Q: A pelican caught 13 fish and a kingfisher caught 7 more fish than the pelican. If a fisherman caught 3 times the total amount of fish the pelican and kingfisher caught, how many more fish did the fisherman catch than the pelican?
A: The kingfisher caught 13 + 7 = 20 fish. The pelican and kingfisher caught 13 + 20 = 33 fish. The fisherman caught 3 x 33 = 99 fish. The fisherman caught 99 - 13 = 86 more fish than the pelican. The answer is 86.
Question: Claire wants to make 2 cakes for her mother. Two packages of flour are required for making a cake. If 1 package of flour is $3, how much does she pay for the flour that is enough to make 2 cakes?
Answer: She needs 2 * 2 = 4 packages of flour for 2 cakes. 4 packages of flour cost 4 * $3 = $12. The answer is 12.
[Question]Georgia is sick and coughs 5 times a minute. Her brother Robert is also sick but he coughs twice as much as her. After 20 minutes, how many times have they coughed?
[Answer]Robert coughs twice as much as Georgia who coughs 5 times so Robert coughs 2 * 5 = 10 coughs per minute. Georgia coughs 5 times and Robert coughs 10 times so together they cough 5 + 10 = 15 times per minute. After 20 minutes they will have coughed 15 * 20 = 300 coughs. The answer is 300.
Q: Jacob is trying to eat less than 1800 calories a day. If he eats 400 calories for breakfast, 900 calories for lunch, and 1100 calories for dinner, how many more calories did he eat than he planned?
A: First add up the calories from all three meals: 900 + 400 + 1100 = 2400. Then subtract Jacob's goal from the number of calories he actually ate: 2400 - 1800 = 600. The answer is 600.
Question: James can make a beret from 3 spools of yarn. If he has 12 spools of red yarn, 15 spools of black yarn, and 6 spools of blue yarn, how many berets can he make?
Answer: First find the total number of spools of yarn James has: 12 spools + 15 spools + 6 spools = 33 spools. Then divide that number by the number spools each beret needs: 33 spools / 3 spools / beret = 11 berets. The answer is 11.
Q: Carolyn wants to embroider her new jeans. She can sew 4 stitches/minute. A flower takes 60 stitches to embroider, a unicorn takes 180 stitches, and Godzilla takes 800 stitches. If Carolyn wants to embroider Godzilla crushing 3 unicorns and 50 flowers, how many minutes does she need to spend embroidering?
A:
First find the total stitches in all the flowers by multiplying the number of stitches per flower by the number of flowers: 50 flowers * 60 stitches / flower = 3000 stitches. Then do the same for the total number of stitches in the unicorns: 3 unicorns * 180 stitches / unicorn = 540 stitches. Then add the number of stitches for all the flowers, unicorns, and Godzilla to find the total number of stitches: 800 stitches + 540 stitches + 3000 stitches = 4340 stitches. Finally, divide the total number of stitches by the number of stitches Carolyn can make per hour to find how many hours she spends embroidering: 4340 stitches / 4 stitches / minute = 1085 minutes. The answer is 1085.