Question: Alice and Bob are each given $2000 to invest. Alice puts all of her money in the stock market and doubles her money. Bob invests in real estate and makes five times more money than he invested. How much more money does Bob have now than Alice?
Answer: When Alice invested her money in the stock market, her money doubled to $2000 * 2 = $4000. Bob, after investing in real estate, increased his money by 2000 * 5 = 10000. The total amount of money that Bob made after investing in real estate is $10000 + $2000 = $12000. Bob made $12000 - $4000 = $8000 more than Alice after investing his money. The answer is 8000.
[Question]Loraine makes wax sculptures of animals. Large animals take four sticks of wax and small animals take two sticks. She made three times as many small animals as large animals, and she used 12 sticks of wax for small animals. How many sticks of wax did Loraine use to make all the animals?
[Answer]Loraine made 12 / 2 = 6 small animals. She made 6 / 3 = 2 large animals. She used 2 * 4 = 8 sticks of wax on large animals. Therefore, Loraine used 12 + 8 = 20 sticks of wax for all the animals. The answer is 20.
Q: Hazel and Razel are twins who share everything they receive. If Hazel received 6 shirts, while Razel received twice the number of shirts as Hazel. How many shirts do they have in total?
A: Razel received 6 x 2 = 12 shirts. Therefore, they have 12 + 6 = 18 shirts altogether. The answer is 18.
Question: Mrs. Carlton gives out penalty points whenever her students misbehave. They get 5 points for interrupting, 10 points for insulting their classmates, and 25 points for throwing things. If they get 100 points, they have to go to the office. Jerry already interrupted twice and insulted his classmates 4 times. How many times can he throw things before he gets sent to the office?
Answer: For interrupting, Jerry got 5 points per interruption * 2 interruptions = 10 points. For insulting, he got 10 points per insult * 4 insults = 40 points. To get to the 100 limit points, Jerry has 100 points - 10 points - 40 points = 50 points left. He still has 50 points / 25 points per throw = 2 throws. The answer is 2.
[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.
[Question]Jerry is sweeping up pieces of broken glass in the parking lot. He sweeps up 20 amber pieces, 35 green pieces, and some clear pieces. If the green pieces are 25% of the total glass he sweeps up, how many pieces were clear?
[Answer]
First find the total number of glass pieces Jerry sweeps up: 35 green pieces / .25 = 140 pieces. Then subtract the number of pieces of other colors: 140 pieces - 20 pieces - 35 pieces = 85 pieces. The answer is 85.