[Question]Clayton plays basketball on a team. He has played three games so far. In the first game, he scored 10 points. In the second game, he scored 14 points. In the third game, he scored 6 points. In the fourth game, he scored the average of his points from the first three games. How many total points did Clayton score during the first four games?
[Answer]During the first three games Clayton scored 10 points + 14 + 6 = 30 points. The average for Clayton's first three games is 30 points / 3 = 10 points per game. For the first four games, Clayton scored 30 points + 10 points = 40 points. The answer is 40.
Q: A bird watcher records the number of birds he sees each day. One Monday he sees 70 birds. On Tuesday he sees half as many birds as he did on Monday. On Wednesday he sees 8 more birds than he did on Tuesday. How many total birds did the bird watcher see from Monday to Wednesday?
A: Monday:70. Tuesday:70 / 2 = 35. Wednesday:35 + 8 = 43. Total:70 + 35 + 43 = 148 birds. The answer is 148.
Question: If Beth is 18 years old and her little sister is 5, in how many years would she be twice her sister's age?
Answer: The age difference between Beth and her sister is 18 - 5 = 13 years. Beth must be 13 x 2 = 26 to be twice her sister's age. Beth will be twice her sister's age in 26 - 18 = 8 years. The answer is 8.
[Question]Jeff makes 10 donuts each day for 12 days. Jeff eats one of the donuts each day. Chris then comes over and eats 8 donuts. If 10 donuts fit in each box, how many boxes can Jeff fill with his donuts?
[Answer]Jeff makes a total of 10 * 12 = 120 donuts. Jeff eats 1 * 12 = 12 donuts. After Chris is done eating, there are 120 - 12 - 8 = 100 donuts remaining. Jeff needs 100 / 10 = 10 boxes to store all of his donuts. The answer is 10.
Q: Debbie works at a post office packing boxes to mail. Each large box takes 4 feet of packing tape to seal, each medium box takes 2 feet of packing tape to seal, and each small box takes 1 foot of packing tape to seal. Each box also takes 1 foot of packing tape to stick the address label on. Debbie packed two large boxes, eight medium boxes, and five small boxes this afternoon. How much tape did she use?
A: Debbie used 4 * 2 = 8 feet of tape for the large boxes. She used 2 * 8 = 16 feet of tape for the medium boxes. She used 1 * 5 = 5 feet of tape for the small boxes. There were 2 + 8 + 5 = 15 boxes in all. She used 1 * 15 = 15 feet of tape for the address labels. Thus, she used 8 + 16 + 5 + 15 = 44 feet of tape in all. The answer is 44.
Question: Arthur has 3 dogs. They eat an average of 15 pounds of food a week. One dog eats 13 pounds a week. The second eats double this. How much does the third dog eat a week?
Answer:
The second dog eats 26 pounds a week because 13 x 2 = 26. In total they eat 45 pounds because 3 x 15 = 45. The third dog eats 6 pounds a week because 45 - 13 - 26 = 6. The answer is 6.