Q: John bakes 12 coconut macaroons, each weighing 5 ounces. He then packs an equal number of the macaroons in 4 different brown bags, ready for delivery. When he briefly leaves the kitchen to pick the phone, his little brother Steve eats the entire contents of one of the brown bags. What is the total weight, in ounces, of the remaining coconut macaroons?
A: Each brown bag has 12 / 4 = 3 macaroons. After Steve eats a bag, there are 12 - 3 = 9 macaroons left. The total weight is therefore 9 * 5 = 45 ounces. The answer is 45.
Question: John decides to take up illustration. He draws and colors 10 pictures. It takes him 2 hours to draw each picture and 30% less time to color each picture. How long does he spend on all the pictures?
Answer: The coloring takes 2 * .3 = .6 hours less than the drawing. So it takes 2 - .6 = 1.4 hours per picture. So it takes him 2 + 1.4 = 3.4 hours per picture. That means it takes 3.4 * 10 = 34 hours. The answer is 34.
[Question]Tania has five baskets containing a total of 58 fruits. There are 18 mangoes in one basket, 10 pears in another, 12 pawpaws in another and the last 2 contain the same number of kiwi and lemon respectively, how many lemons are there?
[Answer]The sum of mangoes, pears and pawpaws is 18 + 10 + 12 = 40. The total number of fruits is 58 so the last two baskets contain 58 - 40 = 18 fruits. Each of the last two baskets contains an equal amount of fruits which is 18 / 2 = 9 fruits. The answer is 9.
Q: Martin eats 1/2 cup of berries every day. The grocery store is selling a package of berries (1 cup per pack) for $2.00. How much will he spend on berries in a 30 day period?
A: Martin eats 1 / 2 cup berries every day so over 30 days that's .5 * 30 = 15 cups of berries. The grocery store sells 1 cup packages of berries for $2.00 a pack. Martin needs 15 cups so that's 2 * 15 = $30.00. The answer is 30.
Question: Ali and Ernie lined up boxes to make circles. Ali used 8 boxes to make each of his circles and Ernie used 10 for his. If they had 80 boxes to begin with and Ali makes 5 circles, how many circles can Ernie make?
Answer: Ali made 5 circles with 8 boxes each so he used 5 * 8 = 40 boxes. There were 80 boxes to start with so now there are 80 - 40 = 40 boxes left. Ernie used 10 boxes to make one circle so with 40 boxes he can make 40 / 10 = 4 circles. The answer is 4.
Q: Jackson buys a computer game for $66 and three movie tickets for $12 each. How much did he spend on entertainment total?
A:
First find the total amount of money Jackson spent on movie tickets: 3 tickets * $12 / ticket = $36. Then add the amount he spent on the video game: $36 + $66 = $102. The answer is 102.