[Question]Mark started the day with 14 buttons. His friend Shane gave him 3 times that amount of buttons. Then his other friend Sam asked if he could have half of Mark's buttons. How many buttons did Mark end up with?
[Answer]Shane gave Mark 14 * 3 = 42 buttons. After that Mark had 42 + 14 = 56 buttons. Then Mark gave 56 / 2 = 28 buttons to Shane. Which left Mark with 28 buttons. The answer is 28.
Q: Jerome has 20 classmates on his cell phone contact list. He has half as many out of school friends as classmates on his contact list. He also has his two parents and his sister on his contact list. How many people are on Jerome's contact list?
A: Jerome has 20 classmates on the list, and has half as many out of school friends on there so he has 20 / 2 = 10 out of school friends on the contact list. He has 2 parents and 1 sister on the contact list, for 2 + 1 = 3 family members on the contact list. Adding the classmates, out of school friends and family members together we get 20 + 10 + 3 = 33 people on his contact list. The answer is 33.
Question: Hannah brought $30 to the county fair. She spent half of it on rides and another $5 on dessert. How much, in dollars, is left?
Answer: She spent $30 / 2 = $15 on rides. She spent a total of $15 + $5 = $20 including dessert. She has $30 - $20 = $10 left. The answer is 10.
[Question]Susie's pet lizard Moe takes 10 seconds to eat 40 pieces of cuttlebone each day. How long would it take Moe to eat 800 pieces?
[Answer]If it takes Moe 10 seconds to eat 40 cuttlebones, then in one second she eats 40 cuttlebones / 10 seconds = 4 cuttlebones / second. Since the cat eats 4 pieces of cuttlebone in 1 second, 800 pieces will be 800 cuttlebones / 4 cuttlebones / second = 200 seconds. The answer is 200.
Q: Ignatius owns 4 bicycles. A friend of his owns different types of cycles, which have three times are many tires as Ignatius's bikes have. He has one unicycle, a tricycle, and the rest are bikes. How many bicycles does the friend own?
A: Ignatius has 8 tires because 2 x 4 = 8. His friend has 24 tires because 3 x 8 = 24. There are 20 bicycle wheels because 24 - 1 - 3 = 20. He has 10 bicycles because 20 / 2 = 10. The answer is 10.
Question: Whitney bought 9 books about whales and 7 books about fish. She also bought 3 magazines. Each book cost $11 and each magazine cost $1. How much did Whitney spend in all?
Answer:
The total number of books is 9 books + 7 books = 16 books. The cost of the books is $11 / book 16 books = $176. The cost of the magazines is $1 / magazine 3 magazines = $3. Whitney spent $3 + $176 = $179 in all. The answer is 179.