[Question]Sabrina gave 10 cookies to her brother. Her mother gave Sabrina half the number of cookies she gave her brother. Then Sabrina gave two-thirds of her cookies to her sister. If Sabrina had 20 cookies at the start, how many cookies are left with her?
[Answer]Sabrina had 20 - 10 = 10 cookies left after giving 10 cookies to her brother. Sabrina's mother gave her 10 / 2 = 5 cookies. So, she had 10 + 5 = 15 cookies then. She gave 15 x 2 / 3 = 10 cookies to her sister. Therefore, she only has 15 - 10 = 5 cookies left. The answer is 5.
Q: Margaux owns a money lending company. Her friend pays her $5 per day, her brother $8 per day, and her cousin $4 per day. How much money will she collect after 7 days?
A: Her friend will pay $5 x 7 = $35 after 7 days. Her brother will pay $8 x 7 = $56 after 7 days. Her cousin will pay $4 x 7 = $28 after 7 days. Therefore, she will be able to collect $35 + $56 + $28 = $119 after 7 days. The answer is 119.
Question: Jill spends time every day talking to her boyfriend on the phone. The first day of the week she spends 5 minutes on the phone with her boyfriend. Each of the following days she spends twice as much time talking on the phone as the day before. After the 5th day her parents take the phone away from her because she was on it too long. How much time did Jill spend talking to her boyfriend that week?
Answer: Jill starts off spending 5 minutes on the phone, and the following day she spends double that 5 minutes for 5 * 2 = 10 minutes. The following day Jill spends double the previous day's total of 10 minutes on the phone, for 10 * 2 = 20 minutes. On the fourth day, Jill spends double the previous day's total of 20 minutes on the phone, for 20 * 2 = 40 minutes. On the fifth and final day, Jill spends double the previous day's total of 40 minutes on the phone, for 40 * 2 = 80 minutes. All told, Jill spends 5 + 10 + 20 + 40 + 80 = 155 minutes on the phone over 5 days. The answer is 155.
[Question]Jasper will serve charcuterie at his dinner party. He buys 2 pounds of cheddar cheese for $10, a pound of cream cheese that cost half the price of the cheddar cheese, and a pack of cold cuts that cost twice the price of the cheddar cheese. How much does he spend on the ingredients?
[Answer]A pound of cream cheese cost $10 / 2 = $5. A pack of cold cuts cost $10 x 2 = $20. Jasper spent $10 + $5 + $20 = $35 on the ingredients. The answer is 35.
Q: John is holding a poker night with his friends and is getting the decks of cards ready before his friends show up. After losing so many cards from various decks, John thinks he needs to count exactly how many cards he has to make sure he has enough full decks for the night. Each deck of cards should hold 52 cards. He finds 3 half-full decks of cards and 3 full decks of cards. As he is arranging them, he realizes that the quality of a lot of the cards is quite poor and decides to throw 34 of the cards in the trash. How many cards does John now have?
A: In the full decks, John has a total of 52 cards in a full deck of cards * 3 full decks of cards = 156 cards. A half - full deck of cards contains 52 cards in a full deck of cards / 2 = 26 cards. So from the half - full decks, John has a total of 26 cards * 3 half - full decks = 78 cards. This is a total of 156 cards from full decks + 78 cards from half - full decks = 234 cards. After throwing some in the trash, he now holds a total of 234 cards - 34 trashed cards = 200 cards. The answer is 200.
Question: Miss Walter has 50 gold stickers. She also has twice as many silver stickers as gold stickers, and 20 fewer bronze stickers than silver stickers. She wants to give the same number of stickers to each of her 5 students. How many stickers will each student receive?
Answer:
She has 50 x 2 = 100 silver stickers. And she also has 100 - 20 = 80 bronze stickers. So, Miss Walter has a total of 50 + 100 + 80 = 230 stickers. Therefore, her 5 students will have 230 / 5 = 46 stickers each. The answer is 46.