[Question]Caleb picked a handful of dandelion puffs. He gave 3 to his mom, another 3 to his sister, 5 to his grandmother, and 2 to his dog. Then, he divided the remaining dandelion puffs equally among his 3 friends. How many dandelion puffs did each friend receive if he originally picked 40 dandelion puffs?
[Answer]Caleb was left with 40 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 2 = 27 dandelion puffs to give to his friends. They each received 27 / 3 = 9 dandelion puffs. The answer is 9.
Q: Madeline has 10 flowers. If 4 flowers are red, 2 flowers are white, and the rest are blue, what percentage of flowers are blue?
A: There are 4 + 2 = 6 flowers that are not blue. Thus, there are 10 - 6 = 4 blue flowers. Thus, blue flowers make up (4 / 10) * 100 = 40%. The answer is 40.
Question: The sum of Mario and Maria's ages now is 7. Mario is 1 year older than Maria. How old is Mario?
Answer: If x is Maria's age, then Mario's age is x + 1. The equation that represents the sum of their ages is x + x + 1 = 7. By combining like terms, the equation becomes 2x = 6. Hence, the value of x which represents the age of Maria is 6 / 2 = 3. So Mariu is 3 + 1 = 4 years old. The answer is 4.
[Question]Jimmy is setting up a garden. He has three plots: one plot for green beans, one plot for carrots, and one plot for corn. Each corn plant produces 5 times as many servings of veggies as each carrot, and each green bean plant produces half as many servings as each corn plant. If each carrot produces 4 servings of vegetables, and each plot has 9 plants, how many servings of vegetables is Jimmy growing?
[Answer]First, find how many servings one corn plant produces by multiplying the number of carrot servings by 5: 4 servings * 5 = 20 servings. Then find how many servings one green bean plant produces by dividing the number of corn servings by two: 20 servings / 2 = 10 servings. Now multiply the number of servings per carrot plant by the number of carrot plants: 4 servings / plant * 9 plants = 36 servings. Do the same for corn: 20 servings / plant * 9 plants = 180 servings. And do the same for green beans: 10 servings / plant * 9 plants = 90 servings. Now add up the servings for all three types of plant: 36 servings + 180 servings + 90 servings = 306 servings. The answer is 306.
Q: There are 66 goats at a farm and twice as many chickens. If the number of ducks is half of the total of the goats and chickens, and the number of pigs is a third of the number of ducks, how many more goats are there than pigs?
A: There are 66 x 2 = 132 chickens. There are 66 + 132 = 198 goats and chickens. There are are 198 / 2 = 99 ducks. There are 99 / 3 = 33 pigs. There are 66 - 33 = 33 more goats than pigs. The answer is 33.
Question: Building one birdhouse requires 7 planks and 20 nails. If 1 nail costs $0.05, and one plank costs $3, what is the cost, in dollars, to build 4 birdhouses?
Answer:
The cost of the planks for one birdhouse is 7 * 3 = $21. And the nails are a cost of 20 * 0.05 = $1 for each birdhouse. So to build one birdhouse one will need 21 + 1 = $22. So the cost of building 4 birdhouses is at 4 * 22 = $88. The answer is 88.