[Question]Angus, Patrick, and Ollie went fishing for trout on Rainbow Lake. Angus caught 4 more fish than Patrick did, but Ollie caught 7 fewer fish than Angus. If Ollie caught 5 fish, how many fish did Patrick catch?
[Answer]If Ollie caught 7 less than Angus, then Angus caught 5 + 7 = 12 fish. And since Angus caught four more than Patrick, then Patrick caught 12 - 4 = 8 fish. The answer is 8.
Q: Maggie has an after-school job that pays her $5.00 for every magazine subscription she can sell. She sells 4 to her parents, 1 to her grandfather, 2 to the next-door neighbor and twice that amount to another neighbor. How much money did Maggie earn?
A: Maggie sells 2 subscriptions to a neighbor and twice that amount to another neighbor so she sells 2 * 2 = 4 subscriptions to the other neighbor. In total, Maggie sells 4 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 11 subscriptions. She earns $5.00 per subscription she sells so she earns 5 * 11 = $55.00. The answer is 55.
Question: The sum of the three numbers is 500. If the first number is 200, and the value of the second number is twice the value of the third number, find the value of the third number.
Answer: Let's say the third number is x. The sum of the second and third number is 500 - 200 = 300. Since the third number is x, the sum of the values of the second and third number is x + 2x = 300. This is 3x = 300. The value of the third number is x = 300 / 3. x = 100. The answer is 100.
[Question]The outdoor scouts went on a hike to see a waterfall. To get to the hike, the club members took 3 cars, 6 taxis and 2 vans. There were 4 people in each car, 6 people in each taxis and 5 people in each van. How many people went on the hike?
[Answer]The number of people in cars is 3 4 = 12. The number of people in taxis is 6 6 = 36. The number of people in vans is 2 5 = 10. In total 12 + 36 + 10 = 58 people went on the hike. The answer is 58.
Q: Ember is half as old as Nate who is 14. When she is 14 herself, how old will Nate be?
A: Ember is 14 / 2 = 7 years old. When she is 14, Nate will be 14 + 7 = 21 years old. The answer is 21.
Question: The water pressure of a sink has a steady flow of 2 cups per 10 minutes for the first 30 minutes. It still flows at 2 cups per 10 minutes for the next 30 minutes after. For the next hour, the water pressure maximizes to 4 cups per 10 minutes and stops. Shawn now has to dump half of the water away. How much water is left?
Answer:
For the first 30 minutes, 3 * 2 = 6 cups of water came out. For the next 30 minutes, 3 * 2 = 6 cups of water came out. For the next hour, 6 * 4 = 24 cups of water came out. A total of 6 + 6 + 24 = 36 cups of water came out. Shawn had to dump water which left 36 / 2 = 18 cups of water. The answer is 18.