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Thomas has been saving $40 in the bank every month for six years. His friend Joseph has been saving 2/5 times less money per month.

Question: How much money are they having in their savings account altogether?
Answer: Thomas has been saving for six years, and since each year has 12 months, he has been making savings for 6*12 = <<6*12=72>>72 months.
Since Thomas has been saving $40 in the bank every month for six years, he has saved 72*$40 = $<<72*40=2880>>2880
Joseph has been saving 2/5 times less money per month than Thomas, meaning he has been saving 2/5*$40 = $<<2/5*40=16>>16 less per month.
The total amount of money that Joseph has been saving per month is $40-$16 = $<<40-16=24>>24
In six years, Joseph has saved $24*72 = $<<24*72=1728>>1728
Together, they have saved a total of $2880+$1728 = $<<2880+1728=4608>>4608
#### 4608
When Jack traveled to Canada, he had to wait 20 hours to get through customs, plus 14 days in coronavirus quarantine.

Question: How many hours total did Jack have to wait?
Answer: First convert the quarantine wait time to hours by multiplying the number of days by the number of hours in a day: 14 days * 24 hours/day = <<14*24=336>>336 hours
Then add the time Jack spent waiting in customs to the quarantine time: 336 hours + 20 hours = <<336+20=356>>356 hours
#### 356
Jesse is desperately trying to finish a book for a school book report due on Monday so he can play this weekend. Friday afternoon, he read the first 5 chapters, which were 10, 15, 27, 12, and 19 pages, respectively, before taking a break. To his dismay, he found that he was only 1/3 of the way through the book.

Question: How many pages does he still have to read?
Answer: So far, Jesse has read 10 + 15 + 27 + 12 + 19 = <<10+15+27+12+19=83>>83 pages.
That's 1/3 of the book, so the remainder of the book is twice as many pages, or 2 * 83 = 166 pages.
#### 166
Leila eats cake almost every week. Last week, she ate 6 cakes on Monday, 9 cakes on Friday, and on Saturday, she ate triple the number of cakes she ate on Monday.

Question: How many cakes does Leila eat?
Answer: Combining Monday and Friday, Leila ate 6 + 9 = <<6+9=15>>15 cakes.
On Saturday, she ate 6 * 3 = <<6*3=18>>18 cakes.
Altogether, Leila ate 15 + 18 = <<15+18=33>>33 cakes.
#### 33
There are 4 alligators living on a golf course in Florida.

Question: If the number of alligators doubles every six months, how many alligators will there be at the end of a year?
Answer: First figure out how many times the alligator population doubles in one year by dividing the number of months in a year by the number of months it takes the population to double: 12 months / 6 months = <<12/6=2>>2. The alligator population doubles twice.
Now double the alligator population once: 4 alligators * 2 = <<4*2=8>>8 alligators
Now double it again: 8 alligators * 2 = <<8*2=16>>16 alligators
#### 16
Daisy is climbing trees all around her neighborhood and starts to notice the number of branches and the height. The first tree she climbs is 50 feet tall and has 200 branches. The second tree she climbs is 40 feet tall and has 180 branches. The third tree she climbs is 60 feet tall and has 180 branches. The final tree she climbs is 34 feet tall and has 153 branches.

Question: On average, how many branches do these trees have per foot?
Answer: The first tree has 4 branches per foot because 200 / 50 = <<200/50=4>>4
The second tree tree has 4.5 branches per foot because 180 / 40 = <<180/40=4.5>>4.5
The third tree has 3 branches per foot because 180 / 60 = <<180/60=3>>3
The fourth tree has 4.5 branches per foot because 153 / 34 = <<153/34=4.5>>4.5
The total branches per foot is 16 because 4 + 4.5 + 3 + 4.5 = <<4+4.5+3+4.5=16>>16
The average branches per foot is 4 because 16 / 4 = <<16/4=4>>4
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A car manufacturing company that produces 100 cars per month wants to increase its production to reach 1800 cars per year.

Question: How many cars should the company add to the monthly production rate to reach that target?
Answer: Let Y be the number of cars needed to be added to the current monthly production.
Then ((100 + Y) * 12) = 1800.
So 1200 + 12 * Y = 1800.
12 * Y = 1800 - 1200 = 600
Y = 600 / 12 = <<600/12=50>>50
#### 50
Reginald is selling apples. He sells each apple for $1.25. He plans to use his profits to help repair his bike. His bike cost $80 and the repairs cost 25% of what his bike cost. After the repairs are paid for, 1/5 of the money he'd earned remains.

Question: How many apples did he sell?
Answer: The bike repairs cost $20 because 80 x .25 = <<80*.25=20>>20
Call the amount he earns e. We know that e - 20 = 1/5e
Therefore 5e - 100 = e
Therefore, 4e = 100
Therefore, e = <<25=25>>25
Therefore, he sold 20 apples because 25 / 1.25 = <<25/1.25=20>>20
#### 20
Luisa drives 10 miles to the grocery store, 6 miles to the mall, 5 miles to the pet store, then 9 miles back home. One gallon of gas can be used to drive 15 miles.

Question: If one gallon of gas costs $3.50, what is the total cost of the gas for Luisa’s entire trip?
Answer: Luisa drives a total of 10 + 6 + 5 + 9 = <<10+6+5+9=30>>30 miles
Luisa uses 30 / 15 = <<30/15=2>>2 gallons of gas for her trip
The total cost of the gas for Luisa’s trip is 2 * $3.50 = $<<2*3.5=7>>7
#### 7
Jenny is working on a school project. She spends 10 hours doing research for the project and 2 hours writing a proposal.

Question: If she has 20 hours total to work on the project, how many hours does she have left to write her report?
Answer: So far, Jenny has spent 10+2=<<10+2=12>>12 hours on the project.
Thus, she has 20-12=<<20-12=8>>8 hours to write her report.
#### 8
Fred had 212 sheets of paper. He received another 307 sheets of paper from Jane and gave Charles 156 sheets of paper.

Question: How many sheets of paper does Fred have left?
Answer: He had 212 sheets and received 307 more for a total of 212+307 = <<212+307=519>>519 sheets
He gave out 156 so he has 519-156 = <<519-156=363>>363 sheets
#### 363
Cindy can run at 3 miles per hour and walk at 1 mile per hour.

Question: If she runs for half a mile and then walks for half a mile, how many minutes will it take her to travel the full mile?
Answer: It will take her 0.5 miles / 3 mph * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = <<0.5/3*60=10>>10 minutes to run half a mile.
It will take her 0.5 miles / 1 mph * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = <<0.5/1*60=30>>30 minutes to walk half a mile.
Her total time is 10 + 30 = <<10+30=40>>40 minutes.
#### 40
Matthew, Patrick and Alvin are eating dinner together. Matthew eats three times as many egg rolls as Patrick eats. Patrick eats half as many egg rolls as Alvin eats.

Question: If Alvin ate 4 egg rolls, how many did Matthew eat?
Answer: Patrick eats 1/2 of the 4 egg rolls that Alvin eats, 1/2 x 4 = <<1/2*4=2>>2 egg rolls.
Matthew eats 3x as many egg rolls as Patrick eats, 3 x 2 = <<3*2=6>>6 egg rolls that Matthew eats.
#### 6
Jonsey is awake for 2/3 of the day and spends 1/2 her time awake playing outside and the rest inside. Her brother, Riley, is awake for 3/4 of the day and spends 1/3 of his day outside and the rest inside.

Question: How much time, on average, do they spend inside?
Answer: Jonsey is awake for 16 hours because 24 x (2/3) = <<24*(2/3)=16>>16
Jonsey spends 1/2 her day inside because 1 - (1/2) = 1/2
Jonsey spend 8 hours inside because 16 x (1/2) = <<16*(1/2)=8>>8
Riley is awake for 18 hours because 24 x (3/4) = <<24*(3/4)=18>>18
Riley spends 2/3 of his day inside because 1 - (1/3) = 2/3
Riley spends 12 hours inside because 18 x (2/3) = <<18*(2/3)=12>>12
In total they spend 20 hours inside because 8 + 12 = <<8+12=20>>20
On average, they spend 10 hours inside because 20 / 2 = <<20/2=10>>10
#### 10
Gina and Tom were playing football. On the first day, Gina scored two goals, which was three less than Tom. On the second day, Gina scored two goals less than Tom who scored six goals.

Question: How many goals did Gina and Tom score during these two days?
Answer: On the second day, Gina scored 6 - 2 = <<6-2=4>>4 goals.
So in total, on the second day, Gina and Tom scored 4 + 6 = <<4+6=10>>10 goals.
On the first day Tom scored 2 + 3 = <<2+3=5>>5 goals.
So in total on the first day, both players scored 5 + 2 = <<5+2=7>>7 goals.
During these two days, Gina and Tom scored 10 + 7 = <<10+7=17>>17 goals.
#### 17
There is a lot of dust in Susie's house. It takes her 2 hours to vacuum the whole house. She can vacuum each room in 20 minutes.

Question: How many rooms does she have in her house?
Answer: Susie spends 2*60 = <<2*60=120>>120 minutes vacuuming.
Since she can vacuum each room in 20 minutes, she has 120/20 = <<120/20=6>>6 rooms in her house.
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Burt spent $2.00 on a packet of basil seeds and $8.00 on potting soil. The packet of seeds yielded 20 basil plants. He sells each basil plant for $5.00 at the local farmer's market.

Question: What is the net profit from his basil plants?
Answer: He spent $2.00 on seeds and $8.00 on soil for a total of 2+8 = $<<2+8=10.00>>10.00
He sells each of the 20 basil plants for $5.00 so he makes 20*5 = $<<20*5=100.00>>100.00
He made $100.00 from selling basil plants and he spent $10.00 to buy and grow the seeds. His net profit is 100-10 = $<<100-10=90.00>>90.00
#### 90
Janet goes to the gym for 5 hours a week. She goes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. She spends an hour and a half each day on Monday and Wednesday.

Question: If she spends the same amount of time at the gym on Tuesday and Friday how many hours is she at the gym on Friday?
Answer: Between Monday and Wednesday, she spends 1.5 hours + 1.5 hours = <<1.5+1.5=3>>3 hours.
That means she has 5 hours - 3 hours = <<5-3=2>>2 hours left for Tuesday and Wednesday
She spends 2 hours / 2=<<2/2=1>>1 hour on Friday
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Karen works at an animal shelter with 30 dogs, 28 cats, and 20 lizards. Every month, 50% of the dogs are adopted, 25% of the cats are adopted, and 20% of lizards are adopted.

Question: If the shelter takes in 13 new pets a month, how many pets are there after one month?
Answer: First find how many dogs get adopted each month by multiplying the number of dogs by their chance of getting adopted: 30 dogs * 50% = <<30*50*.01=15>>15 dogs
Then do the same thing for the cats: 28 cats * 25% = <<28*25*.01=7>>7 cats
And do the same thing for the lizards: 20 lizards * 20% = <<20*20*.01=4>>4 lizards
Now add up the number of each kind of pet to find the initial total number of pets: 30 dogs + 28 cats + 20 lizards = <<30+28+20=78>>78 pets
Now subtract all the pets that get adopted in one month from the initial number of pets: 78 pets - 15 dogs - 7 cats - 4 lizards = <<78-15-7-4=52>>52 pets
Now add the extra 13 pets the shelter takes in that month to find the final number of pets: 52 pets + 13 pets = <<52+13=65>>65 pets
#### 65
Los Angeles has 6 million people living in it.

Question: If half the population is women and 1/3 of the women work in retail, how many women work in retail in Los Angeles?
Answer: There are 3 million women in Los Angeles because 6,000,000 / 2 = <<6000000/2=3000000>>3,000,000
1,000,000 women work in retail because 3,000,000 x (1/3) = <<3000000*(1/3)=1000000>>1,000,000
#### 1,000,000
A kiddy gift shop sells bracelets at $4 each, keychains at $5 each, and coloring books at $3 each. Paula and Olive want to buy presents for their friends. Paula buys two bracelets and a keychain, while Olive buys a coloring book and a bracelet.

Question: How much do Paula and Olive spend in total?
Answer: Two bracelets cost 2 x $4 = $<<2*4=8>>8.
Thus, Paula spends $8 + $5 = $<<8+5=13>>13.
Olive spends $3 + $4 = $<<3+4=7>>7.
Therefore, Paula and Olive spend $13 + $7 = $<<13+7=20>>20 in all.
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Frank invites his friends over to play video games. He bakes a pan of brownies before he arrives. He cuts 6 even columns and 3 even rows into the pan of brownies.

Question: If there are 6 people, including Frank, in total, how many brownies can they each eat?
Answer: There are 6 * 3 = <<6*3=18>>18 brownies in total.
Each person can eat 18 / 6 = <<18/6=3>>3 brownies.
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Every 4 weeks, Helen hand washes her silk pillowcases. It takes 30 minutes to hand wash all of them.

Question: In 1 year, how much time does Helen spend hand washing her pillowcases?
Answer: She hand washes them every 4 weeks and there are 52 weeks in a year so she washes them 52/4 = <<52/4=13>>13 times per year
It takes her 30 minutes to hand wash the pillowcases and she does this 13 times per year for a total of 30*13 = <<30*13=390>>390 minutes per year
#### 390
Timmy plans to ride a skateboard ramp that is 50 feet high. He knows he needs to go 40 mph at the start to make it all the way to the top. He measures his speed on three trial runs and goes 36, 34, and 38 mph.

Question: How much faster does he have to go than his average speed to make it up the ramp?
Answer: His total speed from the trials is 108 because 36 + 34 + 38 = <<36+34+38=108>>108
His average speed was 36 mph because 108 / 3 = <<108/3=36>>36
He needs to go 4 mph faster to make it to the top because 40 - 36 = <<40-36=4>>4.
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Sara and Joe have a combined height of 120 inches. Joe is 6 inches more than double Sara's height.

Question: How tall is Joe?
Answer: Let x be Sara's height in inches
Joe is 6+2x inches tall
120=x+(6+2x)
120=3x+6
114=3x
x=<<38=38>>38 inches
Joe is 6+2(38)=82 inches
#### 82
Nelly wants to buy pizza for herself and her 14 friends. Each pizza costs $12 and can feed 3 people.

Question: If Nelly earns $4 a night babysitting the neighbors' kids, how many nights will she have to babysit to afford the pizza?
Answer: She needs to buy 15 / 3 = <<15/3=5>>5 pizzas.
The pizzas cost 5 * $12 = $<<5*12=60>>60 total.
It will take her $60 / $4 = <<60/4=15>>15 nights worth of babysitting to afford the pizza.
#### 15
Mother made 2 dozen brownies and placed them on the kitchen counter to cool. Father smelled the brownies, came into the kitchen and ate 8 of them. Then, their daughter, Mooney, wandered into the kitchen and ate 4 of the brownies. The next morning, Mother made another two dozen brownies and added them to those remaining from the day before.

Question: After that, how many brownies were on the counter?
Answer: Two dozen brownies is 2 * 12 = <<2*12=24>>24 brownies.
After Father ate his 8, there were 24 - 8 = <<24-8=16>>16 brownies remaining on the counter.
After Mooney ate her 4, there were 16 - 4 = <<16-4=12>>12 brownies remaining on the counter.
Mother made a second batch of two-dozen brownies, or 2 * 12 = <<2*12=24>>24 brownies.
After Mother added the second two-dozen, there were 12 + 24 = <<12+24=36>>36 brownies on the kitchen counter.
#### 36
Bill has 6 times as many nuts as Harry, and Harry has twice as many nuts as Sue.

Question: If Sue has 48 nuts, how many do Bill and Harry have combined?
Answer: If Sue has 48 nuts, and Harry has twice as many nuts as Sue, Harry has 2*48 = 96 nuts
Bill has 6 times as many nuts as Harry, and since Harry has 96 nuts, Bill has 96*6 = <<6*96=576>>576 nuts
Combined, Bill and Harry have 576+96 = <<576+96=672>>672 nuts
#### 672
John started weightlifting when he was 16. When he first started he could Clean & Jerk 80 kg and he could Snatch 50 kg. He manages to double his clean and jerk and increase his snatch by 80%.

Question: What is his new combined total lifting capacity?
Answer: His clean and jerk goes to 80*2=<<80*2=160>>160 kg
His snatch increases by 50*.8=<<50*.8=40>>40 kg
So his snatch is now 50+40=<<50+40=90>>90 kg
So his total is 160+90=<<160+90=250>>250 kg
#### 250
Nikka has a 100 stamp collection. Thirty-five percent of her stamps are Chinese, 20% are US stamps, and the rest are Japanese stamps.

Question: How many Japanese stamps does Nikka have?
Answer: Nikka has 100 x 35/100 = <<100*35/100=35>>35 Chinese stamps.
She has 100 x 20/100 = <<100*20/100=20>>20 US stamps.
So, Nikka has 35 + 20 = <<35+20=55>>55 stamps that are not Japanese.
Thus, Nikka has 100 - 55 = <<100-55=45>>45 Japanese stamps.
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A rival football team has won twice as many matches as the home team they will be playing did.

Question: If records show that the home team has won three matches, and each team drew four matches and lost none, how many matches have both teams played in total?
Answer: The rival team won twice as many as the home team who won 3 matches so they won 2*3 = <<2*3=6>>6 matches
They both drew 4 matches each for a total of 2*4 = 8 matches
The total number of matches played is 3+6+8 = <<3+6+8=17>>17 matches
#### 17
Kelsey turned 25 in 1999. Her older sister was born 3 years before Kelsey. It's currently 2021.

Question: How old is Kelsey's older sister?
Answer: Kelsey turned 25 in 1999 so she was born in 1999-25 = <<1974=1974>>1974
Kelsey's sister is older by 3 years so she was born in 1974-3 = <<1974-3=1971>>1971
It's currently 2021 and Kelsey's sister was born in 1971 so she is 2021-1971 = <<2021-1971=50>>50 years old
#### 50
Luis is driving 80 miles in 2 hours.

Question: How far will he go in 15 minutes?
Answer: Luis drives 80/2 = <<80/2=40>>40 miles in 1 hour.
Since there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, then he drives 40/60 = 2/3 of a mile in 1 minute.
So in 15 minutes, he will go 2/3 x 15 = <<2/3*15=10>>10 miles far.
#### 10
Jesse is playing with a pile of building blocks. He first builds a building with 80 building blocks. Then he builds a farmhouse with 123 building blocks. He adds a fenced-in area next to the farm made of 57 building blocks.

Question: If Jesse has 84 building blocks left, how many building blocks did he start with?
Answer: Jesse built three structures out of building blocks, 80 + 123 + 57 = <<80+123+57=260>>260 building blocks.
Jesse started with 260 + 84 leftover building blocks = <<260+84=344>>344 building blocks that Jesse had originally.
#### 344
Sandra had 2 different bags of candy. Each of her bags had 6 pieces of candy left. Her brother, Roger, also had 2 bags of candy. One of his bags of candy had 11 pieces left and the other had 3 pieces left.

Question: How much more candy did Roger have?
Answer: Sandra had 2 bags that each contained 6 pieces of candy so 2*6 = <<2*6=12>>12 pieces
Roger had 11 pieces of candy in one bag and 3 pieces in the other so 11+3 = <<11+3=14>>14 pieces
Roger had 14 pieces and Sandra had 12 pieces so Roger has 14-12 = <<14-12=2>>2 more pieces of candy
#### 2
Five dozens of people are attending your family reunion. Your family was assigned to bring the cans of soda. Each box of soda contains 10 cans and costs $2 per box. It was assumed that each person can consume 2 cans of soda.

Question: If you are six in the family and agreed to pay equally for the cost, how much will each of your family members pay?
Answer: Five dozens of people is equal to 5 x 12 = <<5*12=60>>60.
60 x 2 = <<60*2=120>>120 cans of soda are needed.
So, this means 120/10 = <<120/10=12>>12 boxes of soda must be purchased.
Thus, it will amount to $2 x 12 = $<<24=24>>24.
Therefore, each family member will pay $24/6 = $<<24/6=4>>4.
#### 4
Joanne makes $16.00 working at her main job for 8 hours a day. She has a part-time job, working an extra 2 hours a day where she makes $13.50 an hour.

Question: How much money does she make if she works this schedule 5 days a week?
Answer: She works 8 hours a day at $16.00 an hour so she makes 8*16 = $<<8*16=128.00>>128.00 a day
She works this job 5 days a week so she makes 128*5 = $<<128*5=640.00>>640.00 in 5 days
She works 2 hours a day at $13.50 an hour so she makes 2*13.50 = $<<2*13.50=27.00>>27.00 a day
She works this job 5 days a week so she makes 27*5 = $<<27*5=135.00>>135.00
She makes $640 at her main job and $135 at her part-time job so all total she makes 640+135 = $<<640+135=775.00>>775.00 in 5 days
#### 775
It's Mother's day, so mothers get a 10% discount on the department store. Mothers who have 3 children or more can get an additional 4% off the discounted price.

Question: If Mrs. Brown has 4 children and wants to buy a pair of shoes that costs $125, how much will she pay?
Answer: Mrs. Brown has a $125 x 10/100 = $<<125*10/100=12.5>>12.5 discount for her purchase.
So, the remaining amount she needs to pay is $125 - $12.5 =$<<125-12.5=112.5>>112.5.
But Mrs. Brown can still avail of the 5% discount, so she has an additional discount of $112.5 x 4/100 = $<<112.5*4/100=4.5>>4.5.
Therefore, Mrs. brown will only pay $112.5 - $4.5 = $<<112.5-4.5=108>>108.
#### 108
At the supermarket, the price paid for oranges is proportional to the mass purchased. Annie paid $6 for 2 kg of oranges.

Question: How much will Annie pay for 12 kg of oranges?
Answer: The price of 1 kg of oranges is $6 / 2 kg = $<<6/2=3>>3/kg
So Ali will pay 12 kg * $3/kg = $<<12*3=36>>36 for 12 kg of oranges.
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Voltaire and Leila are vloggers, Voltaire has an average of 50 viewers per day while Leila has twice the number of viewers Voltaire has.

Question: If they earn $0.50 per view, how much does Leila earn per week?
Answer: Leila has 50 x 2 = <<50*2=100>>100 viewers per day.
So, she earns 100 x $0.50 = $<<100*0.5=50>>50 per day.
Therefore, Leila earns $50 x 7 = $<<50*7=350>>350 every week.
#### 350
Janet lives in a city built on a grid system. She walks 3 blocks north, then seven times as many blocks west. Then she turns around and walks 8 blocks south and twice as many blocks east in the direction of her home.

Question: If Janet can walk 2 blocks/minute, how long will it take her to get home?
Answer: First, find the total number of blocks south Janet is from her starting point by subtracting the blocks she walked north from the blocks she walked south: 8 blocks - 3 blocks = <<8-3=5>>5 blocks
Then find the number blocks she walked west: 3 blocks * 7 = <<3*7=21>>21 blocks
Then find the number of blocks she walked east: 8 blocks * 2 = <<8*2=16>>16 blocks
Subtract the number of blocks she walked east from the number of blocks she walked west to find how many blocks west of her starting point she is: 21 blocks - 16 blocks = <<21-16=5>>5 blocks
Add the number of blocks she needs to walk north to the number of blocks she needs to walk east: 5 blocks + 5 blocks = <<5+5=10>>10 blocks
Finally, divide the distance she needs to walk by her speed to find how long she'll spend walking: 10 blocks / 2 blocks/minute = <<10/2=5>>5 minutes
#### 5
Lucas went to the store with $20 and needed to buy 3 avocados that cost $2 each.

Question: How much change does he bring home?
Answer: The avocados cost 6 because 3 x 2 = <<3*2=6>>6
He brings home $4 in change because 20 - 6 =<<20-6=14>>14
#### 14
9 years from now, John will be 3 times as old as he was 11 years ago.

Question: How old is he now?
Answer: Let J represent John’s age.
We have J + 9 = 3(j − 11)
So, J + 9 = 3J − 33
So, 9 = 2J − 33
So, 42 = 2J
Which means that John’s age is J = 42 / 2 = <<42/2=21>>21
#### 21
A conference center has six rooms. Each room can hold up to 80 people. Today, the conference center is only 2/3 full.

Question: How many people are in the conference center?
Answer: The conference center can hold up to 80 x 6 = <<80*6=480>>480 people.
Today, there are 480 x 2/3 = <<480*2/3=320>>320 people in the conference center.
#### 320
Dallas and Austin went to the pick-your-own orchard. Dallas picked 14 bags of apples and 9 bags of pears. Austin picked 6 bags of apples more than Dallas, and 5 fewer bags of pears than Dallas.

Question: How many bags of fruit did Austin pick, in total?
Answer: He picked 14+6=<<14+6=20>>20 bags of apples.
He picked 9-5=<<9-5=4>>4 bags of pears.
He picked 20+4=<<20+4=24>>24 bags of fruit in total.
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Luther designs clothes for a high fashion company. His latest line of clothing uses both silk and cashmere fabrics. There are ten pieces made with silk and half that number made with cashmere.

Question: If his latest line has thirteen pieces, how many pieces use a blend of cashmere and silk?
Answer: Luther has 10 / 2 = <<10/2=5>>5 pieces made with cashmere.
He has 13 - 10 = <<13-10=3>>3 pieces made without silk using only cashmere.
Thus, Luther has 5 - 3 = <<5-3=2>>2 pieces made using a blend of cashmere and silk.
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