[Question]Lard decides to share a pizza with his friend Jelly. He takes a whole, uncut pepperoni pizza and cuts it in half. He then cuts these halves in half and gives one of the slices to Jelly. Assuming the pizza started with 40 evenly spread slices of pepperoni, how many slices of it are on the slice Lard gives Jelly if 1 of them falls off the slice when Lard picks it up?
[Answer]First, we need to determine how many slices the pizza was cut into. To do this, we start by performing 1 * 2 = 2 slices after the pizza was cut in half once. Each of these slices was cut in half again, yielding 2 * 2 = 4 slices in total. Next, we divide the total amount of pepperoni slices by the number of pizza slices, as the pepperoni was spread evenly. We find there are 40 / 4 = 10 slices of pepperoni per pizza slice. Since 1 slice of pepperoni fell off Jelly's slice, this means there are 10 - 1 = 9 slices left on her slice. The answer is 9.
Q: Annie goes to school. Today is her birthday, so Annie decided to buy some sweets for her colleagues. Every classmate got 2 candies. In the end, Annie got left with 12 candies. If there are 35 people in Annie's class in total, how much did Annie spend on candies, if one candy costs $0.1?
A: There are 35 people in Annie's class, which means, she has 35 - 1 = 34 classmates. Every classmate got 2 candies, so in total Annie gave out 34 * 2 = 68 candies. In the beginning she had 68 + 12 = 80 candies. One candy costs $0.1, so Annie spend 80 * 0.1 = $8 on candies. The answer is 8.
Question: Bridgette and Alex are getting married. Bridgette is inviting 84 guests, and Alex is inviting two thirds of that number of guests. They hired a caterer to make a plated meal for each guest at the wedding reception. The caterer always makes ten extra plates just in case something goes wrong. Each plate of steak and asparagus in garlic butter will have 8 asparagus spears on it. How many asparagus spears will the caterer need in all?
Answer: Alex is inviting 84 * 2 / 3 = 56 guests. Bridgette and Alex's guests will need 84 + 56 = 140 plates. The caterer makes 10 extra plates, so they will need 140 + 10 = 150 plates. To put 8 asparagus spears on each plate, the caterer will need 150 * 8 = 1200 asparagus spears. The answer is 1200.
[Question]It starts raining at 7:00 and pours heavily until its stops at 17:00 on a particular day. On the second day, the rain takes 2 more hours than it took on the first day to stop. On the third day, the rain pours for twice the amount of time it took on the second day. Calculate the total time it was raining in the three days.
[Answer]On the first day, it rained for 17:00 - 7:00 = 10 hours. On the second day, it 10 hours + 2 hours = 12 hours for the rain to stop. It rained for 2 * 12 hours = 24 hours on the third day. In the three days, it was raining for 24 hours + 12 hours + 10 hours = 46 hours. The answer is 46.
Q: Mrs. Anderson bought 2 bags of 3-pound bag of cat food and another 2 bags of dog food that each weigh 2 more pounds than each bag of cat food. There are 16 ounces in each pound. How many ounces of pet food did Mrs. Anderson buy?
A: The two bags of cat food weigh 2 x 3 = 6 pounds. Each bag of dog food weighs 3 + 2 = 5 pounds. So two bags of dog food weigh 2 x 5 = 10 pounds. Thus, Mrs. Anderson bought 6 + 10 = 16 pounds of pet food. And 16 pounds is equal to 16 x 16 = 256 ounces. The answer is 256.
Question: John has to restring 3 basses with 4 strings each, twice as many guitars which have 6 strings each, and 3 fewer 8 string guitars than the normal guitars. How many strings does he need?
Answer:
The basses take 3 * 4 = 12 strings. He restrings 2 * 3 = 6 normal guitars. That takes 6 * 6 = 36 strings. He restrings 6 - 3 = 3 guitars with 8 strings. So that uses 3 * 8 = 24 strings. So he uses 12 + 36 + 24 = 72 strings. The answer is 72.