Question: Catherine had an equal number of pencils and pens. If she had 60 pens and gave eight pens and 6 pencils to each of her seven friends and kept the rest for herself, how many pens and pencils did she have left?
Answer: Catherine gave eight pens to each of her seven friends, a total of 8 * 7 = 56 pens. She remained with 60 - 56 = 4 pens. When she also gave 6 pencils to each of her seven friends, she gave away 6 * 7 = 42 pencils. Since she had the same number of pencils as pens, she remained with 60 - 42 = 18 pencils. The total number of pens and pencils that Catherine remained with is 4 + 18 = 22. The answer is 22.
[Question]Matthew, the baker, arrives at work early every morning to make his famous caramel-apple coffee cakes for the day. It usually takes Matthew 1 hour to assemble ingredients, 1.5 hours to bake the cakes, and another 1 hour to decorate each cake with cinnamon sprinkles. One day, Matthew's oven failed to reach the correct temperature and it took twice as long for the cakes to bake as they usually take. On that day, how long did it take, in hours, for Matthew to make his famous caramel-apple coffee cakes?
[Answer]Twice 1.5 hours is 2 * 1.5 = 3 hours. Thus, on that day, it took Matthew 1 + 3 + 1 = 5 hours to make the cakes. The answer is 5.
Q: Randy has some money in his piggy bank. He spends 2 dollars every time he goes to the store. He makes 4 trips to the store every month. If he had $104 dollars left in his piggy bank after a year, how much money, in dollars, did he have at first?
A: Randy spends 2 * 4 = 8 dollars every month. Randy spends 8 * 12 = 96 dollars in a year. Randy had 96 + 104 = 200 dollars in his piggy bank at first. The answer is 200.
Question: Jeff committed to run for an hour a day during weekdays. On Thursday, he cut short his run by 20 minutes but was able to jog 10 minutes more on Friday. How many minutes was he able to run for that week?
Answer: Jeff was able to run a total of 60 x 3 = 180 minutes from Monday to Wednesday. On Thursday, Jeff ran for 60 - 20 = 40 minutes only. On Friday, he ran for 60 + 10 = 70 minutes. Therefore, Jeff ran a total of 180 + 40 + 70 = 290 minutes. The answer is 290.
[Question]You start a business selling charm bracelets. You spend $1 on the string for each bracelet and $3 on beads for each bracelet. You sell the bracelets for $6 each. If you sell 25 bracelets, how much profit will you make?
[Answer]It costs $1 + $3 = $4 to make each bracelet. Your total cost is 25 * $4 = $100. Total revenue is 25 * $6 = $150. Total profit is $150 - $100 = $50. The answer is 50.
[Question]In the first team, Beth scored 12 while Jan scored 10. In the second team, Judy scored 8 while Angel scored 11. How many more points did the first team get than the second team?
[Answer]
Beth and Jan scored a total of 12 + 10 = 22. Judy and Angel scored a total of 8 + 11 = 19. Thus, the first team scores 22 - 19 = 3 more points than the second team. The answer is 3.