Q: By the time Anne is two times as old as Emile, Emile will be six times as old as Maude. If Maude will be 8 years old, how old will Anne be?
A: If Maude's age is 8 by the time Anne's age is four times Emile's age, Emile will be six times as old as Maude, which totals 6 * 8 = 48 years. If Emile's age is 48 years old by the time Anne's age is twice her number, Anne will be 2 * 48 = 96 years. The answer is 96.
Question: Ella spends 40% of the money she makes from babysitting on video games. Last year she spent $100. This year she received a 10% raise. What is Ella’s new salary?
Answer: Last year Ella made a total of $100 / (40 / 100) = $250. This year with her raise, Ella’s salary will be $250 * (110 / 100) = $275. The answer is 275.
[Question]Matthias has 40 soccer balls and 15 basketballs. 30 soccer balls and 7 basketballs have a hole in them. How many balls in total does Matthias have without holes in them?
[Answer]Matthias has 40 - 30 = 10 soccer balls without holes. Matthias has 15 - 7 = 8 basketballs without holes. A total of 10 + 8 = 18 balls do not have holes. The answer is 18.
Q: Toby wants to walk an average of 9,000 steps per day over the next week. On Sunday he walked 9,400 steps. On Monday he walked 9,100 steps. On Tuesday he walked 8,300 steps. On Wednesday he walked 9,200 steps. On Thursday he walked 8,900 steps. How many steps does he need to average on Friday and Saturday to meet his goal?
A: He needs to walk 63,000 steps in a week because 7 x 9,000 = 63,000. He has 18,100 steps to walk on Friday and Saturday because 63,000 - 9,400 - 9,100 - 8,300 - 9,200 - 8,900 = 18,100. He needs to walk an average of 9,050 on Friday and Saturday because 18,100 / 2 = 9,050. The answer is 9050.
Question: Lisa has 18 more dresses than Ana. If the number of their dresses combined is 48, how many dresses does Ana have?
Answer: If Lisa's surplus of 18 dresses is taken away from the total, they will have 48 - 18 = 30 dresses in total. They would each have the same number of dresses from these 30 i.e. 30 / 2 = 15 dresses which is the number of dresses that Ana actually has. The answer is 15.
Q: Kristy baked cookies because her friends are coming over to her house. She ate 2 of them and gave her brother 1 cookie. Her first friend arrived and took 3 cookies. The second and third friends to arrive took 5 cookies each. If there are 6 cookies left, how many cookies did Kristy bake?
A:
There were 6 + 5 = 11 cookies left before the third friend took 5. There were 11 + 5 = 16 cookies left before the second friend took 5. There were 16 + 3 = 19 cookies left before the first friend took 3. There were 19 + 1 = 20 cookies left before Kristy gave 1 cookie to her brother. There were 20 + 2 = 22 cookies that Kristy baked. The answer is 22.