Question: You have 32$ to spend on groceries. You buy a loaf of bread for 3$, a candy bar for 2$, and 1/3 of whats left on a Turkey. How much money do you have left?
Answer: 32 - 3 = 29. 29 - 2 = 27. 27(1 / 3) = 9. 27 - 9 = 18$. The answer is 18.
[Question]Bingo has two dogs. On average, they walk a total of 70 miles a week. The first dog walks an average of 2 miles a day. How many miles a day does the other dog average?
[Answer]The first dog walks 14 miles in a week because 7 x 2 = 14. The second dog walks 56 miles in a week because 70 - 14 = 56. The second dog walks an average of 8 miles a day because 56 / 7 = 8. The answer is 8.
Q: In India, it cost $1 to purify a gallon of fresh water. Each person needs 1/2 a gallon of fresh water a day. In a family of 6, how much will it cost for fresh water for the day?
A: The family needs 3 gallons of water because 6 x .5 = 3. It will cost $3 because 3 x 1 = 3. The answer is 3.
Question: Alexander was 50 inches on his 8th birthday. If he grows 1/2 a foot a year, how many inches tall will he be on his 12th birthday?
Answer: He grows six inches a year because 12 x .5 = 6. He will grow 24 inches between his 8th and 12th birthday because 4 x 6 = 24. He will be 74 inches tall because 50 + 24 = 74. The answer is 74.
[Question]Seymour runs a plant shop. He has 4 flats of petunias with 8 petunias per flat, 3 flats of roses with 6 roses per flat, and two Venus flytraps. Each petunia needs 8 ounces of fertilizer, each rose needs 3 ounces of fertilizer, and each Venus flytrap needs 2 ounces of fertilizer. How many ounces of fertilizer does Seymour need in total?
[Answer]First find the total number of petunias: 4 flats * 8 petunias / flat = 32 petunias. Then find the total number of roses: 3 flats * 6 roses / flat = 18 roses. Now find how much fertilizer Seymour needs for the petunias: 32 petunias * 8 oz / petunia = 256 oz. Now find how much fertilizer Seymour needs for the roses: 18 roses * 3 oz / rose = 54 oz. Now find how much fertilizer Seymour needs for the Venus flytraps: 2 Venus flytraps * 2 oz / Venus flytrap = 4 oz. Now add up the fertilizer for all three plants: 256 oz + 54 oz + 4 oz = 314 oz. The answer is 314.
[Question]A colony of bees can contain up to 80000 individuals. In winter they are more exposed to death, and if the winter is really cold the bees can begin to die slowly. If the colony starts to lose 1200 bees per day, how many days will pass until the number of bees in the colony reaches a fourth of its initial number?
[Answer]
A fourth of the initial number of bees is 80000 bees / 4 = 20000 bees. The number of bees that has to die is 80000 bees 20000 bees = 60000 bees. For the colony to reach a fourth of its population, 60000 bees 1200 bees / day = 50 days have to pass. The answer is 50.