Q: Issac has to buy pens and pencils for the upcoming school year. Issac buys 108 writing utensils total. He buys 12 more than 5 times the number of pencils than pens. How many pens did Issac buy?
A: Let x be the number of pens bought. He bought 12 + 5x pencils. x + (12 + 5x) = 108. 6x + 12 = 108. 6x = 96. x = 16 pens. The answer is 16.
Question: Mary and Mike are sharing a jar of paint. Mary paints a dragon using 3 square feet worth of paint. Mike paints a castle using 2 square feet more paint than Mary used on her dragon. They both then work together to paint the biggest sun possible. If there was originally enough paint in the jar to cover 13 square feet, how many square feet of paint can be used to paint the sun?
Answer: The castle uses 3 + 2 = 5 square feet of paint. The sun uses 13 - 3 - 5 = 5 square feet of paint. The answer is 5.
[Question]Ever since she was a little girl, Sheila has dreamed of traveling the world. To help fund her dream, she bought a large piggy bank in December and started saving. By last week, she had saved $3,000. Pleased with her progress, she has decided to continue saving $276 per month, for 4 years. Today, Sheila’s family secretly added $7,000 into the piggy bank. At the end of 4 years, how much money will be in Sheila’s piggy bank?
[Answer]Today, Sheila’s piggy bank has $3000 + $7000 = $10000. Sheila will be saving for 4 years which is equivalent to 12 months / year * 4 years = 48 months. In 4 years, she will save $276 / month * 48 months = $13248. The piggy bank will have a total of $10,000 + $13,248 = $23248. The answer is 23248.
Q: Ali keeps his bills in his wallet. He has 7 bills of 5 dollars and 1 bill of 10 dollars. How much money does he have in total?
A: Ali has 7 * $5 = $35 from the seven 5 - dollar bills. So in total, he has $35 + $10 = $45. The answer is 45.
Question: Kylie picks apples for 3 hours. The first hour she picks 66 apples. The second hour she doubles her apple picking rate, and the third hour she picks a third of the apples picked in the first hour. How many apples did Kylie pick total?
Answer: First hour = 66 apples. Second hour = 66(2) = 132 apples. Third hour = 66(1 / 3) = 22 apples. Total number of apples picked 66 + 132 + 22 = 220 apples. The answer is 220.
Q: John has taken 10 pictures every day for the past 3 years. He saves them in raw format so each memory card can store 50 images. Each memory card costs $60. How much does he spend on memory cards?
A:
He takes pictures for 3 * 365 = 1095 days. So he takes 10 * 1095 = 10,950 pictures. That means he needs 10950 / 50 = 219 memory cards. So he spends 219 * 60 = $13140 on memory cards. The answer is 13140.