Question: Dane's two daughters need to plant 5 flowers each to grow a garden. As the days passed, the flowers grew into 20 more but 10 of them died. Dane's daughters harvested the flowers and split them between 5 different baskets. How many flowers ended up in each basket?
Answer: Two daughters planted 5 * 2 = 10 flowers. The flowers grew into 10 + 20 = 30 total. 30 - 10 = 20 flowers were left after 10 died. The daughters put 20 / 5 = 4 flowers in each basket. The answer is 4.
[Question]A father is buying sand to fill his son's new sandbox, but he is worried that the sand will be too heavy for his car. The sandbox is square, with each side being 40 inches long. If a 30-pound bag of sand is enough to fill 80 square inches of the sandbox to an adequate depth, how many pounds of sand are needed to fill the box completely?
[Answer]The sandbox has an area of 40 * 40 = 1600 square inches. To fill this area, 1600 / 80 = 20 bags of sand are needed. Then, the weight of these bags is 20 * 30 = 600 pounds. The answer is 600.
Q: There were 100 jelly beans in a bag to be given away on Halloween. Out of the 40 children taking part in the Halloween celebration, 80% were allowed to draw jelly beans from the bag. Each child drew two jelly beans out of the bag. How many jelly beans remained in the bag after the children took their share?
A: Out of the 40 children taking part in the Halloween celebration, 80% were allowed to draw jelly beans from the bag, a total of 80 / 100 * 40 = 32 children. If each of the 32 children drew two jelly beans out of the bag, they drew a total of 32 * 2 = 64 jelly beans from the bag. The total number of jelly beans that remained is 100 - 64 = 36. The answer is 36.
Question: Emily went to the store and bought art supplies for $20 and 2 skirts that cost the same amount of money. She spent a total of $50. How much did Emily pay for each of the skirts?
Answer: First, you need to set up the problem with the information given. The cost of the skirts and art supplies must equal $50. Since we know that the cost of the skirts is the same price and that she bought art supplies for $20, we can set up an equation: 2x + 20 = 50, with x being the cost of the skirts. To solve the equation, subtract 20 from both sides, to give you the new equation: 2x = 30. Solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 2, 2x / 2 = 30 / 2 gives you x = 15. Therefore, each skirt cost $15. The answer is 15.
[Question]At the new store, there are 3 times as many grape candies as cherry candies, and 2 times as many apple candies as grape candies. All the candies cost $2.50 each. If the total cost of the candies is $200, how many grape candies does the store have?
[Answer]Total number of candies is 200 / 2.5 = 80 candies. Let x be the number of cherry candies. There are 3 * x grape candies. There are 2 * 3 * x = 6 * x apple candies. x + 3 * x + 6 * x = 80. 10 * x = 80. x = 8. There are 8 * 3 = 24 grape candies. The answer is 24.
[Question]Chastity made 12 angel food cakes to give to friends. She placed the cakes in boxes, and then walked them out to her car. But she had forgotten her keys. So, she placed the boxes of cakes in one stack on the hood of her car, and then she ran back into the house to get her keys. But before she returned, a black crow came, landed on the stack of cakes, and knocked over half of the stack. When Chastity returned, she picked up half of the fallen cakes, which were not damaged, but the rest of the cakes were destroyed. How many cakes were destroyed?
[Answer]
There were 12 / 2 = 6 fallen cakes. Half of 6 fallen cakes were destroyed, for a total of 6 / 2 = 3 cakes. The answer is 3.