Question: After complaints from the residents of Tatoosh about the number of cats on the island, the wildlife service carried out a relocation mission that saw the number of cats on the island drastically reduced. On the first relocation mission, 600 cats were relocated from the island to a neighboring island. On the second mission, half of the remaining cats were relocated to a rescue center inland. If the number of cats originally on the island was 1800, how many cats remained on the island after the rescue mission?
Answer: After the first mission, the number of cats remaining on the island was 1800 - 600 = 1200. If half of the remaining cats on the island were relocated to a rescue center inland, the number of cats taken by the wildlife service on the second mission is 1200 / 2 = 600 cats. The number of cats remaining on the island is 1200 - 600 = 600. The answer is 600.
[Question]Tony has $87. He needs to buy some cheese, which costs $7 a pound and a pound of beef that costs $5 a pound. After buying the beef and his cheese, he has $61 left. How many pounds of cheese did he buy?
[Answer]He spent $26 because 87 - 61 = 26. He spend $21 on cheese because 26 - 5 = 21. He bought 3 pounds of cheese because 21 / 7 = 3. The answer is 3.
Q: Sean and Sierra invited 200 guests to their wedding. If 83% of the guests RSVP with a Yes response and 9% of the guests RSVP with a No response, how many guests did not respond at all?
A: Yes RSVP responses are 200 x 83% = 166 guests. No RSVP responses are 200 x 9% = 18 guests. Guests who responded are 166 + 18 = 184. Guests who did not respond at all are 200 - 184 = 16. The answer is 16.
Question: If you buy a dozen of doughnuts, it costs $8; but if you buy 2 dozens, it costs $14. How much will you save from buying 3 sets of 2 dozens than buying 6 sets of 1 dozen?
Answer: Six sets of 1 dozen of doughnuts cost $8 x 6 = $48. Three sets of 2 dozens of doughnuts cost $14 x 3 = $42. Therefore, you can save $48 - $42 = $6. The answer is 6.
[Question]Hanna has twice as many erasers as Rachel. Rachel has three less than one-half as many erasers as Tanya has red erasers. If Tanya has 20 erasers, and half of them are red, how many erasers does Hanna have?
[Answer]Half of Tanya's 20 erasers are red, so she has 20 / 2 = 10 red erasers. One - half as many erasers as Tanya has red erasers is 10 / 2 = 5 red erasers. Rachel's three less than one - half as many erasers as Tanya's red erasers, which is 5 - 3 = 2 erasers. Hanna has twice as many erasers as Rachel, for a total of 2 * 2 = 4 erasers. The answer is 4.
[Question]Melissa wants to make some dresses to sell at the upcoming festival. She has 56 square meters of fabric to make them. She knows that each dress takes 4 square meters of fabric and 3 hours to make. How many hours does she have to work?
[Answer]
Each dress takes 4 square meters of fabric to make, so the number of dresses she can make will be 56 / 4 = 14 dresses. Each dress takes 3 hours to make, thus she will have to work 14 dresses x 3 hours / dress = 42 hours. The answer is 42.