Question: While Greg was camping with his family for a week, it rained for 3 days. When he looked at the weather records, he saw that the amount of rain was 3 mm, 6 mm, and 5 mm on the three days. During the same week, it rained 26 mm at his house. How much less rain did Greg experience while camping?
Answer: While camping there was 3 + 6 + 5 = 14 mm of rain in 3 days. Greg experienced 26 – 14 = 12 mm less rain at the campsite. The answer is 12.
[Question]Carla can cook a batch of waffles in 10 minutes and chicken-fried steak in 6 minutes. How long will it take her to cook 3 steaks and a batch of waffles?
[Answer]First find the total cook time for the steaks: 3 steaks * 6 minutes / steak = 18 minutes. Then add the waffles' cook time to find the total cook time: 18 minutes + 10 minutes = 28 minutes. The answer is 28.
Q: Herman likes to feed the birds in December, January and February. He feeds them 1/2 cup in the morning and 1/2 cup in the afternoon. How many cups of food will he need for all three months?
A: December has 31 days, January has 31 days and February has 28 days for a total of 31 + 31 + 28 = 90 days. He feeds them 1 / 2 cup in the morning and 1 / 2 cup in the afternoon for a total of 1 / 2 + 1 / 2 = 1 cup per day. If he feeds them 1 cup per day for 90 days then he will need 1 * 90 = 90 cups of birdseed. The answer is 90.
Question: Uncle Jude baked 256 cookies. He gave 15 cookies to Tim, 23 cookies to Mike, kept some in the fridge and gave the rest to Anna. How many cookies did he put in the fridge if he gave twice as many cookies as he gave Tim to Anna?
Answer: He gave twice 15 cookies to Anna which is 2 * 15 = 30 cookies. He gave out a total of 15 + 23 + 30 = 68 cookies. The remainder in the fridge is 256 - 68 = 188 cookies. The answer is 188.
[Question]Maddy's 4th grade class needs to make 1000 Valentine's Day cards to get a pizza party. There are 30 kids in the class. If everyone makes 8, how many more cards will they need to make to get a pizza party?
[Answer]If 30 kids each make 8 cards, they will have made 240 cards because 30 * 8 = 240. Since 1000 - 240 = 760, they need to make 760 more cards. The answer is 760.
[Question]Janet bought some muffins at the bakery. Each muffin is 75 cents. Janet paid $20 and got $11 in change back. How many muffins did Janet buy?
[Answer]
Janet paid with $20 and got back $11, so her muffins cost $20 - $11 = $9. Each muffin cost 75 cents, so she bought 9 / .75 = 12 muffins. The answer is 12.