. The answer is 14.
Question: Sixteen boys and 14 girls attended Simon's birthday party. Three-fourths of the boys and 6/7 of the girls brought gifts. How many of those who attended did not bring gifts?
Answer:
16 x 3 / 4 = 12 boys brought gifts. So, 16 - 12 = 4 boys did not bring gifts. 14 x 6 / 7 = 12 girls brought gifts. So, 14 - 12 = 2 girls did not bring gifts. Therefore, a total of 4 boys + 2 girls = 6 people did not bring gifts. The answer is 6.