Q: Trevor buys several bouquets of carnations. The first included 9 carnations; the second included 14 carnations; the third included 13 carnations. What is the average number of carnations in the bouquets?
A: The sum is 9 + 14 + 13 = 36. There are 3 bouquets. The average is 36 / 3 = 12. The answer is 12.
Question: Danai is decorating her house for Halloween. She puts 12 plastic skulls all around the house. She has 4 broomsticks, 1 for each side of the front and back doors to the house. She puts up 12 spiderwebs around various areas of the house. Danai puts twice as many pumpkins around the house as she put spiderwebs. She also places a large cauldron on the dining room table. If Danai has the budget left to buy 20 more decorations and has 10 left to put up, how many decorations will she put up in all?
Answer: Danai places 12 skulls + 4 broomsticks + 12 spiderwebs + 1 cauldron = 29 decorations. She also puts up twice as many pumpkins around the house as she put spiderwebs, 12 x 2 = 24 pumpkins. Danai will also add 20 + 10 decorations to the 29 + 24 decorations already up = 83 total decorations Danai will put up. The answer is 83.
[Question]Monroe made 200 granola bars for her family. She and her husband ate 80, and the rest was divided equally among her children. If each child received 20 granola bars, how many children are in the family?
[Answer]If Monroe and her husband ate 80 granola bars, then the number of granola bars the children shared is 200 - 80 = 120. Each child received 20 bars, and there were 120 granola bars, meaning there were 120 / 20 = 6 children in the family. The answer is 6.
Q: Brittney can chop 15 onions in 5 minutes. Carl can chop 20 onions within that same time. How many more onions can Carl chop in 30 minutes than Brittney?
A: Brittney can chop 15 / 5 = 3 onions in one minute. Carl can chop 20 / 5 = 4 onions in one minute. Brittney can chop 3 x 30 = 90 onions in 30 minutes. Carl can chop 4 x 30 = 120 onions in 30 minutes. Carl can chop 120 - 90 = 30 more onions than Brittney in 30 minutes. The answer is 30.
Question: Naomi is doing the wash. First she makes piles of different types, with one pile for towels, one for sheets, and one for clothes that need to be washed on the gentle cycle. The clothes take 30 minutes to wash. The towels take twice as long as the clothes to wash. The sheets take 15 minutes less time to wash than the towels. How many minutes total will it take for Naomi to wash everything?
Answer: The clothes take 30 minutes to wash and the towels take twice as long, 30 x 2 = 60 minutes to wash the towels. The sheets take 15 minutes less than the towels, 60 - 15 = 45 minutes to wash the sheets. It takes 30 minutes + 60 minutes + 45 minutes = 135 minutes to wash everything. The answer is 135.
Q: Ali keeps his bills in his wallet. He has 7 bills of 5 dollars and 1 bill of 10 dollars. How much money does he have in total?
A:
Ali has 7 * $5 = $35 from the seven 5 - dollar bills. So in total, he has $35 + $10 = $45. The answer is 45.