Q: The price of candy bars is twice the cost of caramel, and the cost of cotton candy is half the price of 4 candy bars. If the price of 1 caramel is $3, how much do 6 candy bars, 3 caramel, and 1 cotton candy cost together?
A: The candy bars each cost $3 * 2 = $6. The cotton candies each cost 1 / 2 * (4 * $6) = $12. 6 candy bars cost 6 bars * $6 / bar = $36. 3 caramels cost 3 caramels * $3 / caramel = $9. All the candies together cost $36 + $9 + $12 = $57. The answer is 57.
Question: Carla went to the zoo and counted 12 zebras in their enclosure. She then visited the camels and learned that there were only half as many camels as there were zebras. Next, she visited the monkeys and counted 4 times the number of monkeys as camels. Finally, she saw some giraffes and counted only 2 giraffes. How many more monkeys than giraffes did Carla see?
Answer: There were 12 zebras / 2 zebras / camel = 6 camels at the zoo. There were 4 monkeys / camel x 6 camels = 24 monkeys at the zoo. Therefore, Carla saw 24 monkeys - 2 giraffes = 22 more monkeys than giraffes. The answer is 22.
[Question]There were 50 people on the city bus. At the first stop, 15 people got off. At the next stop 8 people got off and 2 got on. At the third stop, 4 people got off and 3 people got on. How many people are on the bus after the third stop?
[Answer]The bus started with 50 people – 15 who got off at the first stop = 35 people on the bus. At the second stop, 35 people on the bus – 8 who got off = 27 people. Then there were 27 people + 2 who got on = 29 people on the bus. At the third stop, 29 people on the bus – 4 who got off = 25 people on the bus. Then there were 25 people on the bus + 3 who got on = 28 people on the bus. The answer is 28.
Q: Aaron is gathering can lids to take to the recycling center. He uses 3 equal-sized boxes of canned tomatoes and adds the lids he gets to the 14 can lids he already has. He is now taking 53 can lids to the recycling center. How many cans lids did he get from each box?
A: Calculating the difference between the can lids Aaron has now and the amount that he had initially shows there were 53 – 14 = 39 can lids in the boxes of canned tomatoes. As the boxes are the same size, splitting these can lids equally shows that there were 39 / 3 = 13 can lids in each box. The answer is 13.
Question: Keith bought 8 new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only 46 cards left. How many cards did Keith start with?
Answer: Keith's dog ate half of his collection so he had 2 * 46 cards = 92 cards before his dog ate them. Keith had added 8 new cards to his collection so he had 92 cards - 8 = 84 cards to start with. The answer is 84.
Q: A portable computer drive has enough kilobytes of storage space to store 2000 photos. Each photo is 1.5 kilobytes in size. How many 200-kilobyte videos can it store if it already has 400 photos on it?
A:
The drive has 1.5 * 2000 = 3000 kilobytes of storage space. It already has 1.5 * 400 = 600 kilobytes of storage space taken up. Thus, it has 3000 - 600 = 2400 kilobytes of space left. The portable drive can store 2400 / 200 = 12 200 - kilobyte videos on it with 400 photos. The answer is 12.