Question: Delta, Beta and Gamma decided to share 40 donuts. Delta took 8 donuts and Beta took three times as many as Gamma. How many donuts did Gamma receive?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Let x = the number of donuts Gamma took. The total donuts Gamma and Beta have is 40 - 8 = 32 donuts. 3x is the number of donuts for Beta. 3x + x is the number of total donuts for Beta and Gamma. If we add the two x terms, we get 4x = 32. If we divide both sides by 4, we get x = 8, so Gamma has 8 donuts.
So the answer is 8.

Question: Erica is getting dessert at a pie buffet where all the pies are the same size. She takes 1/5 of an apple pie and 3/4 of a cherry pie. What fraction of a whole pie did Erica take, expressed as a percentage?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: First, find a common denominator for the fractions by multiplying 5 and 4: 5 * 4 = 20. Then convert 1 / 5 to twentieths by multiplying the top and bottom by 4: 1 / 5 * 4 / 4 = 4 / 20. Then convert 3 / 4 to twentieths by multiplying the top and bottom by 5: 3 / 4 * 5 / 5 = 15 / 20. Now that the two fractions have the same denominator, you can add them: 4 / 20 + 15 / 20 = 19 / 20. Now divide 19 by 20 and multiply the answer by 100 to convert the fraction to a percentage: 19 / 20 * 100 = %95.
So the answer is 95.

Question: There are 40 students in the 6th grade. 25% of them wear glasses and 40% of them wear contact lenses. How many students do not wear any vision assistance wear?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: There are 40 x 25% = 10 students who wear glasses. There are 40 x 40% = 16 students who wear contact lenses. There are 10 + 16 = 26 students who wear vision assistance. There are 40 - 26 = 14 students who do not wear any vision assistance wear.
So the answer is 14.

Question: Mary Anne drinks 1/5 of a bottle of sparkling water every night at dinner. If each bottle costs her $2.00, how much does she spend on sparkling water every year?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: She drinks 1 / 5 of a bottle of sparkling water every night so over an entire year she drinks .2 * 365 = 73 bottles of sparkling water. Every bottle costs $2.00 and she drinks 73 bottles a year so she spends 2 * 73 = $146.00 a year on sparkling water.
So the answer is 146.