Q: In preparation for the church fundraiser, Julia bakes one less than 5 cakes per day for 6 days. Unfortunately, every other day, Julia's brother, Clifford, sneaks into Julia's house and eats one of Julia's cakes. At the end of 6 days, how many cakes does Julia have remaining?
A: Julia baked one less than 5 cakes per day, or 5 - 1 = 4 cakes per day. For 6 days, Julia baked 4 cakes per day, for a total of 4 * 6 = 24 cakes. Over 6 days, every other day, Clifford sneaks into Julia's house and eats one of Julia's cakes resulting in disappearance of 6 / 2 = 3 cakes. At the end of 6 days, Julia has 24 - 3 = 21 cakes remaining. The answer is 21.
Question: A box of ice cream bars costs $7.50 and contains three bars. 6 friends want to each eat 2 bars. How much money will that require per person?
Answer: If 6 friends each want 2 bars, that's 6 friends * 2 bars = 12 bars needed. Each box contains 3 bars, so 12 bars / 3 bars per box = 4 boxes needed. A box is $7, so 4 boxes * $7.50 = $30. There are 6 friends so $30 / 6 friends = $5 per person. The answer is 5.
[Question]Adrian has the choice between two boxes of contacts. One has 50 contacts for $25, and the other has 99 contacts for $33. He chooses the box that costs less per individual contact. How many contacts will it take to equal $1 worth in whatever box he decides to buy?
[Answer]First, we need to determine the price per contact in each of the two choices. We begin by performing 50 / 25 = 2 contacts per every dollar spent on choice A. Next, we determine the price per contact of the alternate choice. We do this by performing 99 / 33 = 3 contacts for every dollar spent on choice B. Since 3>2, Adrian purchases choice B. The answer is therefore 3. The answer is 3.
Q: How many apples did two men and three women buy at a certain store if the two men each bought 30 apples, 20 less than the number of apples bought by each woman?
A: If the two men each bought 30 apples, together they bought 2 * 30 = 60 apples. Since the two men each bought 30 apples, 20 less than the total number of apples bought by each woman, each woman bought 20 + 30 = 50 apples. The total number of apples bought by the women is 3 * 50 = 150. Altogether, the two men and three women bought 60 + 150 = 210 apples. The answer is 210.
Question: Dan owns an ice cream shop and every sixth customer gets a free ice cream cone. Cones cost $2 each. If he sold $100 worth of cones, how many free ones did he give away?
Answer: He sold 50 cones because 100 / 2 = 50. He gave away 10 cones because 50 / 5 = 10. The answer is 10.
Q: Christy and her friend Tanya go to Target to buy some face moisturizer and body lotions. Christy spends twice as much as Tanya, who pays 50$ for two face moisturizers each and 60$ per body lotion, buying four of them. How much money did they spend together in total?
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The total amount Tanya spent on face moisturizers is 50 * 2 = $100. If she bought four body lotions, the total cost is 4 * 60 = $240. Tanya spent a total of 240 + 100 = $340 in the store. If Christy spent twice this amount, the total was 2 * 340 = $ 680. The total amount of money they both spent is 680 + 340 = 1020$. The answer is 1020.