Q: When Harriett vacuumed the sofa and chair she found 10 quarters, 3 dimes, 3 nickels, and 5 pennies. How much money did Harriett find?
A: She found 10 quarters that are $0.25 each so she found 10 * .25 = $2.50. She found 3 dimes that are $0.10 each so she found 3 * .10 = $0.30. She found 3 nickels that are $0.05 each so she found 3 * .05 = $0.15. She found 5 pennies that are $0.01 each so she found 5 * .01 = $0.05. All total she found 2.50 + .30 + .15 + .05 = $3.00 in change. The answer is 3.
Question: Andy has 4 times as many white socks as he has black socks. If he loses half his white socks, how many more white socks does he still have than black socks if he has 6 black socks?
Answer: Andy has 6 x 4 = 24 white socks. He loses 24 / 2 = 12 white socks. He still has 12 - 6 = 6 white socks more than black socks. The answer is 6.
[Question]Olga has an aquarium with fish in 5 different colors. There are 12 yellow ones, half as many blue ones, and twice as many green ones as yellow ones. How many fish does Olga have in her aquarium?
[Answer]Olga has half as many blue fish as yellow ones, which means 12 * 0.5 = 6 blue fish. Green fish are twice as many as yellow ones, so in total there are 12 * 2 = 24 green fish. So all the fish sum up to 12 + 6 + 24 = 42. The answer is 42.
Q: Henry took 9 pills a day for 14 days. Of these 9 pills, 4 pills cost $1.50 each, and the other pills each cost $5.50 more. How much did he spend in total on the pills?
A: There were 9 - 4 = 5 other pills. Each of the other pills cost 1.50 + 5.50 = 7 dollars each. The 5 pills cost a total of 7 * 5 = 35 dollars. The first 4 pills cost 1.50 * 4 = 6 dollars in total. Henry spent a total of 35 + 6 = 41 dollars. The answer is 41.
Question: Ricciana and Margarita joined in their school's long jump event. Ricciana ran and jumped a total of 24 feet - 20 feet for running and 4 feet for jumping. Margarita ran for 18 feet and jumped 1 foot less than twice Ricciana's jump. How much farther did Margarita run and jump than Ricciana?
Answer: Twice the distance of Ricciana's jump is 4 x 2 = 8 feet. So, Margarita jumped 8 - 1 = 7 feet. Margarita ran and jumped for 18 + 7 = 25 feet in all. So, Margarita ran and jumped 25 - 24 = 1 foott more than Ricciana. The answer is 1.
Q: A pastry chef is making brownies but is running out of butter. The recipe he is following calls for 2 ounces of butter for every 1 cup of baking mix; however, it allows 2 ounces of coconut oil to be substituted for the 2 ounces of butter if necessary. The chef would like to use as much butter as possible before switching over and substituting coconut oil. If the chef had 4 ounces of butter remaining, and he plans on using 6 cups of baking mix, how many ounces of coconut oil will he end up using?
A:
Every 2 ounces of butter is enough to cover 1 cup of baking mix, so the chef's remaining 4 ounces of butter will be enough to cover 4 / 2 = 2 cups of baking mix. This leaves 6 - 2 = 4 cups of baking mix that will require the use of coconut oil as a substitute. Since each cup of baking mix requires 2 ounces of coconut oil, these 4 cups will require a total of 4 * 2 = 8 ounces of coconut oil. The answer is 8.