Q: Shawna's workout goal is 30 situps. On Monday, Shawna was only able to do 12 situps, so she decided that she would make up for the rest on Tuesday. However, she was only able to do 19 situps on Tuesday. How many situps would Shawna have to do on Wednesday to meet her minimum goal and make up for the ones she didn't do?
A: On Monday, Shawna was short of 30 - 12 = 18 situps. On Tuesday, Shawna was short of 30 - 19 = 11 situps. On Wednesday, Shawna would have to do 30 + 18 + 11 = 59 situps. The answer is 59.
Question: Lou Senior took 3 cookies out of the cookie jar and ate them. Since he didn't get caught by his wife, he went back the next day and took another 3 cookies out of the jar. But after eating just one of the cookies, he felt guilty about it and put the other two cookies back. His son, Louie Junior saw that his Dad was eating cookies. So, Louie Junior took seven cookies out of the jar and hid them in his bedroom for later. The next morning, Debra, Lou's wife looked into the cookie jar and reacted by accusing her husband of eating half of the cookies out of the cookie jar. How many cookies remained in the jar?
Answer: Lou Sr 3 cookies from the jar, then another three, but then put two back, for a total of 3 + 3 - 2 = 4 cookies removed. Louie Jr took seven more out of the jar, for a total of 4 + 7 = 11 cookies removed. If Debra thought half were gone, then the number of missing cookies would equal the number of cookies that remain, or 11 missing = 11 remaining cookies. The answer is 11.
[Question]A bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds and each individual ear of corn weighs .5 pounds. If Clyde picked 2 bushels of corn over the weekend, how many individual corn cobs did he pick?
[Answer]He picked 2 bushels of corn and each bushel weighs 56 pounds so he picked 2 * 56 = 112 pounds of corn. Each ear of corn weighs .5 pounds and he has 112 pounds of corn so he picked 112 / .5 = 224 ears of corn. The answer is 224.
Q: Tom decides to make lasagna with all his beef. It takes twice as many noodles as beef. He has 10 pounds of beef. He already has 4 pounds of lasagna noodles and the noodles come in 2-pound packages. How many packages does he need to buy?
A: He needs 10 * 2 = 20 pounds of noodles. That means he needs to buy 20 - 4 = 16 pounds of noodles. So he needs to buy 16 / 2 = 8 packages. The answer is 8.
Question: A dragon hoards jewels and gold in its cave. A jealous king snuck in and stole three prize jewels. The dragon burned him to a crisp and stole back its jewels, along with twice as many of the king's crown jewels from his crown that melted in the dragon's fire. The new jewels were a third of the number of jewels the dragon had owned before. How many jewels did the dragon own in the end?
Answer: The dragon stole 2 * 3 = 6 of the king's crown jewels. The dragon owned 6 * 3 = 18 jewels before the theft. Thus, the dragon owned 18 + 6 = 24 jewels in the end. The answer is 24.
Q: Eve wants to buy her 3 nieces cooking gear that's made for kids. The hand mitts cost $14.00 and the apron is $16.00. A set of 3 cooking utensils is $10.00 and a small knife is twice the amount of the utensils. The store is offering a 25% off sale on all cooking gear. How much will Eve spend on the gifts?
A:
A small knife is twice the amount of the utensils that costs $10.00 so the knife costs 2 * 10 = $20.00. All total, each little kit will costs $14.00 for mitts, $16.00 for an apron, $10.00 for utensils and $20.00 for a knife for a total of 14 + 16 + 10 + 20 = $60.00. Each kit costs $60.00 and they are currently 25% off so that's a savings of 60 * .25 = $15.00. The kits are $60.00 and they are $15.00 off so they now cost 60 - 15 = $45.00. She needs to buy 3 kits and each kit costs $45.00 so that's 3 * 45 = $135.00. The answer is 135.