Question: It cost 50 dollars to get cats ready for adoption, 100 dollars to get adult dogs ready for adoption, and 150 to get puppies ready for adoption. If 2 cats, 3 adult dogs, and 2 puppies are adopted what was the cost to get them ready?
Answer: The cost to get the cats ready is 2 * 50 = $100. The cost to get adult dogs ready is 3 * 100 = $300. The cost to get puppies ready is 2 * 150 = $300. The total cost is 300 + 300 + 100 = $700. The answer is 700.
[Question]Steve is 5'6". He grows 6 inches. How tall is he in inches?
[Answer]He is 5 * 12 + 6 = 66 inches tall before the growth spurt. After growing he is now 66 + 6 = 72 inches. The answer is 72.
Q: Maria collects stamps and wants to enlarge her collection. She has collected 40 stamps so far and plans to have 20% more. How many stamps in total does Maria want to collect?
A: Maria plans on having 40 * 20 / 100 = 8 more stamps in her collection. This means she wants to have 40 + 8 = 48 stamps. The answer is 48.
Question: Steve is holding nickels and dimes in his hand. He has 4 more dimes than nickels. He has a total of 70 cents in his hand. How many nickels is he holding?
Answer: Let x be the number of nickels he is holding. His nickels are worth 5 * x = 5x cents. He has x + 4 dimes. The dimes are worth 10 * (x + 4). The total worth of the nickels and dimes is 5x + 10 * (x + 4) = 70. 5x + 10x + 40 = 70. 15x = 30. x = 2, Steve has 2 nickels in his hand. The answer is 2.
[Question]Mr. Wells has a garden of flowers with 50 rows. If each row has 400 flowers and Mr. Wells cuts 60% of the flowers, how many flowers are remaining in the garden?
[Answer]If there are 50 rows of flowers with 400 flowers per row, there are 50 * 400 = 20000 flowers in the garden,. Mr. Wells cuts flowers from 60% of the flowers, which is 60 / 100 * 20000 = 12000 flowers. The total number of flowers remaining in the garden is 20000 - 12000 = 8000. The answer is 8000.
[Question]In 5 years, Frank will be three times as old as Ty is now. Ty is currently 4 years more than two times as old as Carla is now. Carla is currently 2 years older than Karen is now. If Karen is currently 2 years old, how old will Frank be in 5 years?
[Answer]
Carla is currently 2 + 2 = 4 years old. Ty is currently (2 * 4) + 4 = 12 years old. In 5 years, Frank will be 12 * 3 = 36 years old. The answer is 36.