[Question]Diego baked 12 cakes for his sister's birthday. Donald also baked 4 cakes, but ate 1 while waiting for the party to start. How many cakes are left?
[Answer]The total number of cakes baked is 12 + 4 = 16 cakes. But since Diego ate 1 cake, there are 16 - 1 = 15 cakes left. The answer is 15.
Q: Big Joe is the tallest player on the basketball team. He is one foot taller than Ben, who is one foot taller than Larry, who is one foot taller than Frank, who is half a foot taller than Pepe. If Pepe is 4 feet six inches tall, how tall is Big Joe, in feet?
A: Four feet six inches is the same as 4.5 feet tall. If Frank is 0.5 feet taller than Pepe, then he is 4.5 + 0.5 = 5 feet tall. If Larry is one foot taller than Frank, then he is 5 + 1 = 6 feet tall. If Ben is one foot taller than Larry, then he is 6 + 1 = 7 feet tall. If Big Joe is one foot taller than Ben, then he is 7 + 1 = 8 feet tall. The answer is 8.
Question: Hamza has several empty buckets of different sizes, holding either 3, 5, or 6 liters. She fills the 5-liter bucket and pours as much as she can into the 3-liter bucket. Then, she pours the remainder into the 6-liter bucket. How much more water, in liters, can she put into the 6-liter bucket, without overflowing?
Answer: Pouring the 5 - liter bucket into the 3 - liter bucket leaves 5 - 3 = 2 liters, which go into the 6 - liter bucket. Then there are 6 - 2 = 4 liters that can be added. The answer is 4.
[Question]John weighs one-quarter times more than what Mary weighs. Mary weighs 20 lbs less than Jamison's weight. If Mary weighs 160 lbs, what's the combined weight of the three?
[Answer]If Mary weighs 160 lbs, Jamison weighs 160 lbs + 20 lbs = 180 lbs. If John weighs one - quarter less than what Mary weighs, he weighs 1 / 4 * 160 lbs = 40 lbs more. The total weight of John is 160 lbs + 40 lbs = 200 lbs. The total weight for the three is 200 lbs + 180 lbs + 160 lbs = 540 lbs. The answer is 540.
Q: Nate is reading a 400-page book. He finished reading 20% of the book. How many pages does he need to read to finish the book?
A: Nate had read 400 x 20 / 100 = 80 pages. So, he still needs to read 400 - 80 = 320 pages to finish the book. The answer is 320.
Question: Djibo is 17 years old. Five years ago Djibo added his age with his sister's age and the sum was 35. How many years old is Djibo's sister today?
Answer:
Age 5 years ago: 17 - 5 = 12. Sister's age 5 years ago: 35 - 12 = 23. Sister's age today: 23 + 5 = 28 years. Djibo's sister is 28 years old today. The answer is 28.