Question: A bird watcher records the number of birds he sees each day. One Monday he sees 70 birds. On Tuesday he sees half as many birds as he did on Monday. On Wednesday he sees 8 more birds than he did on Tuesday. How many total birds did the bird watcher see from Monday to Wednesday?
Answer: Monday:70. Tuesday:70 / 2 = 35. Wednesday:35 + 8 = 43. Total:70 + 35 + 43 = 148 birds. The answer is 148.
[Question]68% of all pies are eaten with forks. If there are 2000 pies of all kinds, how many of the pies are not eaten with forks?
[Answer]If there are 2000 pies of all kinds, and 68% of all pies are eaten with forks, there are 68 / 100 * 2000 = 1360 pies eaten with forks. The number of pies that are not eaten with pie is 2000 - 1360 = 640. The answer is 640.
Q: Tony has $87. He needs to buy some cheese, which costs $7 a pound and a pound of beef that costs $5 a pound. After buying the beef and his cheese, he has $61 left. How many pounds of cheese did he buy?
A: He spent $26 because 87 - 61 = 26. He spend $21 on cheese because 26 - 5 = 21. He bought 3 pounds of cheese because 21 / 7 = 3. The answer is 3.
Question: There are 290 liters of oil in 24 cans. If 10 of the cans are holding 8 liters each, how much oil is each of the remaining cans holding?
Answer: 10 cans are holding 8 liters each for a total of 10 * 8 = 80 liters. There are 290 - 80 = 210 litres left. There are 24 - 10 = 14 cans left. Each of the remaining cans is holding 210 / 14 = 15 liters each. The answer is 15.
[Question]Josh and Anna were both born on August 17th, but in different years. To consolidate celebrations they also got married on August 17 when Josh turned 22. If today they're celebrating 30 years of marriage and their combined age is exactly 5 times what Josh's age was when they married, how old was Anna when they got married?
[Answer]We know that Josh must be 30 years older than his age when they got married, therefore he is 30 + 22 = 52 years old today. If their current combined age is 5 times the age Josh was when they married (22), then their total combined age is 5 * 22 = 110 years. That means that Anna must be 110 - 52 = 58 years old today. If they married 30 years ago, Anna must have been 58 - 30 = 28 years old when they married. The answer is 28.
[Question]The novelty shop on the Starship Conundrum sells magazines and chocolates. The cost of four chocolate bars is equal to the cost of 8 magazines. If one magazine costs $1, how much does a dozen chocolate bars cost, in dollars?
[Answer]
If one magazine costs $1, then 8 magazines cost 8 * $1 = $8. Let's define "x" as the cost of one chocolate bar. The cost of four chocolate bars is equal to the cost of 8 magazines and 4 * x = $8. Dividing each side by 4, we get the cost of one chocolate bar x = $2. Therefore, a dozen chocolate bars would cost 12 * $2 = $24. The answer is 24.