Question: Trent cries 2 tears for every three onions he chops. He needs to chop 4 onions per pot of soup. If he's making 6 pots of soup, how many tears does he cry?
Answer: First find how many onions total Trent needs to chop: 4 onions / pot * 6 pots = 24 onions. Then divide that number by three onions per 2 tears to find how many sets of two tears Trent cries: 24 onions / 3 onions = 8. Then multiply that number by the number of tears per set to find the total number of tears: 8 * 2 tears = 16 tears. The answer is 16.
[Question]Hannah wants to save $80 for five weeks. In the first week, she saved $4 and she plans to save twice as much as her savings as the previous week. How much will she save in the fifth week to reach her goal?
[Answer]In the second week, Hannah will save $4 x 2 = $8. In the third week, she will save $8 x 2 = $16. In the fourth week, she will save $16 x 2 = $32. Her total savings for a month will be $4 + $8 + $16 + $32 = $60. Hannah needs to save $80 - $60 = $20 in the fifth week. The answer is 20.
Q: Maria went on a trip to Belgium. She paid $300 for the ticket and half of that for the hotel. How much money does she have left, when she had $760 at the beginning?
A: For the hotel Maria paid 300 / 2 = $150. So Maria has 760 - 300 - 150 = $310 left. The answer is 310.
Question: If there are 8 slices in a large pizza, how many slices will remain if Mary orders 2 large pizzas and eats 7 slices?
Answer: The number of total slices of pizza is 8 slices per pizza * 2 large pizzas = 16 slices. If Mary eats 7 slices, then 16 - 7 = 9 remain. The answer is 9.
[Question]Darryl sells melons on the side of the road. He sells cantaloupes for $2 each and honeydews for $3. He started the day with 30 cantaloupes and 27 honeydews. He accidentally dropped a couple of cantaloupes and three of the honeydews turned out to be rotten. At the end of the day he had 8 cantaloupes and 9 honeydews left. How much money did he make?
[Answer]He dropped two cantaloupes and had 8 left over at the end of the day, so he sold 30 - 2 - 8 = 20 cantaloupes. Three honeydews were rotten, and he had 9 left at the end of the day, so he sold 27 - 3 - 9 = 15 honeydews. He sold 20 cantaloupes * $2 / cantaloupe = $40 in cantaloupes. He also sold 15 honeydews * $3 / honeydew = $45 in honeydews. Altogether he made $40 + $45 = $85. The answer is 85.
[Question]Andrew installed hardwood flooring in his house. His bedroom took eight wooden planks, his living room took twenty planks, and his kitchen took eleven planks. The guest bedroom took two fewer planks than Andrew’s bedroom, and each of his two hallways took four planks. He accidentally ruined three planks in each bedroom by dragging furniture over them and had to replace them. He ended up with six leftover planks at the end. How many wooden planks did Andrew buy to start with?
[Answer]
Andrew’s guest bedroom took 8 - 2 = 6 wooden planks. His hallways took 2 * 4 = 8 planks. In two bedrooms, he ruined 3 planks each, so the bedrooms took an extra 3 * 2 = 6 planks. In all, he used 8 + 20 + 11 + 6 + 8 + 6 = 59 planks for his whole house. Andrew had 6 leftover planks, so he bought 59 + 6 = 65 wooden planks to start with. The answer is 65.