Question: For every one dozen flowers bought, a customer gets 2 free flowers. If Maria wants to buy 3 dozens flowers, how many pieces of flowers will she have in all?
Answer: Maria has 3 x 2 = 6 free flowers from buying 3 dozens flowers. Since each dozen is equal to 12, then Maria bought 3 x 12 = 36 flowers. Hence, she has a total of 36 + 6 = 42 flowers. The answer is 42.
[Question]Manny had 3 birthday cookie pies to share with his 24 classmates and his teacher, Mr. Keith. If each of the cookie pies were cut into 10 slices and Manny, his classmates, and Mr. Keith all had 1 piece, how many slices are left?
[Answer]There is a total of 3 x 10 = 30 cookie slices. There are 24 + 1 + 1 = 26 people who ate the cookie pieces. There is 30 - 26 = 4 cookie slices left. The answer is 4.
Q: There are three times as many girls as boys in the Biology class. The Physics class has 200 students. If the Biology class has half as many students as the Physics class, how many boys are in the Biology class?
A: The Biology class has 200 / 2 = 100 students. The boys in the Biology class are 1 / 4 * 100 = 25 students. The answer is 25.
Question: In a bookstore, a book costs $5. When Sheryll bought 10 books, she was given a discount of $0.5 each. How much did Sheryll pay in all?
Answer: Instead of $5 each, a book costs $5 - $0.5 = $4.5 each. Sheryll paid $4.5 / book x 10 books = $45. The answer is 45.
[Question]Albert is wondering how much pizza he can eat in one day. He buys 2 large pizzas and 2 small pizzas. A large pizza has 16 slices and a small pizza has 8 slices. If he eats it all, how many pieces does he eat that day?
[Answer]He eats 32 from the largest pizzas because 2 x 16 = 32. He eats 16 from the small pizza because 2 x 8 = 16. He eats 48 pieces because 32 + 16 = 48. The answer is 48.
[Question]An Italian restaurant earns $600 every weekday and twice as much on the weekend. How much money does it earn by the end of the month?
[Answer]
On weekdays it earns $600 / weekday * 5 weekdays = $3000. During the weekend it earns twice as much each day so it makes ($600 * 2) / weekend day * 2 weekend days = $2400. Every week it earns $3000 + $2400 = $5400. By the end of the month, it earns $5400 / week * 4 weeks = $21600. The answer is 21600.