Question: A store ordered 300 more than twice as many pens as it did pencils at $5 each. If the cost of a pencil was $4, and the store ordered 15 boxes, each having 80 pencils, calculate the total amount of money they paid for the stationery.
Answer: If the store ordered 15 boxes, each having 80 pencils, they ordered 15 * 80 = 1200 pencils. If the cost of a pencil was $4, the store paid $4 * 1200 = $4800 for all the pencils. Twice as many pens as pencils that the store ordered are 2 * 1200 = 2400. If A store ordered 300 more than twice as many pens as it did pencils, it ordered 2400 + 300 = 2700 pencils. Since the cost of the pens was $5, the store paid 2700 * $5 = $13500 for the pens. The total amount of money they paid for the stationery is 13500 + 4800 = $18300. The answer is 18300.
[Question]Jen bought a bag of cookies and ate three-quarters of the bag that day. The next day, she ate half of the remaining cookies. She has 8 cookies left on the third day. How many cookies were in the bag to start?
[Answer]On the third day, Jen had half of the second day's cookies left, so on the second day, she had 8 * 2 = 16 cookies. On the second day, she had 1 / 4 of the first day's cookies left, so she started with 16 * 4 = 64 cookies in the bag. The answer is 64.
Q: Winston has 14 quarters. He then spends half a dollar on candy. How many cents does he have left?
A: Winston has 350 cents because 14 x 25 = 350. He spends 50 cents because $1 / 2 = 50 cents. He has 300 cents left at the end. The answer is 300.
Question: A carton of ice cream contains 10 scoops each. Mary has 3 cartons of ice cream, one chocolate, one strawberry and one vanilla. Ethan wants one scoop of vanilla and one of chocolate. Lucas, Danny and Connor all want 2 scoops of chocolate. Olivia would like a scoop of vanilla and one of strawberry. Shannon wants twice as much as Olivia. How many scoops of ice cream will be left?
Answer: The total number of scoops of ice cream that Mary has is 3 cartons * 10 scoops = 30 scoops of ice cream. Lucas, Danny and Connor will eat 2 scoops * 3 people = 6 scoops of ice cream. Shannon will eat 2 * (1 vanilla + 1 strawberry) = 4 total scoops of ice cream. Combined the kids will eat a total of 2 + 6 + 2 + 4 scoops = 14 scoops of ice cream. Mary will have 30 scoops - 14 scoops = 16 scoops of ice cream remaining. The answer is 16.
[Question]Elizabeth uses $3.00 worth of ingredients to make a bag of granola. She makes 20 bags and sells them for $6.00 a bag at the farmer's market. An hour before closing, she has sold 15 bags and marks the remaining 5 bags down to $4.00 and sells them soon after. What is her net profit?
[Answer]She uses $3.00 of ingredients per 1 bag of granola and she makes 20 bags so she spends 3 * 20 = $60.00 on ingredients. She sells 15 bags for $6.00 so she makes 15 * 6 = $90.00. She sells her last 5 bags for $4.00 so she makes 5 * 4 = $20.00. She made $90.00 and $20.00 for a total of 90 + 20 = $110.00. She made $110.00 but spent $60.00 on ingredients so her net profit is 110 - 60 = $50.00. The answer is 50.
[Question]Mr. Ha owns 5 more silver dollars than Mr. Phung. Mr. Phung has 16 more silver dollars than Mr. Chiu has. If Mr. Chiu has 56 silver dollars, how many silver dollars the three have in total?
[Answer]
Mr. Chiu has 56 silver dollars. If Mr. Phung has 16 more silver dollars than Mr. Chiu, then his total silver dollars is 56 + 16 = 72. The total number of silver dollars that Mr. Ha owns is 72 + 5 = 77. Combined, together they have 77 + 72 + 56 = 205 silver dollars. The answer is 205.