Question: Ricky has 40 roses. His little sister steals 4 roses. If he wants to give away the rest of the roses in equal portions to 9 different people, how many roses will each person get?
Answer: After Ricky’s little sister takes 4 roses, Ricky has 40 - 4 = 36 roses. Ricky can give each person 36 / 9 = 4 roses. The answer is 4.
[Question]Brittany has 3 gerbils: Puffy, Muffy, and Scruffy. Puffy weighs 5 ounces more than Muffy. Muffy weighs 3 ounces less than Scruffy. If Scruffy weighs 12 ounces, how much would the scale indicate, in ounces, if Brittany put Puffy and Muffy on the scale?
[Answer]Muffy weighs 12 - 3 = 9 ounces. Puffy weighs 5 + 9 = 14 ounces. If Brittany weighs both Puffy and Muffy, the scale would read 9 + 14 = 23 ounces. The answer is 23.
Q: Mark is looking to buy a total of 12 pieces of fruit at the store. He has already chosen 3 apples. He has also selected a bunch of bananas containing 4 bananas. How many oranges does he need to pick out to have 12 total pieces of fruit?
A: He has 3 apples and 4 bananas, so he has 3 + 4 = 7 pieces of fruit. He needs to buy 12 fruit - 7 fruit = 5 oranges. The answer is 5.
Question: Mother made 2 dozen brownies and placed them on the kitchen counter to cool. Father smelled the brownies, came into the kitchen and ate 8 of them. Then, their daughter, Mooney, wandered into the kitchen and ate 4 of the brownies. The next morning, Mother made another two dozen brownies and added them to those remaining from the day before. After that, how many brownies were on the counter?
Answer: Two dozen brownies is 2 * 12 = 24 brownies. After Father ate his 8, there were 24 - 8 = 16 brownies remaining on the counter. After Mooney ate her 4, there were 16 - 4 = 12 brownies remaining on the counter. Mother made a second batch of two - dozen brownies, or 2 * 12 = 24 brownies. After Mother added the second two - dozen, there were 12 + 24 = 36 brownies on the kitchen counter. The answer is 36.
[Question]Leila spent $40 which is 1/4 of her money on a sweater. She was then left with $20 after spending the rest of her money on buying pieces of jewelry. How much more did Leila spend on jewelry than on the sweater?
[Answer]Since 1 / 4 of her money is $40, then Leila originally had $40 x 4 = $160. $160 - $40 = $120 was left after buying a sweater. Since she is left with $20, Leila spent $120 - $20 = $100 on jewelry. Therefore, she spent $100 - $40 = $60 more for jewelry than on a sweater. The answer is 60.
[Question]The basketball team sold 50 cupcakes for $2 each and 40 cookies for $0.5 each. Then the money from their sales was used to buy two basketballs that cost $40 each. The rest of the money was used to buy 20 bottles of energy drinks. How much does a bottle of energy drink cost?
[Answer]
The basketball team earned 50 x $2 = $100 from selling cupcakes. They also earned 40 x 0.5 = $20 from selling cookies. So their total earnings was $100 + $20 = $120. The two basketballs cost $40 x 2 = $80. Thus, $120 - $80 = $40 was used to buy the 20 bottles of energy drinks. Therefore, each bottle of energy drink costs $40 / 20 = $2. The answer is 2.