Q: Suki bought 6.5 bags of coffee beans that each weighed 22 kilograms. Jimmy bought 4.5 bags of coffee beans that each weighed 18 kilograms. Suki and Jimmy combined their coffee beans and then repackaged them into 8-kilogram containers. How many containers did they use?
A: Suki = 6.5 * 22 = 143 kg. Jimmy = 4.5 * 18 = 81 kg. 143 + 81 = 224. 224 / 8 = 28. They used 28 containers. The answer is 28.
Question: Tamara, Nora, and Lulu have been saving to pay off a $40 debt. So far, Nora has saved five times what Lulu has, but three times Tamara's savings. Lulu has saved $6. If they pay off the debt and divide the remaining money equally, how many dollars will each girl get?
Answer: Nora has saved 5 * 6 = 30 dollars. This means that Tamara has saved 30 / 3 = 10 dollars. All together, they have saved 30 + 10 + 6 = 46 dollars. If they pay off the debt they will remain with 46 - 40 = 6 dollars. Dividing the remaining money equally will give each girl 6 / 3 = 2 dollars. The answer is 2.
[Question]In the spelling bee, Max has 5 points, Dulce has 3 points, and Val has twice the combined points of Max and Dulce. If they are on the same team and their opponents' team has a total of 40 points, how many points are their team behind?
[Answer]Max and Dulce's total combined points are 5 + 3 = 8. So, Val got 8 x 2 = 16 points. And the total points of their team is 8 + 16 = 24. Therefore, their team is 40 - 24 = 16 points behind. The answer is 16.
Q: One afternoon, Rachelle, Gretchen and Rocky threw pennies into the fountain and made wishes. Rachelle threw 180 pennies into the fountain. Gretchen threw half as many pennies into the fountain as Rachelle and Rocky threw in one-third as many pennies as Gretchen. What was the total number of pennies thrown into the fountain by the three of them?
A: Gretchen threw half as many pennies into the fountain as did Rachelle, for a total of 180 / 2 = 90 pennies. Rocky threw one - third as many as Gretchen, for a total of 90 / 3 = 30 pennies. In total, the three threw 180 + 90 + 30 = 300 pennies into the fountain. The answer is 300.
Question: Marcus had 18 pebbles. He skipped half of them across the lake, but Freddy gave him another 30 pebbles. How many pebbles does Marcus have now?
Answer: Marcus had 18 / 2 = 9 pebbles left. After Freddy gave him more, he has 9 + 30 = 39 pebbles. The answer is 39.
Q: Everett built a rectangular concrete patio that was four times as long as it was wide. If the perimeter of the patio was 100 feet, what was the length of the patio, in feet?
A:
Let's make "x" be the width of the patio. Then the length of the patio would be 4 * x. And the perimeter of the patio would be the sum of all four sides, or x + (4 * x) + x + (4 * x) = 100 feet. This simplifies to 10x = 100 feet. And the width of the patio x = 10 feet. And the length of the patio is 4 * x = 4 * 10 = 40 feet. The answer is 40.