Question: Mary has 3 times as much candy as Megan. Mary then adds 10 more pieces of candy to her collection. If Megan has 5 pieces of candy, how many does Mary have in total?
Answer: Mary has 5 * 3 = 15 pieces of candy. She adds more, which brings her total to 15 + 10 = 25 pieces of candy. The answer is 25.
[Question]Wes wants to place a large planter pot at each corner of his rectangle-shaped pool. Each planter will have a large palm fern that is $15.00 per plant, 4 creeping jennies that costs $4.00 per plant and 4 geraniums that cost $3.50 per plant. How much will it cost to fill all the pots?
[Answer]Each pot will have 4 creeping jennies that cost $4.00 each so that's 4 * 4 = $16.00. Each pot will have 4 geraniums that are $3.50 each so that's 4 * 3.50 = $14.00 each. The fern is $15.00, the creeping jennies are $16.00 and the geraniums are $14.00 for a total of 15 + 16 + 14 = $45.00 per pot. He wants a planter at each corner of his rectangle pool. A rectangle has 4 corners so he needs 4 pots at $45.00 per pot for a total of 4 * 45 = $180.00. The answer is 180.
Q: Part of Stella's job is to restock the toilet paper in each of the 6 bathrooms at the bed and breakfast. She stocks 1 roll a day, every day of the week. She buys the toilet paper in bulk, and each pack contains 1 dozen rolls. After 4 weeks, how many packs of toilet paper dozen Stella buy?
A: She stocks one roll in each of the 6 bathrooms, every day of the week so that 6 * 7 = 42 rolls a week. She restocks 42 rolls a week so after 4 weeks that's 42 * 4 = 168 rolls. The bulk toilet paper comes 1 dozen rolls in a pack and she needs 168 rolls so she needs 168 / 12 = 14 dozen. The answer is 14.
Question: Dylan filled his glass with ice cubes before he poured his soda into it. He counted and there were 8 ice cubes in his glass. Later when he prepares a pitcher of lemonade he puts two times as many ice cubes in the pitcher. Then it is time to refill the ice cube trays which have 12 spaces each for ice cubes. How many trays does Dylan need to fill if he used exactly all the ice they had in them?
Answer: Dylan uses 8 ice cubes in his glass plus 2 x as many for the pitcher of lemonade, 8 x 2 = 16 ice cubes. Those 16 ice cubes + the 8 before means that the ice cube trays originally held 16 + 8 ice cubes = 24 ice cubes. Each ice cube tray holds 12 ice cubes, 24 ice cubes / 12 spaces in the trays = 2 total ice cube trays. The answer is 2.
[Question]Greg and Sarah have 18 apples that they are going to split evenly. Susan has twice as many apples as Greg will end up with. Mark has 5 fewer apples than Susan. Their mom needs 40 apples to make an apple pie. How many will she have left over?
[Answer]Greg and Sarah will split their apples, so 18 apples / 2 = 9 apples per child. Susan has 2 * 9 apples = 18 apples. Mark has 18 apples - 5 apples = 13 apples. Combined the children have 9 apples + 9 apples + 18 apples + 13 apples = 49 apples. Mom will have 49 apples - 40 apples = 9 apples left over. The answer is 9.
[Question]Dina has twice as many dolls as Ivy. 2/3 of Ivy's dolls are collectors editions. If Ivy has 20 collectors edition dolls, how many dolls does Dina have?
[Answer]
Ivy has 20 / 2 * 3 = 30 dolls. Dina has 30 * 2 = 60 dolls. The answer is 60.