Q: A big snowstorm caused a large amount of snow to fall onto Grandpa's farm, and the wind caused the snow to pile up into a drift. But on the second day, it warmed up enough that half of the snowdrift melted. The third day, it snowed again, adding another 6 inches of snow onto the snowdrift. On the fourth day, another 18 inches of snow fell onto the snowdrift. If the snowdrift was 34 inches deep at the end of the fourth day, how deep in inches was the drift at the end of the first day?
A: The third and fourth day contributed 6 + 18 = 24 inches to the depth of the snowdrift. Therefore, the size of the snowdrift after half was melted on the second day, but before the snowfall on the third and fourth day, was 34 - 24 = 10 inches. If the size of the drift on the second day, after half of the snow had melted, was 10 inches, then the depth of the original drift created on day 1 was 2 * 10 = 20 inches deep. The answer is 20.
Question: Lassie eats half of her bones on Saturday. On Sunday she received 10 more bones. She now has a total of 35 bones. How many bones did she start with before eating them on Saturday?
Answer: 35 bones at the end - 10 received = 25 on Sunday. Lassie ate half, so multiply by two to find the number of bones at the beginning which is 25 * 2 = 50 bones. The answer is 50.
[Question]Sally took 342 pens to her class of 44 students. If she gave 7 pens to each student, left half of the remainder in her locker, and took the rest home, how many did she take home?
[Answer]She gave 7 pens each to 44 students for a total of 7 * 44 = 308 pens. There are now 342 - 308 = 34 pens left. She left half of 34 pens in her locker which is 34 * (1 / 2) = 17 pens. She took 34 - 17 = 17 pens home. The answer is 17.
Q: The kids in Ms. Swanson's class have an average of 5 zits each. The kids in Mr. Jones' class have an average of six zits each. If there are 25 kids in Ms. Swanson's class and 32 in Mr. Jones' class, how many more zits are there in Mr. Jones' class than in Ms. Swanson's?
A: First find the total number of zits in Mr. Jones' class: 6 zits / kid * 32 kids = 192 zits. Then find the total number of zits in Ms. Swanson's class: 5 zits / kid * 25 kids = 125 zits. Then subtract the number of zits in Ms. Swanson's class from the number in Mr. Jones' class to find the difference: 192 zits - 125 zits = 67 zits. The answer is 67.
Question: Sally reads 10 pages of a book on weekdays and 20 pages on weekends. If it takes 2 weeks for Sally to finish her book, how many pages that book has?
Answer: Two weeks has 5 * 2 = 10 weekdays. Two weeks has 2 * 2 = 4 weekends. On weekdays, she reads 10 * 10 = 100 pages in total. On weekends, she reads 20 * 4 = 80 pages in total. So the book has 100 + 80 = 180 pages. The answer is 180.
Q: I bought a pair of shoes for $51. The shoes were already marked 75% off. What is the original price of the shoes?
A:
Let X be the original price of the shoes. The discounted price is X - X * 75% = 0.25 * X = $51. The original price of the shirt was X = $51 * 4 = $204. The answer is 204.