Question: Mia is buying Christmas gifts for her family. She has spent $30 on each of her 3 siblings, and the rest of her spending was for her parents. If Mia spent a total of $150 on Christmas gifts and each of her parents received gifts of equal value, how much money, in dollars, did she spend on each parent's gift?
Answer: Mia spent a total of $30 per siblings * 3 siblings = $90 on her siblings. She therefore spent $150 total spending - $90 spending on her siblings = $60 on her parents. As each parent received an equal amount, each parent's gift cost $60 total spending on parents / 2 = $30. The answer is 30.
[Question]In a 5-day Fishing competition, Jackson was able to reel a total of 6 fishes per day, Jonah was able to reel 4 fishes per day and George was able to reel 8 fishes per day. How many fishes were they able to catch throughout the competition if they are on the same team?
[Answer]Jackson gets a total of 6x5 = 30 fishes after the competition. Jonah gets 4x5 = 20 fishes after the competition. And George was able to get 8x5 = 40 fishes after the competition. Therefore the total fishes they were able to get for their team is 30 + 20 + 40 = 90. The answer is 90.
Q: Randy has $30. He spent $10 buying his lunch. He spent a quarter of the money he had left on an ice cream cone. What is the amount of money, in dollars, Randy has left?
A: Randy has 30 - 10 = 20 dollars left after buying lunch. Randy spent 20 / 4 = 5 dollars on the ice cream cone. Randy has 20 - 5 = 15 dollars left. The answer is 15.
Question: James drives 30 mph for half an hour and then twice as long for twice the speed. How far did he drive in total?
Answer: His first drive was 30 * .5 = 15 miles. The next leg was .5 * 2 = 1 hour. The speed of the trip was 30 * 2 = 60 mph. So he drove 60 * 1 = 60 miles. So in total he drove 60 + 15 = 75 miles. The answer is 75.
[Question]Emilia needs 42 cartons of berries to make a berry cobbler. She already has 2 cartons of strawberries and 7 cartons of blueberries in her cupboard. She decides to go to the supermarket to get more cartons. How many more cartons of berries should Emilia buy?
[Answer]She previously had 2 cartons + 7 cartons = 9 cartons of berries. Emilia needs to buy 42 cartons - 9 cartons = 33 cartons of berries. The answer is 33.
[Question]Carson is going to spend 4 hours at a carnival. The wait for the roller coaster is 30 minutes, the wait for the tilt-a-whirl is 60 minutes, and the wait for the giant slide is 15 minutes. If Carson rides the roller coaster 4 times and the tilt-a-whirl once, how many times can he ride the giant slide? (Wait times include the time actually spent on the ride.)
[Answer]
First figure out how many minutes Carson spends at the carnival by multiplying the number of hours he's there by the number of minutes per hour: 4 hours * 60 minutes / hour = 240 minutes. Then figure out how long Carson spends waiting for the roller coaster by multiplying the wait time per ride by the number of rides: 4 rides * 30 minutes / ride = 120 minutes. Now subtract the time Carson spends on the roller coaster and tilt - a - whirl from the total time he spends at the park to find out how much time he has left: 240 minutes - 120 minutes - 60 minutes = 60 minutes. Now divide the time Carson has left by the wait time for the giant slide to see how many times he can ride it: 60 minutes / 15 minutes / ride = 4 rides. The answer is 4.