Q: Jared likes to draw monsters. He drew a monster family portrait. The mom had 1 eye and the dad had 3. They had 3 kids, each with 4 eyes. How many eyes did the whole family have?
A: The mom and dad monsters had 1 + 3 = 4 eyes. The 3 kids had 4 eyes each, so 3 x 4 = 12 eyes. Altogether, the monster family had 4 parent eyes + 12 child eyes = 16 eyes. The answer is 16.
Question: Tony, Moses and Esther are to share $50. Moses will take 40% of the total amount while Tony and Esther will split the remainder equally among themselves. How much more than Esther will Moses get?
Answer: 40% of $50 is (40 / 100) * $50 = $20. After Moses takes $20, there will be $50 - $20 = $30 left. Tony and Esther will split $30 equally among themselves so each of them will get $30 / 2 = $15. Moses gets $20 - $15 = $5 more than Esther. The answer is 5.
[Question]A farmer has 51 cows. The farmer adds five new cows to its herd and then sells a quarter of the herd. How many cows does the farmer have left?
[Answer]The farmer has 51 + 5 = 56 cows in its herd. The farmer sells 56 / 4 = 14 cows of the herd. The farmer now has 56 - 14 = 42 cows. The answer is 42.
Q: The school nurse must conduct lice checks at the elementary school. She must check 26 Kindergarteners, 19 first graders, 20 second graders, and 25 third graders. If each check takes 2 minutes, how many hours will it take the nurse to complete all the checks?
A: The school nurse must check a total of 26 Kindergarteners + 19 first graders + 20 second graders + 25 third graders = 90 students in all. If every check takes 2 minutes, it will take 90 students x 2 minutes = 180 minutes. There are 60 minutes in one hour, so it will take 180 minutes / 60 = 3 hours to complete the checks. The answer is 3.
Question: There are 285 sweets in the bowl. If 49 of the sweets are red and 59 of the sweets are green, how many of the sweets are neither red nor green?
Answer: There are 49 + 59 = 108 red or green sweets in the bowl. There are 285 - 108 = 177 sweets that are neither red nor green. The answer is 177.
Q: A leaf is being blown down a sidewalk by swirling gusts of wind. For every five feet that a gust blows it forward, the wind swirls and blows it back two feet. How many feet has it traveled down the sidewalk after 11 gusts of wind?
A:
Each gust blows the leaf forward 5 feet, so 11 gusts will blow it forward 5 * 11 = 55 feet. Each swirl after a gust blows it back 2 feet, so 11 swirls will blow it back 2 * 11 = 22 feet. After 11 gusts, the leaf has traveled 55 - 22 = 33 feet down the sidewalk. The answer is 33.