Q: A pair of dogs are barking back and forth at each other from across the street. The poodle barks twice for every one time the terrier barks. The terrier's owner hushes it every second time it barks. She has to say "hush" six times before the dogs stopped barking. How many times did the poodle bark?
A: The terrier barked twice as many times as it was told to hush, so it barked 6 * 2 = 12 times. The poodle barked two times for every terrier bark, so it barked 12 * 2 = 24 times. The answer is 24.
Question: Milly and Floretta are having a water balloon fight in their garden. They use 3 packs of their own water balloons and also use 2 packs of a neighbor's water balloons. Each pack of water balloons contains 6 balloons. Milly and Floretta fill all of the balloons then split them evenly, but Milly takes an extra 7 balloons when Floretta isn't looking. How many water balloons is Floretta left with?
Answer: Milly and Floretta have a total of 3 packs of their own water balloons + 2 packs of the neighbor's water balloons = 5 packs of water balloons. So there is a total of 5 packs of water balloons * 6 balloons per pack of water balloons = 30 water balloons available. As they split them evenly, they each have 30 water balloons / 2 = 15 water balloons. After Milly steals some balloons, Floretta is left with 15 7 = 8 water balloons. The answer is 8.
[Question]Javier exercised for 50 minutes every day for one week. Sanda exercised for 90 minutes on each of three days. How many minutes did Javier and Sanda exercise in total?
[Answer]Javier = 50 * 7 = 350 minutes. Sanda = 90 * 3 = 270 minutes. Total = 350 + 270 = 620 minutes. Together Javier and Sanda exercised for 620 minutes. The answer is 620.
Q: Mr. Ha owns 5 more silver dollars than Mr. Phung. Mr. Phung has 16 more silver dollars than Mr. Chiu has. If Mr. Chiu has 56 silver dollars, how many silver dollars the three have in total?
A: Mr. Chiu has 56 silver dollars. If Mr. Phung has 16 more silver dollars than Mr. Chiu, then his total silver dollars is 56 + 16 = 72. The total number of silver dollars that Mr. Ha owns is 72 + 5 = 77. Combined, together they have 77 + 72 + 56 = 205 silver dollars. The answer is 205.
Question: James drives 30 mph for half an hour and then twice as long for twice the speed. How far did he drive in total?
Answer: His first drive was 30 * .5 = 15 miles. The next leg was .5 * 2 = 1 hour. The speed of the trip was 30 * 2 = 60 mph. So he drove 60 * 1 = 60 miles. So in total he drove 60 + 15 = 75 miles. The answer is 75.
Q: Every day, Sara bakes 10 cakes and puts them in his refrigerator. He does this for 5 days. Carol then comes over and eats 12 of his cakes. If it takes 2 cans of frosting to frost a single cake, how many cans of frosting does Bob need to frost the remaining cakes?
A:
After 5 days, Sara has baked 5 days * 10 cakes / day = 50 cakes. After Carol's feast, there are 50 cakes - 12 cakes = 38 cakes remaining. Sara needs 2 cans / cake * 38 cakes = 76 cans of frosting. The answer is 76.