Q: Chandler can eat a total of 23 apples and Lucy can eat a total of 19 apples per week. If the farmer only delivers 1 time per month, how many apples do they have to order for a month?
A: Chandler and Lucy can eat 23 + 19 = 42 apples per week. Therefore, they have to order 42 x 4 = 168 apples for a month. The answer is 168.
Question: Gigi is baking cookies. The recipe for 1 batch of cookies calls for 2 cups of flour. She bakes 3 batches of cookies. If her bag of flour contains 20 cups of flour, how many more batches of cookies could Gigi make in the future with the remaining amount of flour?
Answer: For 3 batches of cookies, Gigi uses 3 * 2 = 6 cups of flour. The amount of flour remaining in the bag is 20 - 6 = 14 cups of flour. Since 1 batch uses 2 cups of flour, Gigi can make 14 / 2 = 7 more batches of cookies. The answer is 7.
[Question]Jerry paid off some of his debts. Two months ago, he paid $12 while last month, he paid $3 more. If his debt was $50 in all, how much does he still have to pay?
[Answer]Jerry paid $12 + $3 = $15 last month. He paid a total of $12 + $15 = $27 for two months. Therefore, Jerry still has to pay $50 - $27 = $23. The answer is 23.
Q: In a bowl of fruit, there are 2 bananas, twice as many apples, and some oranges. In total there are 12 fruits in the bowl. How many oranges are in the bowl?
A: In the bowl, there are twice more apples than bananas, so there are 2 * 2 = 4 apples. That means there are 12 - 4 - 2 = 6 oranges in the bowl. The answer is 6.
Question: Harly's animal shelter has 80 dogs. She adopts out 40% of them but then has to take back 5 because of personality conflicts with other dogs in their adopted homes. How many dogs does she have now?
Answer: First find how many dogs are adopted out: 80 dogs * 40% = 32 dogs. Then subtract the number of dogs adopted out from the total number of dogs and add the number who were returned to find the final number of dogs: 80 dogs - 32 dogs + 5 dogs = 53 dogs. The answer is 53.
Q: Kaiden is collecting cans of soup for the local soup kitchen. He collects 158 cans during his first week and 259 during the second week. If his goal is to collect 500 cans how many more cans of soup does he need to collect?
A:
Kaiden collects 158 cans his first week and 259 cans during the second week. 158 + 259 = 417 cans of soup. Kaiden wants to collect a total of 500 cans, so he still needs 500 - 417 = 83 cans of soup. The answer is 83.