[Question]Jack bought 55 apples. He wants to give 10 to his father and then equally share the remaining apples between him and his 4 friends. How many apples will each of them get?
[Answer]The number of apples remaining after Jack gave his father 10 is 55 - 10 = 45. The share each one of his friends including him will get is 45 / 5 = 9. The answer is 9.
Q: There are 34 kids signed up to compete in the talent show. There are 22 more girls than boys signed up to compete. How many girls are signed up to compete in the talent show?
A: There are 34 kids signed up – 22 we know are girls = 12 are girls and boys. We can divide the 12 girls and boys / 2 = 6 boys are competing and 6 girls are competing. That means there are 6 + 22 = 28 girls competing. The answer is 28.
Question: Lilly and Fiona are cleaning a room. Between them, it takes 8 hours to clean the room. A quarter of the time spent cleaning was by Lilly and Fiona was responsible for the rest of the cleaning. How long, in minutes, was Fiona cleaning?
Answer: Lilly cleaned for 8 hours / 4 = 2 hours. This means that Fiona was cleaning for 8 hours total cleaning – 2 hours Lilly’s cleaning = 6 hours. So in minutes, Fiona was cleaning for 6 hours * 60 minutes in an hour = 360 minutes. The answer is 360.
[Question]Harold's fancy wrapping paper can wrap 5 shirt boxes or 3 XL boxes. For the upcoming holiday, he has 20 shirt boxes to wrap and 12 XL boxes to wrap. If each roll of wrapping paper costs $4.00 per roll, how much will he spend to wrap all of the boxes?
[Answer]1 roll can wrap 5 shirt boxes and he has 20 shirts boxes to wrap so he needs 20 / 5 = 4 rolls of wrap. 1 roll can wrap 3 XL boxes and he has 12 XL boxes to wrap so he needs 12 / 3 = 4 rolls or wrap. All total he needs 4 + 4 = 8 rolls of wrap. Each roll costs $4.00 and he needs 8 rolls so it will cost him 4 * 8 = $32.00 in wrapping paper. The answer is 32.
Q: Jenny decided to get a cat with her girlfriend. They agreed to split all the costs down the middle except for they would each buy their own toys for the cat. The adoption fee was $50, the vet visits cost $500 for the first year and the monthly cost of food was $25. She bought $200 in toys. How much did Jenny spend on the cat in the first year?
A: The total cost for food was 25 * 12 = $300. So their shared expenses were 300 + 50 + 500 = $850. So Jenny spent 850 / 2 = $425 on shared expenses. So the total cost she paid was 425 + 200 = $625. The answer is 625.
Question: The GooGoo brand of clothing manufactures two types of shirts, one with 3 buttons and the other with 5 buttons. A large department store ordered GooGoo to manufacture 200 of each type of shirt. How many buttons will the GooGoo brand use to manufacturer all of the shirts for this order?
Answer:
To make 200 of the first type of shirt, they will need 200 * 3 = 600 buttons. To make 200 of the second type of shirt, they will need 200 * 5 = 1000 buttons. To manufacture 200 each of both types of shirts, they will need to use 600 + 1000 = 1600 buttons. The answer is 1600.