Q: Michael saved 5 of his cookies to give Sarah, who saved a third of her 9 cupcakes to give to Michael. How many desserts does Sarah end up with?
A: Sarah saved 1 / 3 of her 9 cupcakes to give Michael, so she has 2 / 3 x 9 = 6 cupcakes left. Michael saves 5 of his cookies for Sarah, which she adds to her 6 cupcakes. Sarah has 5 + 6 = 11 desserts. The answer is 11.

Q: Dennis wants to buy 4 pairs of pants from the store which cost $110.00 each with a 30% discount and he also wants to buy 2 pairs of socks which cost $60.00 with a 30% discount. How much money will Dennis have to spend in total after he bought all the items he wants after the discount?
A: Dennis wants to buy 4 pairs of pants which cost 110x4 = $440. And he also wants to buy 2 pairs of socks that cost 60x2 = $120. The total amount he needs to spend without the discount is 440 + 120 = $560. The discount he will have amounts to $560x.0.30 = $168.00. So the total amount he needs to spend after deducting the discount from the total amount is 560 - 168 = $392. The answer is 392.

Q: A local farmer is paying 4 kids to help plant rows of corn. Every row of corn contains 70 ears. A bag of corn seeds contains 48 seeds and you need 2 seeds per ear of corn. He pays the kids $1.5 per row. Afterward, the kids are so hungry that they end up spending half their money on dinner. The dinner cost $36 per kid. How many bags of corn seeds did each kid use?
A:
The dinner cost $144 dollars because 4 x 36 = 144. The kids earned $288 in total because 144 x 2 = 288. They planted 192 rows of corn because 288 / 1.5 = 192. They planted 13,440 ears of corn in total because 192 x 70 = 13,440. They each planted 3,360 ears of corn because 13,440 / 4 = 3,360. They each planted 6,720 seeds because 3,360 x 2 = 6,720. They each used 140 bags of seeds because 6,720 / 48 = 140. The answer is 140.