Q: Maria buys a large bar of French soap that lasts her for 2 months. She spends $8.00 per bar of soap. If she wants to stock up for the entire year, how much will she spend on soap?
A: 1 bar of soap will last for 2 months and there are 12 months in 1 year so she needs 12 / 2 = 6 bars of soap. Each bar of soap is $8.00 and she needs 6 bars so that's a total of 8 * 6 = $48.00. The answer is 48.
Question: In a classroom, there are blue chairs, green chairs, and white chairs. There are 10 blue chairs. The green chairs are 3 times as many as the blue chairs, and there are 13 fewer white chairs than the green and blue chairs combined. How many chairs are there in a classroom?
Answer: There are 10 x 3 = 30 green chairs. The total number of blue and green chairs is 10 + 30 = 40. So, there are 40 - 13 = 27 white chairs. Therefore, there are 40 + 27 = 67 chairs in a classroom. The answer is 67.
[Question]Flies are Betty's frog's favorite food. Every day the frog eats 2 flies. Betty puts the flies she finds in a bottle. In the morning Betty catches 5 flies inside a bottle, and in the afternoon she catches 6 more, but when she removes the lid, one escapes. Betty wants to gather the whole week's food for her frog. How many more flies does she need?
[Answer]The frog eats 2 flies / day * 7 days / week = 14 flies a week. Betty catches flies in the morning and in the afternoon, for a total of 5 flies + 6 flies = 11 flies. But 1 fly escapes, leaving 11 flies - 1 fly = 10 flies. To get her frog's food for the whole week, Betty needs 14 flies - 10 flies = 4 more flies. The answer is 4.
Q: Sofia went to the department store to buy a pair of shoes and 2 shirts. A shirt costs $7 while a pair of shoes is $3 more than the shirt. If she decides to buy a bag which costs half the total price of the 2 shirts and a pair of shoes, how much will she pay for all those items?
A: Two shirts costs $7 x 2 = $14. The cost of a pair of shoes is $7 + $3 = $10. The total cost of two shirts a pair of shoes is $14 + $10 = $24. The cost of a bag is $24 / 2 = $12. So, Sofia paid a total of $14 + $10 + $12 = $36. The answer is 36.
Question: Zion is 8 years old and his dad is 3 more than 4 times his age. In 10 years, how many years older is Zion's dad than him?
Answer: Four times Zion's age is 8 x 4 = 32. So Zion's dad is 32 + 3 = 35 years old. In 10 years, Zion will be 8 + 10 = 18 years old. In 10 years, Zion's dad will be 35 + 10 = 45 years old. Hence, in 10 years, Zion's dad will be 45 - 18 = 27 years older than Zion. The answer is 27.
Q: Sebastian plays drums for percussion in an orchestra. He sits next to the brass section where four people play trombone, two play trumpet, and one plays a French horn. In front of them are the strings section with three violinists, a cellist, and a contrabassist. Next to the strings are a trio of clarinets and a quartet of flute players in the woodwinds section. The maestro conducts them all. How many people are in the orchestra?
A:
Sebastian in the percussion section makes 1 person. The brass section has 4 + 2 + 1 = 7 people. The strings section has 3 + 1 + 1 = 5 people. The woodwinds section has 3 + 4 = 7 people. The maestro is 1 person. Thus, the orchestra has 1 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 1 = 21 people in it. The answer is 21.