Q: There were 148 peanuts in a jar. Brock ate one-fourth of the peanuts and Bonita ate 29 peanuts. How many peanuts remain in the jar?
A: 148 * (1 / 4) = 37. 148 - 37 - 29 = 82. There are 82 peanuts left in the jar. The answer is 82.
Question: James is trying to create a new breed of kittens with extra-long tails. Each generation of kittens he breeds has a tail 25% longer than the last generation. If the first generation has tails 16 cm long, how long are the third generation's tails?
Answer: First find how much longer the second generation's tails are: 25% * 16 cm = 4 cm. Then add that length to the first generation's tail length to find the second generation's tail length: 4 cm + 16 cm = 20 cm. Then find how much longer the third generation's tails are: 25% * 20 cm = 5 cm. Then add that length to the second generation's tail length to find the third generation's tail length: 5 cm + 20 cm = 25 cm. The answer is 25.
[Question]Clyde and Grace are building block towers. Grace’s tower is 8 times the size of Clyde’s at 40 inches tall. How many inches taller is Grace’s tower than Clyde’s?
[Answer]Clyde’s tower is 1 / 8 the size of Grace’s tower or 40 inches / 8 = 5 inches tall. Grace’s tower is 40 inches – 5 inches = 35 inches taller than Clyde’s. The answer is 35.
Q: Before Marcus went on a road trip to LA, his car had 1728 miles on it. He filled his empty gas tank twice and used up all the gas on the trip. If Marcus's car gets 30 miles per gallon and holds 20 gallons of gas, how many miles does Marcus' car have on it now?
A: First, figure out how many gallons of gas Marcus bought by multiply the gas tank's volume by the number of fill - ups: 20 gallons * 2 = 40 gallons. Then multiply that number by Marcus's fuel mileage to find how many miles he drove: 40 gallons * 30 miles / gallon = 1200 miles. Then add that amount to the initial number of miles on Marcus' car to find the final number of miles: 1728 miles + 1200 miles = 2928 miles. The answer is 2928.
Question: Last week, Charles bought a t-shirt for $30, a backpack for $10, and a blue cap for $5. The store gave him a discount and, in total, he only spent $43. How much of a discount did they give him, in dollars?
Answer: The purchases he made totaled $30 + $10 + $5 = $45. He should pay $45, but he only paid $43, so $45 - $43 = $2 was the discount they gave him. The answer is 2.
Q: Jillian had 80 oranges which she had bought to give to her friends. She divided each orange into ten equal pieces for each friend to get four pieces. How many friends were there?
A:
If she divided each orange into 10 pieces, she got 80 * 10 = 800 pieces of orange. Since each friend received 4 pieces, there were 800 / 4 = 200 friends. The answer is 200.