Q: TreShawn's mom needs to order pizza for her son and his two friends. She knows that TreShawn always eats 1/2 a pizza. His friend Michael eats 1/3 of a pizza and his other friend LaMar eats 1/6 of a pizza. How many pizzas does she need to order?
A: Half a pizza is the same as 3 / 6 of a pizza. 1 / 3 of a pizza is the same as 2 / 6 of a pizza. 3 / 6 of a pizza plus 2 / 6 of a pizza plus 1 / 6 of a pizza equals 6 / 6 of a pizza. Therefore, she needs to buy one pizza because 6 / 6 equals 1. The answer is 1.
Question: A box of chocolate bars was shared equally between Mike, Rita and Anita. If the box contains 12 bars, how many bars did Mike and Rita get (combined)?
Answer: A box of 12 bars was shared equally between 3 people so each person got 12 / 3 = 4 bars. Mike and Rita together got 4 + 4 = 8 bars. The answer is 8.
[Question]Marcus has received a commission for as many paintings as possible. Marcus plans out his drawings so that his client can receive some of the paintings as soon as possible but it is still going to take a long time. On the first day, he paints 2 paintings. He then paints every day and each day, he paints twice as many paintings as he painted the day before. If he paints for 5 days, how many paintings will he have painted in total?
[Answer]If Marcus creates 2 paintings on the first day, then he can paint 2 paintings * 2 = 4 paintings on the 2nd day. So he paints 4 paintings * 2 = 8 paintings on the 3rd day. He then paints 8 paintings * 2 = 16 paintings on the 4th day. And finally paints 16 paintings * 2 = 32 paintings on the 5th day. Marcus therefore has painted a total of 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 62 paintings. The answer is 62.
Q: Jay has decided to save money from his paycheck every week. He has decided that he will increase the amount he saves each week by 10 dollars. If he started by saving 20 dollars this week, how much will he have saved in a month from now?
A: In one week he will have saved 20 + 10 = 30 dollars. In two weeks he will have saved 30 + 10 = 40 dollars. In three weeks he will have saved 40 + 10 = 50 dollars. At the end of week four, he will have saved 50 + 10 = 60 dollars. The answer is 60.
Question: Karen's class fund contains only $10 and $20 bills, which amount to $120. The number of $10 bills is twice as many $20 bills. How many $20 bills do they have in their fund?
Answer: If n is the number of $20 bills then 2n is the number of $10 bills. So the equation will be $10(2n) + $20n = $120. By combining like terms, the equation becomes 40n = 120. So, the value of n which represents the number of $20 bills is 120 / 40 = 3. The answer is 3.
Q: Anna has a certain number of phone chargers and five times more laptop chargers than phone chargers. If she has 24 chargers total, how many phone chargers does she have?
A:
Let p be the number of phone chargers Anna has and l be the number of laptop chargers. We know that l = 5p and l + p = 24. Substituting the first equation into the second equation, we get 5p + p = 24. Combining like terms, we get 6p = 24. Dividing both sides of the equation by 6, we get p = 4. The answer is 4.