[Question]Jasper will serve charcuterie at his dinner party. He buys 2 pounds of cheddar cheese for $10, a pound of cream cheese that cost half the price of the cheddar cheese, and a pack of cold cuts that cost twice the price of the cheddar cheese. How much does he spend on the ingredients?
[Answer]A pound of cream cheese cost $10 / 2 = $5. A pack of cold cuts cost $10 x 2 = $20. Jasper spent $10 + $5 + $20 = $35 on the ingredients. The answer is 35.
Q: Heloise has dogs and cats in the ratio of 10:17, with the total number of pets being 189. If she gives 10 dogs to her friend Janet, how many dogs does she remain with altogether?
A: The total ratio for the number of cats and dogs that Heloise has is 10 + 17 = 27. From the ratios, the fraction representing the number of dogs is 10 / 27, and this represents 10 / 27 * 189 = 70 dogs. If Heloise gives 10 of her dogs to Janet, she remains with 70 - 10 = 60 dogs. The answer is 60.
Question: In a house, there are 16 cats. Two of them are white, and 25% of them are black. The rest of the cats are grey. How many grey cats are in this house?
Answer: In this house, there are 16 * 25 / 100 = 4 black cats. If there are two white cats, that means that there are 16 - 4 - 2 = 10 grey cats in this house. The answer is 10.
[Question]Sasha can complete 15 questions an hour. If she has 60 questions to complete and she works for 2 hours, how many questions does she still need to complete?
[Answer]Sasha completes 15 questions / hour * 2 hours = 30 questions. This means there are still 60 questions – 30 questions = 30 questions left to complete. The answer is 30.
Q: Brian is a real estate agent. He makes a 2% commission on each sale. During June, he sold three houses. The houses sold for $157,000, $499,000, and $125,000. What was Brian’s total commission on these three sales?
A: Brian sold houses for 157,000 + 499,000 + 125,000 = $781,000 in total. Brian's commission was 781,000 * 0.02 = $15,620. The answer is 15620.
Question: Four classmates were comparing their ages based on their birth month. They found out that Jolyn is 2 months older than Therese while Therese is 5 months older than Aivo. Then, Leon is 2 months older than Aivo. How much older in months is Jolyn than Leon?
Answer:
Jolyn is 2 + 5 = 7 months older than Aivo. Since Leon is 2 months older than Aivo, then Jolyn is 7 - 2 = 5 months older than Leon. The answer is 5.