[Question]A new edition Geometry book has 450 pages which are 230 pages less than twice as many pages as the old edition. How many pages did the old edition Geometry book have?
[Answer]Let x be the number of pages of the old edition Geometry book. The new edition Geometry book has 2x - 230 = 450 pages. 2x = 450 + 230. 2x = 680. x = 340 pages. The answer is 340.
Q: Katie's mother wants to get granola bars for all the kids to eat after Katie's soccer game. There will be 30 kids playing soccer, including Katie. Katie's mother wants to get 2 granola bars for each kid, since the bars are not that big and she figures the kids will be very hungry. Each box of granola bars has 12 bars in it. How many boxes should Katie's mother buy?
A: There will be 30 kids playing soccer and 2 granola bars for each kid, 30 x 2 = 60 granola bars total. Each box of granola bars has 12 in it, so Katie's mother needs 60 granola bars / 12 bars each box = 5 boxes. The answer is 5.
Question: Maddie went to a beauty store and bought some beauty products. She bought 3 different makeup palettes which cost $15 each, 4 lipsticks which cost $2.50, and 3 boxes of hair color which cost $4 each. How much did Maddie pay in total?
Answer: She paid 3 x $15 = $45 for the makeup palettes. She paid 4 x $2.50 = $10 for the lipsticks. She also paid 3 x $4 = $12 for the boxes of hair color. Therefore, Maddie paid a total of $45 + $10 + $12 = $67 for the beauty products. The answer is 67.
[Question]Four cats live in the old grey house at the end of the road. Their names are Puffy, Scruffy, Buffy, and Juniper. Puffy has three times more whiskers than Juniper, but half as many as Scruffy. Buffy has the same number of whiskers as the average number of whiskers on the three other cats. If Juniper has 12 whiskers. how many whiskers does Buffy have?
[Answer]If Juniper has 12 whiskers, then Puffy has 3 * 12 = 36 whiskers. Since Puffy has half as many whiskers and Scruffy, then Scruffy has 36 * 2 = 72 whiskers. Since the number of whiskers on Buffy is the average between 12, 36, and 72 whiskers, then he has (12 + 36 + 72) / 3 = 40 whiskers. The answer is 40.
Q: Archer caught eight fish from the lake to sell in the market. When he reached the market, he sold the fish faster than he had anticipated and decided to go back to the lake and catch more fish. He caught 12 more fish in the second round than he had caught earlier. The demand was even greater, and he had to close the day by catching 60% more fish than the number he had caught in the second round and sold all of them in the market. How many fish did he catch that day?
A: He caught 12 more fish in the second round than he had caught earlier, a total of 12 + 8 = 20 fish. The total number of fish he caught in the two rounds is 20 + 8 = 28. In the third round, Archer caught 60 / 100 * 20 = 12 fish which were 60% more fish than the number he had caught in the second round. This means he caught a total of 12 + 20 = 32 fish. Archer caught a total of 28 + 32 = 60 fish on that day. The answer is 60.
Question: Donovan Mitchell is currently averaging 26 points per game. His team has played 15 games this season. He has a goal of averaging 30 points per game for the entire 20 game season. How many points does he need to average per game to reach his goal?
Answer:
At this point in the season, Donovan has scored 26 * 15 = 390 points. To reach his goal of 30 points per game, he would have to finish the season with a total of 30 * 20 = 600 points. For the remaining 5 games, Donovan needs to score 600 - 390 = 210 points. Therefore, he needs to average 210 / 5 = 42 points per game. The answer is 42.