Q: Three times the sum of marbles that Atticus, Jensen, and Cruz have is equal to 60. If Atticus has half as many marbles as Jensen, and Atticus has 4 marbles, how many marbles does Cruz have?
A: Three times the sum of marbles that Atticus, Jensen, and Cruz have is equal to 60, meaning together they have 60 / 3 = 20 marbles. If Atticus has half as many marbles as Jensen, and Atticus has four marbles, Jensen has 2 * 4 = 8 marbles. Together, Atticus and Jensen have 8 + 4 = 12 marbles. Since the sum of marbles that Atticus, Jensen, and Cruz have is equal to 20, and Atticus and Jensen have 12 marbles, Cruz has 20 - 12 = 8 marbles. The answer is 8.
Question: Alice is planting bushes around three sides of her yard. If each side is 16 feet long, and each bush fills 4 feet, how many bushes does she need to buy?
Answer: First find the total distance the bushes need to cover: 16 feet / side * 3 sides = 48 feet. Then divide the total distance to fill by the distance each bush fills to find the number of bushes Alice needs to buy: 48 feet / 4 feet / bush = 12 bushes. The answer is 12.
[Question]Goldie makes $5 an hour for pet-sitting. Last week, she worked for 20 hours while this week, she worked for 30 hours. How much did Goldie earn in two weeks for pet-sitting?
[Answer]Goldie did pet - sitting for a total of 20 + 30 = 50 hours. So, she earned a total of $5 x 50 = $250. The answer is 250.
Q: My age is five times that of my son. Next year, my son will be eight years old. How old am I now?
A: If the son is going to be eight years old after a year from now, then currently, he is 8 - 1 = 7. Since the father's age is five times that of the son, currently he is 5 * 7 = 35 years old. The answer is 35.
Question: Jordan picked 54 mangoes from his tree. One-third of the mangoes were ripe while the other two-thirds were not yet ripe. Jordan kept 16 unripe mangoes and gave the remainder to his sister who pickled them in glass jars. If it takes 4 mangoes to fill a jar, how many jars of pickled mangoes can Jordan's sister make?
Answer: Jordan picked 54 / 3 = 18 ripe mangoes. He picked 54 - 18 = 36 unripe mangoes. Jordan gave 36 - 16 = 20 unripe mangoes to his sister. Jordan's sister can make 20 / 4 = 5 jars of pickled mangoes. The answer is 5.
Q: Ben starts each day with $50, spends $15 every day and saves the rest. After a few days, his mom doubled his total savings and his dad gave him an additional $10. If he now has $500, How many days have elapsed?
A:
Let the number of days be x. He saves $50 - $15 = $35 each day. After x days he had saved $35 * x = $35x. His mom doubled his savings to give $35x * 2 = $70x. His dad added $10 to give $70x + $10 = $500. Subtracting 10 from both sides of the equation formed gives $70x = 490. Dividing both sides by $70 give x = 7 days. The answer is 7.