Reasoning and answer: The total number of petals Mabel has in her garden is 5 x 8 = 40 petals. The total number of petals that Mabel gives to her teacher is 2 x 8 = 16 petals. The total number of petals remaining in her garden is 40 - 16 = 24 petals.
The answer: 24
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Question: Mabel has 5 daisies in her garden, and each daisy has 8 petals. If she gives 2 daisies to her teacher, how many petals does she have on the remaining daisies in her garden?
5 trays of jumbo shrimp cost 5 x 5 = $25. 5 pints of frozen yogurt and 2 packs of gum in total cost 55 - 25 = $30. 2 packs of gum cost as much 2 / 2 = 1 pint of frozen yogurt. Therefore 5 + 1 = 6 pints of frozen yogurt costs $30. A pint of frozen yogurt costs 30 / 6 = $5.
The answer: 5
Reverse engineering the question: Shannon bought 5 pints of frozen yogurt, two packs of chewing gum, and five trays of jumbo shrimp from The Food Place for a total of $55 If the price of a tray of jumbo shrimp is $5 and a pack of chewing gum costs half as much as a pint of frozen yogurt, what is the price of a pint of frozen yogurt?
Reasoning and answer: Liza used 10 / 2 = 5 kilograms of butter for the chocolate chip cookies. Then, she used 10 / 5 = 2 kilograms of butter for the peanut butter cookies. She used 5 + 2 = 7 kilograms of butter for the chocolate and peanut butter cookies. So, only 10 - 7 = 3 kilograms of butter was left. Then, Liza used 3 / 3 = 1 kilograms of butter for the sugar cookies. Therefore, only 3 - 1 = 2 kilograms of butter were left.
The answer: 2
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Question: Liza bought 10 kilograms of butter to make cookies. She used one-half of it for chocolate chip cookies, one-fifth of it for peanut butter cookies, and one-third of the remaining butter for sugar cookies. How many kilograms of butter are left after making those three kinds of cookies?
In six years, Ellen will be 10 + 6 = 16 years old. If Martha is twice Ellen's age in six years, she is 2 * 16 = 32 years.
The answer: 32
Reverse engineering the question: Martha met Ellen in the grocery store alone and asked her age. Martha realized she was twice as old as Ellen will be in six years. If Ellen is 10 years old now, calculate Martha's age now.
Reasoning and answer: The cost for 101 Kindergarten shirts x $5.80 = $585.80. The cost for 113 first grade shirts x $5 = $565. The cost for 107 second grade shirts x $5.60 = $599.20. The cost for 108 third grade shirts x $5.25 = $567. The total cost of the shirts was $585.80 + $565 + $599.20 + $567 = $2,317.
The answer: 2317
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Question: The P.T.O. decided to provide shirts for the elementary students for track and field day. Each grade was given a different color. 101 Kindergartners wore orange shirts that cost $5.80 each. 113 first graders wore yellow shirts that cost $5 each. 107 second graders wore blue shirts that cost $5.60 each. 108 third graders wore green shirts that cost $5.25 each. How much did the P.T.O. spend on shirts for field day?
Reasoning and answer: The shoes cost $150 + $120 = $270. The tax was $270 * .1 = $27. So the total cost was $270 + $27 = $297.
The answer: 297
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Question:
John needs to replace his shoes so he decides to buy a $150 pair of Nikes and a $120 pair of work boots. Tax is 10%. How much did he pay for everything?