Q: Bridgette has 2 dogs, 3 cats, and 4 birds. She gives the dogs a bath twice a month. She gives the cats a bath once a month. She gives the birds a bath once every 4 months. In a year, how many baths does she give?
A: Each dog gets 24 baths a year because 2 x 12 = 24. Each cat gets 12 baths a year because 1 x 12 = 12. Each bird averages .25 baths per month because 1 / 4 = .25. Each bird gets 3 baths a year because .25 x 12 = 3. She gives 48 dog baths because 2 x 24 = 48. She gives 72 cat baths because 3 x 12 = 36. She gives 12 bird baths a year because 4 x 3 = 12. She gives 132 baths a year because 48 + 36 + 12 = 96. The answer is 96.
Question: Randy, Peter, and Quincy all drew pictures. Peter drew 8 pictures. Quincy drew 20 more pictures than Peter. If they drew 41 pictures altogether, how many did Randy draw?
Answer: Quincy drew 20 + 8 = 28 pictures. Quincy and Peter drew 28 + 8 = 36 pictures in total. Randy drew 41 - 36 = 5 pictures. The answer is 5.
[Question]Josh is saving up for a box of cookies. To raise the money, he is going to make bracelets and sell them. It costs $1 for supplies for each bracelet and he sells each one for $1.5. If he makes 12 bracelets and after buying the cookies still has $3, how much did the box of cookies cost?
[Answer]He makes $.5 profit on each bracelet because 1.5 - 1 = .5. He earns $6 because 12 x .5 = 6. The cookies cost $3 because 6 - 3 = 3. The answer is 3.
Q: At the duck park, there are 25 mallard ducks and ten less than twice as many geese as ducks. Then, a small flock of 4 ducks arrived at the park and joined the birds already there. If five less than 15 geese leave the park, how many more geese than ducks remain at the park?
A: Initially, twice as many geese as ducks is 25 * 2 = 50 geese. Therefore, ten less than twice as many geese as ducks is 50 - 10 = 40 geese. Then, 4 ducks arrived at the park, resulting in 25 + 4 = 29 ducks. Five less than 15 geese is 15 - 5 = 10 geese. Thus, if 5 less than 15 geese leave, then 40 - 10 = 30 geese remain. Thus, there are 30 - 29 = 1 more geese than ducks remaining at the park. The answer is 1.
Question: If Lyn donates $240 to a private organization each year where 1/3 of it goes to the community pantry project, 1/2 goes to the local crisis fund, 1/4 of the remaining goes to livelihood project funds, and the rest is for contingency funds. How much goes to contingency fund?
Answer: The community pantry project gets 240 x 1 / 3 = $80. The local crisis fund has 240 x 1 / 2 = $120. The total funds allocated for the two funds is $80 + $120 = $200. So, $240 - $200 = $40 are left for the other 2 funds. The livelihood project gets $40 x 1 / 4 = $10. This means that the contingency fund is $40 - $10 = $30. The answer is 30.
Q: Suzanne wants to raise money for charity by running a 5-kilometer race. Her parents have pledged to donate $10 for her first kilometer and double the donation for every successive kilometer. If Suzanne finishes the race, how much money will her parents donate?
A:
For the 2nd kilometer, the donation will be $10 * 2 = $20. For the 3rd kilometer, the donation will be $20 * 2 = $40. For the 4th kilometer, the donation will be $40 * 2 = $80. For the final kilometer, the donation will be $80 * 2 = $160. For the entire race the donation will be $10 + $20 + $40 + $80 + $160 = $310. The answer is 310.