Q: Bonnie and Samuel went to the market together. Bonnie bought 8 apples. Samuel bought 20 more apples than Bonnie. Samuel then ate half of them and used 1/7 of them to make apple pie. How many apples does Samuel have left?
A: Samuel bought 20 + 8 = 28 apples. Samuel ate 28 / 2 = 14 apples. Samuel used 28 / 7 = 4 to make apple pie. Samuel has 28 - 14 - 4 = 10 apples left. The answer is 10.
Question: Niko has bought 9 pairs of socks that cost $2 each and plans to resell them. He wants to gain 25% profit from four of the pairs of socks and $0.2 profit each for the other 5 pairs of socks. How much will his total profit be?
Answer: Niko will earn $2 x 25 / 100 = $0.5 profit for each of the first four pairs of socks. So, his total profit for the four pairs of socks will be $0.5 x 4 = $2. His total earnings for the 5 pairs of socks is $0.2 x 5 = $1. Therefore, his total profit will be $2 + $1 = $3. The answer is 3.
[Question]There are 8 red pens in Maria's desk drawer. There are 10 more black pens than red pens. There are also 7 more blue pens than red pens. How many pens are there in all?
[Answer]Maria has 8 + 10 = 18 black pens. Maria has 8 + 7 = 15 blue pens. Maria has 8 + 18 + 15 = 41 pens in total. The answer is 41.
Q: Lou Senior took 3 cookies out of the cookie jar and ate them. Since he didn't get caught by his wife, he went back the next day and took another 3 cookies out of the jar. But after eating just one of the cookies, he felt guilty about it and put the other two cookies back. His son, Louie Junior saw that his Dad was eating cookies. So, Louie Junior took seven cookies out of the jar and hid them in his bedroom for later. The next morning, Debra, Lou's wife looked into the cookie jar and reacted by accusing her husband of eating half of the cookies out of the cookie jar. How many cookies remained in the jar?
A: Lou Sr 3 cookies from the jar, then another three, but then put two back, for a total of 3 + 3 - 2 = 4 cookies removed. Louie Jr took seven more out of the jar, for a total of 4 + 7 = 11 cookies removed. If Debra thought half were gone, then the number of missing cookies would equal the number of cookies that remain, or 11 missing = 11 remaining cookies. The answer is 11.
Question: Kaylee needs to sell 33 boxes of biscuits. So far, she has sold 12 boxes of lemon biscuits to her aunt, 5 boxes of chocolate biscuits to her mother, and 4 boxes of oatmeal biscuits to a neighbor. How many more boxes of biscuits does Kaylee need to sell?
Answer: The number of boxes already sold is 12 + 5 + 4 = 21. Kaylee needs to sell 33 − 21 = 12 more boxes. The answer is 12.
Q: Randy had some money. Smith gave him another $200. Randy then gave Sally $1,200 and kept the rest. If Randy has $2000 left, how much money, in dollars, did Randy have at first?
A:
After Smith gave him $200, Randy had 2000 + 1200 = 3200 dollars. Randy had 3200 - 200 = 3000 dollars at first. The answer is 3000.