[Question]There are 14 girls, 11 boys, and their parents at a park. If they split into 3 equally sized playgroups, each group contains 25 people. How many parents were at the park?
[Answer]There are 3 groups * 25 people / group = 75 people in total. There are 14 girls + 11 boys = 25 children in total. There are 75 people - 25 children = 50 parents. The answer is 50.
Q: James can buy a new computer for $600 and have it last 6 years, or buy 2 used computers for $200 each that each last 3 years. How much money will he save by picking the cheaper option?
A: First find the cost of the two used computers: $200 / computer * 2 computers = $400. Then subtract that cost from the cost of the new computer to find the savings: $600 - $400 = $200. The answer is 200.
Question: Maia is a freelance blogger working for different clients for whom she writes different articles every day. She gets 6 client requests every day and works on four of them each day. How many client requests will she have remaining to work on after 5 days.
Answer: If she receives 6 job requests every day and works on 4 every day, she remains with 6 - 4 = 2 requests. After 5 days, she will be remaining with 5 * 2 = 10 requests which she hasn't worked on. The answer is 10.
[Question]A family's water and electricity bills average $30 a month for the first 4 months and $24 a month for the last 2 months. If the family's bills were averaged over all 6 months, what would the average monthly bill be?
[Answer]The sum of the bills of the family in the first 4 months is $30 / month x 4 months = $120. The sum of the bills of the family in the last 2 months is $24 / month x $2 = $48. The sum of the bills of the family over the 6 months is $120 + $48 = $168. Hence, their average monthly bill is $168 / 6 months = $28 / month. The answer is 28.
Q: A store received 20 pallets of paper products to stock. Half the pallets were paper towels, a quarter were tissues, and a fifth were paper plates. The rest were paper cups. How many pallets of paper cups did the store receive?
A: The store received 20 / 2 = 10 pallets of paper towels. They received 20 / 4 = 5 pallets of tissues. They received 20 / 5 = 4 pallets of paper plates. Thus, the store received 20 - 10 - 5 - 4 = 1 pallet of paper cups. The answer is 1.
Question: Every day, Billie bakes 3 pumpkin pies for 11 days and puts them in the refrigerator. It takes 2 cans of whipped cream to cover 1 pie. If Tiffany comes over and eats 4 pies, how many cans of whipped cream does Billie need to buy to cover the remaining pies?
Answer:
In total Billie bakes 3 x 11 = 33 pies. After Tiffany eats the pies, this many pies are in the refrigerator: 33 - 4 = 29 pies. She needs to buy this many cans of whipped cream 29 x 2 = 58 cans. The answer is 58.