Q: Roberta wants to have a dinner party centered around souffles. Each savory souffle calls for 8 eggs each and the dessert ones call for 6 eggs each. She wants to make 3 savory souffles and 5 dessert souffles for the party. How many eggs will she need?
A: The savory souffles need 8 eggs each and she wants to make 3 of these so she needs 8 * 3 = 24 eggs. The dessert souffles need 6 eggs each and she wants to make 5 of these so she needs 6 * 5 = 30 eggs. For the dinner party she will need 24 + 30 = 54 eggs in total. The answer is 54.
Question: Iris has a berry farm. Her brother and sister help her to pick up the berries and sell them to the market. Iris picked 30 blueberries, her sister picked 20 cranberries, and her brother was able to pick 10 raspberries. If 1/3 of the total berries they were able to pick are rotten and the remaining 1/2 of the fresh berries need to be kept, how many berries will they be able to sell?
Answer: Iris and his brother and sister were able to pick a total of 30 + 20 + 10 = 60 berries. The rotten berries that needed to be thrown away are (1 / 3) x 60 = 20. So, the total number of fresh berries is 60 - 20 = 40. The berries they need to keep are (1 / 2) x 40 = 20. Therefore, the total number of berries they will be able to sell is 40 - 20 = 20. The answer is 20.
[Question]Josh has soccer practice on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. He has band practice on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. From Monday to Friday, how many hours does Josh spend on extracurricular activities?
[Answer]Josh practices soccer 2 hours x 3 days = 6 hours. He practices band 1.5 hours x 2 days = 3 hours. From Monday to Friday, on extracurricular activities, Josh spends 6 + 3 = 9 hours. The answer is 9.
Q: Paul is working at a university. He is part of a big project, which involves 70 scientists in total. Half of them are from Europe and one-fifth are from Canada. The rest are from the USA. How many scientists in this project are from the USA?
A: Of all the scientists taking part in the project, half of them are from Europe, which means 70 * 0.5 = 35 people. The number of researchers from Canada is 70 * 1 / 5 = 14 people. That means there are 70 - 35 - 14 = 21 researchers from the USA. The answer is 21.
Question: Johnny is a guitar player and he has three colors of guitar picks: red, blue, and yellow. Half of his picks are red, one-third of the picks are blue, and the rest are yellow. If he has 12 blue picks, what is the total number of yellow picks in his collection?
Answer: If one third (1 / 3) of his picks are blue, then 3 times the total number of blue picks equals his total pick count, or 3 * 12 = 36 picks. If half of the picks are red, then he has 36 / 2 = 18 red picks. If the rest of the picks are yellow, then he has 36 - 18 - 12 = 6 yellow picks. The answer is 6.
Q: Mancino is tending 3 gardens that each measure 16 feet by 5 feet. His sister, Marquita, is tilling the soil for two gardens that each measure 8 feet by 4 feet. How many square feet combined are in all their gardens?
A:
3 * (16 * 5) = 240 square feet. 2 * (8 * 4) = 64 square feet. 240 + 64 = 304 square feet. The gardens have a total of 304 square feet. The answer is 304.