[Question]During a soccer game, in the first half, Team A scored 8 points, and Team B scored only half as many points. In the second half, Team B was able to get as many points as Team A in the first half, and Team A scored only 2 goals less than Team B. How many goals did both teams score during the whole match?
[Answer]During the first half Team, B scored only 8 * 0.5 = 4 points. In the second half Team A scored 2 goals less than Team B, so they scored 8 - 2 = 6 points. So in total both teams scored 8 + 4 + 6 + 8 = 26 points. The answer is 26.
Q: John takes a pill every 6 hours. How many pills does he take a week?
A: He takes 24 / 6 = 4 pills a day. So he takes 4 * 7 = 28 pills a week. The answer is 28.
Question: John buys a lightsaber toy. It is twice as expensive as all his other Star Wars toys combined. If his other Star Wars toys cost $1000, how much money has he spent in all after buying the lightsaber?
Answer: The lightsaber cost 1000 * 2 = $2000. So he has spent 2000 + 1000 = $3000. The answer is 3000.
[Question]Brittany is older than Rebecca by 3 years, who is 25. Brittany goes on a 4-year vacation. How old is Brittany when she returns from her vacation?
[Answer]Brittany is 25 + 3 = 28 years old. Brittany is 28 + 4 = 32 years when she returns from her vacation. The answer is 32.
Q: Penelope has 5 M&M candies for every 3 Starbursts candies. If she has 25 M&M candies, how many Starbursts candies does she have?
A: Let 5 M&M candies and 3 Starbursts candies be referred to as the unit amounts of each candy. 5 M&M candies make one unit so 25 makes 25 / 5 = 5 units of M&M candies. For every unit of 5 M&M candies, there is a corresponding unit of 3 Starbursts candies so for 5 units of M&M, she has 5 units of 3 Starbursts candies which is = 5 * 3 = 15 Starbursts candies. The answer is 15.
Question: An auctioneer raises the price of an item he is auctioning by $5 every time someone new bids on it. Two people enter a bidding war on a desk and the price goes from $15 to $65 before the desk is sold. How many times did each person bid on the desk?
Answer:
The desk price was raised 65 - 15 = $50. At $5 per bid, there were 50 / 5 = 10 bids on the desk. There were two bidders, so each bid 10 / 2 = 5 times on the desk. The answer is 5.