Question: Paula has 20 candies to be given out to her six friends. She needs to buy four additional candies so she can give an equal number of candies to her friends. How many candies will each of her friends get?
Answer: Paula will have a total of 20 + 4 = 24 candies. Thus, each of her friends will receive 24 / 6 = 4 candies. The answer is 4.
[Question]Five shirts together cost $85. Of the 5 shirts, there are 3 shirts that cost $15 each. If the remaining shirts are each equal in value, what is the cost, in dollars, of one of the remaining shirts?
[Answer]The first 3 shirts cost 15 * 3 = 45 dollars in total. There are 5 - 3 = 2 shirts remaining. The remaining 2 shirts cost 85 - 45 = 40 dollars in total. One of the remaining shirts costs 40 / 2 = 20 dollars. The answer is 20.
Q: A trolley driver picked up 10 people on his 1st stop. On the next stop, 3 people got off and twice as many people from the 1st stop got on. On the third stop, 18 people got off and 2 got on. How many people are currently on the trolley?
A: Between the trolley driver and his first 10 customers, there are 1 + 10 = 11 people are currently on the trolley. On his first stop, 10 people go on and twice as many people got on at the second stop so 10 * 2 = 20 people got on at the second stop. So at the second stop he had 11 people on board, 3 got off and 20 got on so he now has 11 - 3 + 20 = 28 people. At his third stop 18 people got off and 2 got on so in total there are 28 - 18 + 2 = 12 people on the trolley. The answer is 12.
Question: Eunice spent $7500 on a used car, which is 25% less than the original price. What was the original price of the car?
Answer: The price $7500 is 100% - 25% = 75% of the original price. So, every 1% is equal to $7500 / 75% = $100. Hence, the original price is equal to $100 / 1% x 100% = $10000. The answer is 10000.
[Question]Joe found a new series to watch with a final season that will premiere in 10 days. The series has 4 full seasons already aired; each season has 15 episodes. To catch up with the season premiere he has to watch all episodes. How many episodes per day does Joe have to watch?
[Answer]The total number of episodes is 4 seasons x 15 episodes / season = 60 episodes. Joe has to watch per day 60 episodes 10 days = 6 episodes / day. The answer is 6.
[Question]A pencil costs $0.5 each and a folder costs $0.9 each. An office needs two dozen pencils and 20 pieces of folders. How much does it cost to buy the office supplies?
[Answer]
Two dozens of pencils are equal to 2 x 12 = 24 pencils. So the total cost of pencils is $0.5 x 24 = $12. The total cost of folders is $0.9 x 20 = $18. Thus, the cost to buy the office supplies is $12 + $18 = $30. The answer is 30.