Question: Aaron has some brothers. Bennett has 6 brothers. If the number of Bennett's brothers is two less than twice the number of Aaron's brothers, what is the number of Aaron's brothers?
Answer: Twice the number of Aaron's brothers is 6 + 2 = 8. Aaron has 8 / 2 = 4 brothers. The answer is 4.
[Question]It takes 3 ounces of wax to detail Kellan's car and 4 ounces to detail his SUV. He bought an 11-ounce bottle of vehicle wax, but spilled 2 ounces before using it. How many ounces does he have left after waxing his car and SUV?
[Answer]Kellan used 3 + 4 = 7 ounces of wax for his car and SUV. Since he spilled 2 ounces, he has 11 - 2 - 7 = 2 ounces of wax left. The answer is 2.
Q: Michael saved 5 of his cookies to give Sarah, who saved a third of her 9 cupcakes to give to Michael. How many desserts does Sarah end up with?
A: Sarah saved 1 / 3 of her 9 cupcakes to give Michael, so she has 2 / 3 x 9 = 6 cupcakes left. Michael saves 5 of his cookies for Sarah, which she adds to her 6 cupcakes. Sarah has 5 + 6 = 11 desserts. The answer is 11.
Question: Dylan filled his glass with ice cubes before he poured his soda into it. He counted and there were 8 ice cubes in his glass. Later when he prepares a pitcher of lemonade he puts two times as many ice cubes in the pitcher. Then it is time to refill the ice cube trays which have 12 spaces each for ice cubes. How many trays does Dylan need to fill if he used exactly all the ice they had in them?
Answer: Dylan uses 8 ice cubes in his glass plus 2 x as many for the pitcher of lemonade, 8 x 2 = 16 ice cubes. Those 16 ice cubes + the 8 before means that the ice cube trays originally held 16 + 8 ice cubes = 24 ice cubes. Each ice cube tray holds 12 ice cubes, 24 ice cubes / 12 spaces in the trays = 2 total ice cube trays. The answer is 2.
[Question]One hundred chips were divided by Ian and Lyle in the ratio 4:6. What percentage of the chips did Lyle have?
[Answer]The chips were divided into 4 + 6 = 10 parts. Each part has 100 / 10 = 10 chips. Since Lyle owns 6 parts, then he has 6 x 10 = 60 chips. This is 60 / 100 x 100 = 60% of the entire chips. The answer is 60.
[Question]In Sam's collection, there are ten more black pens than blue pens and twice as many blue pens as pencils. There are also eight pencils and two fewer red pens than pencils. How many pens in all are there in Sam's collection?
[Answer]
8 x 2 = 16 are blue pens. 16 + 10 = 26 are black pens. 8 - 2 = 6 are red pens. Therefore, there are 16 + 26 + 6 = 48 pens in all in Sam's collection. The answer is 48.