Q: Artemis is making tea for a party. She knows her mom drinks an 8-ounce cup of tea and uses one ounce of tea. She will use this same ratio for the party. The party has 12 people there and each of them wants a 6-ounce cup of tea. How many ounces of tea does she need?
A: She is making 72 ounces of water because 12 x 6 = 72. She needs 9 ounces of tea because 72 / 8 = 9. The answer is 9.
Question: Mr Julien's store has 400 marbles remaining after the previous day's sales. Twenty customers came into the store, and each bought 15 marbles. How many marbles remain in the store?
Answer: If each of the 20 customers bought 15 marbles, then they bought 20 * 15 = 300 marbles in total from Mr Julien's store. The number of marbles remaining in the store is 400 - 300 = 100 marbles. The answer is 100.
[Question]Randy walks his dog twice a day. After each walk, he wipes his dog's paws off with a baby wipe. The baby wipes come 120 wipes per pack. How many packs will he need to make sure he has enough wipes for 360 days?
[Answer]He uses 2 wipes a day and the pack of baby wipes come 120 wipes per pack so they will last 120 / 2 = 60 days. He needs enough to last for 360 days and 1 pack will last 60 days so he needs 360 / 60 = 6 packs. The answer is 6.
Q: Micah picks 2 dozen strawberries from the field. He eats 6 and saves the rest for his mom. How many strawberries are there for his mom?
A: Micah picks 2 x 12 = 24 strawberries. After he eats 6, there are this many strawberries left for his mom: 24 - 6 = 18. The answer is 18.
Question: Emery and Serena go to their school library, and each borrows a copy of The life of Jack Steve's book to read for their school project. If Emery can read five times as fast as Serena, and the book takes her 20 days to read, what's the average number of days the two take to read the book?
Answer: If Emery took twenty days to read the book, then it took Serena 5 * 20 = 100 days to read the whole book. The total number of days taken by the two to read the book is 100 + 20 = 120 days. The average number of days the two take to read the book is 120 / 2 = 60 days. The answer is 60.
Q: Mary had 89 stickers. She used 3 large stickers on the front page of her journal and 7 stickers each to 6 other pages of her journal. How many stickers does Mary have remaining?
A:
Mary added a total of 7 stickers / page * 6 pages = 42 stickers to the 6 other pages. In total, Mary added 3 large stickers + 42 stickers = 45 stickers to her journal. Since she started with 89 stickers, she now has 89 - 45 = 44 stickers left. The answer is 44.