Question: Gilbert grows herbs in his yard to use in his cooking. At the beginning of the spring, he planted three basil bushes, a parsley plant, and two kinds of mint. Halfway through spring, one of the basil plants dropped seeds from a flower and made an extra basil plant grow. However, a rabbit came by the garden near the end of spring and ate all the mint. How many herb plants did Gilbert have when spring ended?
Answer: Gilbert planted 3 + 1 + 2 = 6 herb plants. He gained a basil plant when one of the basil plants seeded a new plant, so he had 6 + 1 = 7 plants. The rabbit ate both mint plants, so Gilbert had 7 - 2 = 5 herb plants when spring ended. The answer is 5.
[Question]Sandro has six times as many daughters as sons. If he currently has three sons, how many children does he have?
[Answer]If Sandro has three sons, the total number of daughters, six times the number of sons, is 3 sons * 6 daughters / son = 18 daughters. The total number of children is 18 daughters + 3 sons = 21 children. The answer is 21.
Q: It's spring! The gardener at Parc Municipal orders flowers. He takes 250 tulips, 375 carnations and 320 roses. Each flower is sold for 2. Calculate the total expenses.
A: First we calculate the number of flowers: 250 + 375 + 320 = 945. Then the expense: 945 X 2 = 1890. So, the total expenditure is 1890. The answer is 1890.
Question: A school canteen sells a sandwich at $2, a hamburger at $2, one stick of hotdog at $1, and a can of fruit juice at $2 each can. Selene buys three sandwiches and a can of fruit juice. Tanya buys two hamburgers and two cans of fruit juice. How much do Selene and Tanya spend together?
Answer: Three sandwiches cost 3 x $2 = $6. So, Selene spends $6 + $2 = $8. Two hamburgers cost 2 x $2 = $4. Two cans of fruit juice cost 2 x $2 = $4. Thus, Tanyah spends $4 + $4 = $8. Therefore, Selene and Tanya spend $8 + $8 = $16. The answer is 16.
[Question]Sally picks 30 seashells on Monday. On Tuesday, she picks half as many seashells as she did on Monday. If she can sell each seashell for $1.20, how much money can she make if she sells all of her seashells?
[Answer]On Tuesday, Sally picks 30 / 2 = 15 seashells. In total, Sally picks 30 + 15 = 45 seashells. The total amount of money Sally can make is 45 * $1.20 = $54. The answer is 54.
[Question]A small zoo houses a variety of 68 wild animals. After they send a gorilla family of six to a different zoo, they adopt a hippopotamus from another zoo. A while later, an animal rescue contacted them, and the zoo took in three endangered rhinos. Then one of their lionesses gave birth to cubs, and they opened a meerkat exhibit with twice as many meerkats as they had gained lion cubs. The zoo then had 90 animals in all. How many lion cubs were born at the zoo?
[Answer]
Let C be the number of lion cubs. There are 2C meerkats in the new exhibit. The zoo sent 4 gorillas away, so they had 68 - 6 = 62 animals left. They adopted a hippopotamus, so they had 62 + 1 = 63 animals. They took in 3 rhinos, so they had 63 + 3 = 66 animals. Thus, they had 90 - 66 = 24 new lion cubs and meerkats. Therefore, they had C + 2C = 3C = 24 new lion cubs as meerkats. Hence, there were C = 24 / 3 = 8 lion cubs born. The answer is 8.