[Question]Two vampires have come to the sleepy village of Willowton, population 300. Every night, each vampire turns 5 more people into vampires. How many vampires are there after two nights?
[Answer]First find the number of new vampires after one night: 5 people / vampire * 2 vampires = 10 people. Add that to the starting number of vampires to find the total number of vampires after one night: 10 vampires + 2 vampires = 12 vampires. Then find the number of new vampires on the second night: 5 people / vampire * 12 vampires = 60 people. Add that number to the starting number of vampires on the second night to find the total number of vampires after two nights: 60 vampires + 12 vampires = 72 vampires. The answer is 72.
Q: In a field where there are 200 animals, there are 40 cows, 56 sheep and goats. How many goats are there?
A: We have 56 + 40 = 96 animals other than goats. So, we have 200 96 = 104 goats. The answer is 104.
Question: A store received 20 pallets of paper products to stock. Half the pallets were paper towels, a quarter were tissues, and a fifth were paper plates. The rest were paper cups. How many pallets of paper cups did the store receive?
Answer: The store received 20 / 2 = 10 pallets of paper towels. They received 20 / 4 = 5 pallets of tissues. They received 20 / 5 = 4 pallets of paper plates. Thus, the store received 20 - 10 - 5 - 4 = 1 pallet of paper cups. The answer is 1.
[Question]In 6 months Bella and Bob will be celebrating their 4th anniversary. How many months ago did they celebrate their 2nd anniversary?
[Answer]First, we find their current point in time be realizing that 4 years is 4 sets of 12 months, meaning at that anniversary they will have been together 4 * 12 = 48 months. Then, we subtract their 6 month difference, finding they are at 48 - 6 = 42 months into their relationship. Since 2 years would be 2 * 12 = 24 months into the relationship. We take the larger number, 42, and subtract the smaller number, 24 to find the difference in months, meaning it is 42 - 24 = 18 months. The answer is 18.
Q: In a section of the forest, there are 100 weasels and 50 rabbits. Three foxes invade this region and hunt the rodents. Each fox catches an average of 4 weasels and 2 rabbits per week. How many rabbits and weasels will be left after 3 weeks?
A: 3 foxes catch 4 weasels each every week for a total of 3 * 4 = 12 weasels. 12 weasels are caught every week for 3 weeks for a total of 12 * 3 = 36 weasels. 3 foxes catch 2 rabbits each every week for a total of 3 * 2 = 6 rabbits. 6 rabbits are caught every week for 3 weeks for a total of 6 * 3 = 18 rabbits. There were originally 100 weasels so now there are 100 - 36 = 64 weasels left. There were originally 50 rabbits so now there are 50 - 18 = 32 rabbits left. There are 64 + 32 = 96 weasels and rabbits left. The answer is 96.
Question: There were some snowflakes at first. It snowed an additional 4 snowflakes every 5 minutes. If there were 58 snowflakes after 1 hour, how many snowflakes were there at first?
Answer:
There are 60 / 5 = 12 5 - minute intervals in 1 hour. 12 * 4 = 48 snowflakes fell in 1 hour. There were 58 - 48 = 10 snowflakes at first. The answer is 10.