Q: Francine has five full boxes of crayons and 5 loose crayons, and her friend has 27 loose crayons. They need to put all of their loose crayons in a box. How many more boxes do they need if Francine has a total of 85 crayons?
A: Francine has 85 - 5 = 80 crayons in total that are in the boxes. Thus, each box of crayons is filled with 80 / 5 = 16 crayons. A total of 5 + 27 = 32 crayons need to be placed in the boxes. Therefore, they still need 32 / 16 = 2 boxes for the loose crayons. The answer is 2.
Question: Ann is 6 years old. Her brother Tom is now two times older. What will be the sum of their ages 10 years later?
Answer: Tom is currently two times older than Ann, which means he is 6 * 2 = 12 years old. In ten years Ann is going to be 6 + 10 = 16 years old. And Tom is going to be 12 + 10 = 22 years old. So the sum of their ages will be 16 + 22 = 38. The answer is 38.
[Question]Andrea buys herself a pony for her 30th birthday. She pays $500/month to rent a pasture for it, $10 a day for food, and $60/lesson for two lessons a week. How much does she spend on her pony in a year?
[Answer]First find the annual cost of food: $10 / day * 365 days = $3650. Then find how much she spends a week on lessons: $60 / lesson * 2 lessons = $120. Then multiply that weekly cost by the number of weeks per year to find the annual cost: $120 / week * 52 weeks / year = $6240. Then find the annual cost of the pasture: $500 / month * 12 months / year = $6000. Then add all the costs to find the total cost: $6000 + $6240 + $3650 = $15890. The answer is 15890.
Q: Madeline wants to plant 20 flowers in her garden. She assumes that about half of the seeds she plants will die before they bloom. However, the flower shop only sells packs of seeds with 25 seeds per pack. Each pack is $5. How much will Madeline spend on seeds to plant 20 flowers?
A: Madeline needs to buy 2 * 20 = 40 seeds to make sure that she will have 20 flowers. Thus, Madeline will need to buy 2 packs of flowers to have at least 40 seeds. Thus, Madeline will spend 2 * 5 = $10 on seeds. The answer is 10.
Question: Every year, Mabel gets as many quarters as she is years old. She always puts these and nothing else in a piggy bank. When she turns 7, how much money is in the bank?
Answer: On her second birthday she adds $.5 because 2 x .25 = .5. On her third birthday she adds $.35 because 3 x .25 = .75. On her fourth birthday she adds $1 because 4 x .25 = 1. On her fifth birthday she adds $1.25 because 5 x .25 = 1.25. On her six birthday she adds $1.5 because 6 x .25 = 1.5. On her seventh birthday she adds $1.75 because 7 x .25 = 1.75. The total is $7 because .25 + .5 + .75 + 1 + 1.25 + 1.5 + 1.75 = 7. The answer is 7.
Q: Brandon has been fired from half the businesses in town and has quit from a third of them. If there are 72 business in town, how many businesses can he still apply to?
A:
First divide the total number of businesses by 2 to find how many businesses Brandon hasn't been fired from: 72 businesses / 2 = 36 businesses. Then divide the total number of businesses by 3 to find how many businesses Brandon quit from: 72 businesses / 3 = 24 businesses. Then subtract that number from the number of businesses he hasn't been fired from to find the number of businesses where he can still apply: 36 businesses - 24 businesses = 12 businesses. The answer is 12.