[Question]Henry had 33 games, and he gave five of them to Neil. Now Henry has 4 times more games than Neil. How many games did Neil have at first?
[Answer]After giving five games to Neil, Henry has 33 - 5 = 28 games left. Now, Neil has 28 / 4 = 7 games. Neil had 7 - 5 = 2 games at first. The answer is 2.
Q: Javier is an Olympic javelin thrower. In the last Olympics, he threw the javelin three times. The first throw, he threw the javelin twice as far as he threw the javelin on his second throw, but only half as far as he threw it the third throw. If the sum of all three throws was 1050 meters, then how far, in meters, did he throw the javelin on his first throw?
A: Let x be the distance he threw the javelin on the first throw. Thus, the sum of his three throws is x + 0.5x + 2x = 1050 meters. Thus, 3.5x = 1050. And we find the distance he threw the javelin on the first throw is x = 300 meters. The answer is 300.
Question: Jenna's doctor tells her that she should tan no more than 200 minutes a month. If she tans 30 minutes a day, two days a week for the first two weeks of the month, how many minutes can she tan in the last two weeks of the month?
Answer: First find how many minutes Jenna tans each of the first two weeks: 30 minutes / day * 2 days / week = 60 minutes / week. Then multiply that number by the number of weeks to find how many minutes Jenna tans in the first half of the month: 60 minutes / week * 2 weeks = 120 minutes. Then subtract that time from the total time Jenna can spend tanning to find how many more minutes she can tan: 200 minutes - 120 minutes = 80 minutes. The answer is 80.
[Question]Yun had 20 paperclips initially, but then lost 12. Marion has 1/4 more than what Yun currently has, plus 7. How many paperclips does Marion have?
[Answer]Yun has 20 - 12 = 8 paperclips. Marion has 8 / 4 + 7 = 9 paperclips. The answer is 9.
Q: Peyton has 3 children and they each get a juice box in their lunch, 5 days a week. The school year is 25 weeks long. How many juices boxes will she need for the entire school year for all of her children?
A: Each of the 3 children gets 1 juice box, 5 days a week, so she needs 3 * 5 = 15 juice boxes in 1 week. The school year is 25 weeks long and she needs 15 juice boxes per week so she needs 25 * 15 = 375 juice boxes. The answer is 375.
Question: Jeff spends three times as many hours on the weekend catching up with his Facebook pals as he does working. Monday through Friday, however, he spends four times as many hours working as he does catching up. If he spends 3 hours every day catching up, how many hours does he spend working in an entire week?
Answer:
On the weekend, Jeff works 3 / 3 = 1 hour each day. On the weekdays, he spends 4 * 3 = 12 hours working each day. Thus, he spends 2 * 1 + 5 * 12 = 62 hours working each week. The answer is 62.