Q: Emily wants to know how much it rained last week. She sees that it rained 2 inches on Monday morning and 1 more inch later that day. It rained twice that much on Tuesday. It did not rain on Wednesday but on Thursday it rained 1 inch. The biggest storm was on Friday when the total was equal to Monday through Thursday combined. What was the daily average rain total for the week?
A: The total rain was 2 inches + 1 inches = 3 inches on Monday. The total rain was 2 * 3 inches = 6 inches on Tuesday. The total rain was 0 inches + 1 inch = 1 inch across Wednesday and Thursday. The total rain was 3 inches + 6 inches + 1 inch = 10 inches on Friday. There were 3 inches + 6 inches + 1 inch + 10 inches = 20 inches total last week. 20 inches / 5 days = 4 inches average daily rain. The answer is 4.
Question: Pam has 10 bags of apples. Each of her bags has as many apples as 3 of Gerald's bags. If Gerald's bags have 40 apples each, how many apples does Pam have?
Answer: Each of Pam's bags contain 40 * 3 = 120 apples. Pam has 120 * 10 = 1200 apples. The answer is 1200.
[Question]Troy had 300 straws. He fed 3/5 of the straws to the adult pigs and an equal number of straws to the piglets. If there were 20 piglets, how many straws did each piglet eat?
[Answer]The adult pigs ate 3 / 5 * 300 = 180 straws. The total number of straws that the piglets shared is 300 - 180 = 120. Since there were 20 piglets, each piglet ate 120 / 20 = 6 straws. The answer is 6.
Q: Archibald eats 1 apple a day for two weeks. Over the next three weeks, he eats the same number of apples as the total of the first two weeks. Over the next two weeks, he eats 3 apples a day. Over these 7 weeks, how many apples does he average a week?
A: He ate 14 apples the first two weeks because 14 x 1 = 14. He ate 14 apples in the next three weeks because 14 = 14. He ate 42 apples in the final two weeks because 14 x 3 = 42. He ate 70 apples in total. He averaged 10 apples a week because 70 / 7 = 10. The answer is 10.
Question: Bonny just bought her 13th pair of shoes, which is 5 less than twice as many pairs of shoes as Becky owns. Bobby has 3 times as many pairs of shoes as Becky has. How many shoes does Bobby have?
Answer: Let x be the number of pairs of shoes that Becky owns. Since 13 pairs is 5 less than twice as many pairs as Becky owns, then the relationship is 2x - 5 = 13. Adding 5 to each side of the equation, we get 2x = 18. Solving for x, we get x = 9. Since Bobby has 3 times as many pairs of shoes as Becky has, then Becky has 3 * 9 = 27 pairs of shoes. The answer is 27.
Q: A forester is planting trees. The forest already has 30 native trees. On Monday he triples the number of total trees in the forest by planting new trees. On Tuesday, he plants a third of the amount he planted on Monday. How many trees has the forester planted in total?
A:
Let M be the number of trees he plants on Monday. On Monday the forest was three times larger from the trees that were originally there and the M trees: 3 * 30 = 30 + M trees. So, 90 = 30 + M. And, M = 60 trees. On Tuesday, he planted 60 trees / 3 = 20 trees. In total, he has planted 60 trees + 20 trees = 80 trees. The answer is 80.