[Question]June liked to collect cat stickers. She had a total of 76 in her collection. Her twin sister Bonnie also collected cat stickers and had 63 in her collection. For their birthday, their grandparents gave them 25 cat stickers each. How many combined stickers did they have?
[Answer]June had 76 stickers and was given 25 from her grandparents so she had 76 + 25 = 101 stickers. Bonnie had 63 stickers and was given 25 from her grandparents so she had 63 + 25 = 88 stickers. June had 101 stickers and Bonnie had 88 stickers so together, they had 101 + 88 = 189 stickers. The answer is 189.
Q: Mark plants some strawberries in his backyard. Every month, the number of strawberry plants doubles. After 3 months, Mark digs up 4 strawberry plants and gives them to his friend. If he still has 20 strawberry plants, how many did he initially plant?
A: First, add the 4 plants Mark gave away to the 20 he has left: 4 + 20 = 24. Then divide this number by 2 to find how many plants Mark had after two months: 24 / 2 = 12. Then divide that number by 2 to find how many plants Mark had after one month: 12 / 2 = 6. Finally, divide that number by 2 to find out how many plants Mark initially planted: 6 / 2 = 3. The answer is 3.
Question: Bill is trying to control the pests in his garden. Each spider he introduces eats 7 bugs, and each time he sprays the garden he reduces the total bug population to 80% of what it was previously. If the garden has 400 bugs to start, and Bill sprays once and introduces 12 spiders, how many bugs are left?
Answer: First find the total bug population after spraying: 80% * 400 bugs = 320 bugs. Then find the total number of bugs each spider eats: 12 spiders * 7 bugs / spider = 84 bugs. Then subtract that number from the number of bugs left after spraying to find final number of bugs: 320 bugs - 84 bugs = 236 bugs. The answer is 236.
[Question]Goldie makes $5 an hour for pet-sitting. Last week, she worked for 20 hours while this week, she worked for 30 hours. How much did Goldie earn in two weeks for pet-sitting?
[Answer]Goldie did pet - sitting for a total of 20 + 30 = 50 hours. So, she earned a total of $5 x 50 = $250. The answer is 250.
Q: Colleen is making a batch of 48 cookies. She's going to add 108 chocolate chips and one-third as many M&Ms to the whole batch. What are the average number of chocolate pieces in each cookie?
A: First find the total number of M&Ms: 108 chocolate chips / 3 chocolate chips / 1 M&M = 36 M&Ms. Then add that number to the number of chocolate chips to find the total number of pieces of chocolate: 36 M&Ms + 108 chocolate chips = 144 chocolates. Then divide the total number of chocolates by the number of cookies to find the number of pieces of chocolate per cookie: 144 chocolates / 48 cookies = 3 chocolates / cookie. The answer is 3.
Question: Wilma has a garden with 3 types of flowers. The garden has 6 rows, with 13 flowers in each row. Wilma has 12 yellow flowers, two times more green flowers, and the rest consist of red flowers. How many red flowers does Wilma have?
Answer:
The garden has space for 6 * 13 = 78 flowers in total. Wilma has two times more green flowers than yellow flowers, which means she has 2 * 12 = 24 green flowers. That leaves us with 78 - 24 - 12 = 42 red flowers in the garden. The answer is 42.