Question: In a spelling contest held in her school, Drew got 20 questions correct, winning her the competition. She got six questions wrong, and her competitor Carla got 14 questions correct, and twice as many questions wrong as the number of questions Drew got wrong. If each competitor was asked a different question, how many questions were asked in the competition?
Answer: Since Drew got 20 questions right and 6 wrong, she was asked 20 + 6 = 26 questions. Carla got twice as many questions wrong as Drew got, a total of 2 * 6 = 12 questions wrong. The total number of questions that Carla was asked is 12 + 14 = 26. Altogether, there were 26 + 26 = 52 questions that were asked in the contest. The answer is 52.
[Question]Cyrus has been contracted to write a 500 page book. On his first day, he writes 25 pages and twice that amount on the second day. On the third day he is able to write twice the amount that he did on the second day. On the fourth day, he gets writer's block and is only able to write 10 pages. How many more pages does he need to write?
[Answer]On the second day he wrote twice the amount as the first day, which was 25 pages so 2 * 25 = 50 pages. On the third day he wrote twice the amount as he did on the second day, which was 50 pages so 2 * 50 = 100 pages. The first day he wrote 25, then 50, then 100 and 10 on the fourth day for a total of 25 + 50 + 100 + 10 = 185. He needs to write 500 pages and has written 185 which means he has 500 - 185 = 315 more pages to write. The answer is 315.
Q: All of the beads in Sue's necklace are either purple, blue, or green. If Sue has 7 purple beads, twice as many blue beads as purple beads, and 11 more green beads than blue beads, how many beads are in the necklace?
A: Twice as many blue beads as purple beads in the necklace are 2 * 7 = 14 beads. Sue also has 11 more green beads than blue beads, a total of 14 + 11 = 25 beads. The necklace has 7 purple + 14 blue + 25 green = 46 beads. The answer is 46.
Question: If 12 bags of oranges weigh 24 pounds, how much do 8 bags weigh?
Answer: Each bag of oranges weighs 24 pounds / 12 = 2 pounds. 8 bags of oranges would weigh 8 * 2 pounds = 16 pounds. The answer is 16.
[Question]Johnny makes his signature crab dish 40 times a day. It uses 1.5 pounds of crab meat. Crab meat sells for $8 per pound. How much does he spend in a week if he is closed 3 days a week?
[Answer]He uses 40 * 1.5 = 60 pounds of crab meat per day. That cost 60 * 8 = $480 per day. He is open 7 - 3 = 4 days a week. So he spends 480 * 4 = $1920 a week. The answer is 1920.
[Question]Will and Henry go fishing in a river. Will catches 16 catfish and 10 eels. Henry challenges himself to catch 3 trout for every catfish Will catches. Due to environmental concerns, Henry decides to return half his catch after meeting his own challenge. How many fishes do they have altogether now?
[Answer]
Will caught 16 + 10 = 26 fishes. Henry caught 3 trout for each catfish Will caught so since Will caught 16 catfish, Henry caught 16 * 3 = 48 trout. Half of 48 trout is (1 / 2) * 48 = 24. Henry returned 24 trout leaving him with 48 - 24 = 24 trout. They now have a total of 26 + 24 = 50 fishes. The answer is 50.