[Question]Inez has $150. She spends one-half on hockey skates and a certain amount on hockey pads. If Inez has $25 remaining, how much did the hockey pads cost, together, in dollars?
[Answer]She spent 150 / 2 = $75 on hockey skates. Let X be the amount Inez spent on hockey pads. 150 - 75 - X = 25. 75 - X = 25. X = 50. The hockey pads cost $50. The answer is 50.
Q: Alex and his friend had a free throw contest. Alex made 8 baskets. Sandra made three times as many baskets as Alex and Hector made two times the number of baskets that Sandra made. How many baskets did they make in total?
A: Sandra made 3 * 8 = 24 baskets. Hector made 24 * 2 = 48 baskets. In total they made 8 + 24 + 48 = 80 baskets. The answer is 80.
Question: John injures his shoulder while lifting weights. After the injury, his bench press goes down 80%. After a bit of training, he manages to triple the weight he can bench. If he started with a 500-pound bench press, what is it now?
Answer: He lost 500 * .8 = 400 pounds from his bench. So his bench went to 500 - 400 = 100 pounds. After training it increased to 100 * 3 = 300 pounds. The answer is 300.
[Question]Tina is a professional boxer. She wins her first 10 fights of her career. She then goes on to win 5 more before losing her first fight, and then doubles her number of wins before losing again. She then retires. How many more wins than losses does she have at the end of her career?
[Answer]Tina wins her first 10, and then wins 5 more for 10 + 5 = 15 wins before losing 1. She then doubles her number of wins for a total of 15 * 2 = 30 wins, before losing 1 more for 1 + 1 = 2 losses. For her career she has 30 - 2 = 28 more wins than losses. The answer is 28.
Q: Liam is teaching art to a group of 10 students. He has 20 art kits that he hands out to the students to share, 1 art kit for 2 students. From those art kits half the students make 3 artworks each and half the students make 4 artworks each. How many artistic works does the whole class create?
A: There are 10 students in Liam's art class and 1 / 2 of them make a different amount of artworks than the other half, 1 / 2 x 10 = 5 students. 5 students make 3 artworks each, 5 x 3 = 15 artworks. The other 5 students make 4 artworks each, 5 x 4 = 20 artworks. Combined, the students in the class make 15 + 20 = 35 artworks. The answer is 35.
Question: The batting cage sells golf balls by the dozen. They charge $30 for 3 dozen. Dan buys 5 dozen, Gus buys 2 dozen, and Chris buys 48 golf balls. How many golf balls do they purchase in total, assuming 12 golf balls are 1 dozen?
Answer:
Dan gets 5 * 12 = 60 golf balls. Gus gets 2 * 12 = 24 golf balls. In total they purchase 60 + 24 + 48 = 132 golf balls. The answer is 132.