Q: Tony paid $7 for 2 dozen apples and 1 bunch of bananas. Arnold paid $5 for 1 dozen apples and 1 bunch of bananas. How much does a bunch of bananas cost?
A: Tony paid $7 - $5 = $2 more than Arnold. We know he bought the same number of bananas as Arnold but that he bought 2 - 1 = 1 dozen apples more than Arnold. Therefore a dozen apples should cost $2. If Arnold paid $5 and $2 for a dozen apples then the bunch of bananas cost $5 - $2 = $3. The answer is 3.
Question: Mark has two pets, a hare that runs 10 feet/second and a turtle that crawls 1 foot/second. If they're going to run a 20 foot-race, how much of a head start (in seconds) does the turtle need to finish in a tie?
Answer: We can find how long the hare spends running by dividing the distance of the race by the hare's speed: 20 feet / 10 feet / second = 2 seconds. We can do the same for the turtle: 20 feet / 1 foot / second = 20 seconds. Finally, subtract the hare's run time from the turtle's run time to find the length of the head start the turtle needs: 20 seconds - 2 seconds = 18 seconds. The answer is 18.
[Question]Matthew, the baker, arrives at work early every morning to make his famous caramel-apple coffee cakes for the day. It usually takes Matthew 1 hour to assemble ingredients, 1.5 hours to bake the cakes, and another 1 hour to decorate each cake with cinnamon sprinkles. One day, Matthew's oven failed to reach the correct temperature and it took twice as long for the cakes to bake as they usually take. On that day, how long did it take, in hours, for Matthew to make his famous caramel-apple coffee cakes?
[Answer]Twice 1.5 hours is 2 * 1.5 = 3 hours. Thus, on that day, it took Matthew 1 + 3 + 1 = 5 hours to make the cakes. The answer is 5.
Q: Lagoon island is populated by alligators. Half the alligators are male. The rest are female. Among the females, 40% are juveniles. There are 15 adult females. How many male alligators are there?
A: 60% of female alligators are adults because 100 - 40 = 60. There are 25 female alligators because 15 / .6 = 25. There are 50 alligators in total because 25 / .5 = 50. There are 25 male alligators because 50 / 2 = 25. The answer is 25.
Question: One pie costs $4 for a piece. Each pie is having 3 pieces. During one hour the bakery can make 12 pies. Creating one pie costs the bakery $0.5. Considering the bakery would be able to sell all pie pieces, how much money would it make?
Answer: If the bakery can make 12 pies, this means there would be 12 * 3 = 36 pie pieces. For all the pieces the bakery would make 36 * 4 = $144. The cost of making 12 pies is 12 * 0.5 = $6. That means the bakery would make 144 - 6 = $138. The answer is 138.
Q: A school has 15 classrooms. One-third of these classrooms have 30 desks in each classroom and the rest have 25 desks in each classroom. Only one student can sit at one desk. How many students can this school accommodate so that everyone has their own desk?
A:
One - third of the classrooms have 30 desks, so there are 1 / 3 * 15 = 5 classrooms like that. The rest, which means 15 - 5 = 10 classrooms, have 25 desks. One - third of the classrooms can fit 5 * 30 = 150 students. The rest can fit 10 * 25 = 250 students. So in total, the school can be filled with 150 + 250 = 400 students. The answer is 400.