Q: Diane is playing poker with her friends and is not having very good luck. She starts with $100 and wins 5 hands for a total of $65 dollars to add to her $100. Emboldened, she begins betting bigger and riskier and ends up losing all her money and owing her friends $50. How much money did Diane lose in all?
A: Diane started with $100 and won $65, for a total mid - game of $165. However, she ended up owing her friends $50, so she lost $165 + $50 = $215 she lost in all. The answer is 215.
Question: A cooler is filled with 24 cans of cherry soda and orange pop. If there are twice as many cans of orange pop as there are of cherry soda, how many cherry sodas are there?
Answer: There are C cans of cherry soda in the cooler. There are twice as many cans of orange pop, so there are 2C cans of orange pop in the cooler. In all, there are C + 2C = 3C = 24 cans in the cooler. Therefore, there are C = 24 / 3 = 8 cans of cherry soda in the cooler. The answer is 8.
[Question]The local salon offers mani/pedis for $40.00. They are running a Mother's day special and offering 25% off their regular rate. Charlotte is treating herself, her daughter and 3 granddaughters to a spa day. How much will Charlotte spend on 5 mani/pedis?
[Answer]A mani / pedi is $40.00 and they are offering 25% off so that's 40 * .25 = $10.00 discount. The mani / pedi is $40.00 and there is a $10.00 discount so each one is 40 - 10 = $30.00. Charlotte is treating herself and 4 other people for a total of 5 people at $30.00 each so it will cost 5 * 30 = $150.00. The answer is 150.
Q: Ivory got four more riddles than Josh did. Taso got twice as many riddles as Ivory did. If Josh has 8 riddles, how many riddles does Taso have?
A: Ivory has 8 + 4 = 12 riddles. Taso has 12 * 2 = 24 riddles. The answer is 24.
Question: Angela has half as many insects as Jacob does, and Jacob has 5 times as many insects as Dean. If Dean has 30 insects, how much does Angela have?
Answer: Jacob has 5 * 30 = 150 insects. So, Angela has 150 / 2 = 75 insects. The answer is 75.
Q: A colony of bees can contain up to 80000 individuals. In winter they are more exposed to death, and if the winter is really cold the bees can begin to die slowly. If the colony starts to lose 1200 bees per day, how many days will pass until the number of bees in the colony reaches a fourth of its initial number?
A:
A fourth of the initial number of bees is 80000 bees / 4 = 20000 bees. The number of bees that has to die is 80000 bees – 20000 bees = 60000 bees. For the colony to reach a fourth of its population, 60000 bees ÷ 1200 bees / day = 50 days have to pass. The answer is 50.