Q: Hazel and Razel are twins who share everything they receive. If Hazel received 6 shirts, while Razel received twice the number of shirts as Hazel. How many shirts do they have in total?
A: Razel received 6 x 2 = 12 shirts. Therefore, they have 12 + 6 = 18 shirts altogether. The answer is 18.
Question: A banana tree has 100 bananas left after Raj cut some bananas from it. If Raj has eaten 70 bananas and has twice as many remaining in his basket, how many bananas were on the tree initially?
Answer: If Raj has eaten 70 bananas in the basket, he has 2 * 70 = 140 bananas. The total number of bananas that Raj cut from the tree is 140 + 70 = 210. On the tree initially were 100 + 210 = 310 bananas. The answer is 310.
[Question]A library has a collection of 100 historical novels arranged on a shelf. 5 people borrow 2 books each from the shelf on a particular day, and 20 more books are borrowed from the shelf on the second day. How many books are remaining on the shelf after the second day?
[Answer]Five people borrowed 5 people * 2 books / person = 10 books on the first day. After the second day, the total number of borrowed books increased to 10 books + 20 books = 30 books. The total number of books on the shelf after the second day is 100 books - 30 books = 70 books. The answer is 70.
Q: Ellie has found an old bicycle in a field and thinks it just needs some oil to work well again. She needs 10ml of oil to fix each wheel and will need another 5ml of oil to fix the rest of the bike. How much oil does she need in total to fix the bike?
A: Ellie needs 2 wheels * 10ml of oil per wheel = 20ml of oil. To fix the rest of the bike as well, she needs 20 + 5 = 25ml of oil. The answer is 25.
Question: James decides to try and collect rare artifacts in the field. He spends 6 months researching before going on a 2-year-long expedition for his first find. The second artifact takes 3 times as long for the research and discovery. How long did it take him to find both?
Answer: The research took 6 / 12 = .5 years. So it took 2 + .5 = 2.5 years for the first artifact. It takes 2.5 * 3 = 7.5 years for the second. So in total it took 2.5 + 7.5 = 10 years to find both. The answer is 10.
Q: Elmo has 3 times as many books as his sister, Laura. Laura has twice as many books as her brother, Stu. If Elmo has 24 books, how many books does Stu have?
A:
Laura has 24 / 3 = 8 books. Stu has 8 / 2 = 4 books. The answer is 4.