[Question]Four people in a law firm are planning a party. Mary will buy a platter of pasta for $20 and a loaf of bread for $2. Elle and Andrea will split the cost for buying 4 cans of soda which cost $1.50 each, and chicken wings for $10. Joe will buy a cake that costs $5. How much more will Mary spend than the rest of the firm put together?
[Answer]Mary will spend $20 + $2 = $22. Elle and Andrea will spend $1.5 x 4 = $6 for the soda. Elle and Andrea will spend $6 + $10 = $16 for the soda and chicken wings. Elle, Andrea, and Joe together will spend $16 + $5 = $21. So, Mary will spend $22 - $21 = $1 more than all of them combined. The answer is 1.
Q: There are 180 students in ninth grade. 1/4 of them bombed their finals because they were going through difficult breakups. 1/3rd of the rest didn't show up to take the test, and another 20 got less than a D. How many students passed their finals?
A: First find the number of students who went through breakups: 1 / 4 * 180 = 45 students. Then subtract that number from the total number: 180 students - 45 students = 135 students. Then divide that number by 3 to find the number of students who didn't show up to take the test: 135 students / 3 = 45 students. Then subtract the number of students who failed in each way from the total number to find the number who passed: 180 students - 45 students - 45 students - 20 students = 70 students. The answer is 70.
Question: The Tampa Bay Bucs have 13 football players and 16 cheerleaders. If 10 football players and 4 cheerleaders quit, how many football players and cheerleaders are left?
Answer: There are 13 - 10 = 3 football players left. There are 16 - 4 = 12 cheerleaders left. In total there are 3 + 12 = 15 football players and cheerleaders left. The answer is 15.
[Question]Brenda and nine of her friends want to order a pizza. They decide that each person will eat 2 slices. If each pizza has 4 slices, how many pizzas should they order?
[Answer]All together, Brenda and her friends make a group of 1 + 9 = 10 people. If they each want to eat 2 pizza slices, there should be 10 * 2 = 20 slices. Since a pizza has 4 slices, they will have to order 20 / 4 = 5 pizzas. The answer is 5.
Q: A pie shop charges $3 per slice of custard pie. They cut each whole pie into 10 slices. If they make 6 whole custard pies, how much money will the pie shop earn?
A: The pie shop has 6 x 10 = 60 slices of custard pie. Therefore, the pie shop will earn $3 x 60 = $180 for the 60 slices of custard pie. The answer is 180.
Question: Jean has 3 grandchildren. She buys each grandkid 2 cards a year and puts $80 in each card. How much does she give away to grandchildren a year?
Answer:
Each grandchild gets 2 * 80 = $160 a year. So that means they get a total of 3 * 160 = $480. The answer is 480.