Q: Nancy wanted to make peanut butter cookies for a family gathering, but her cousin is allergic to peanuts. She decided to make almond butter cookies instead. A jar of almond butter costs three times the amount that a jar of peanut butter does. It takes half a jar to make a batch of cookies. A jar of peanut butter costs $3. How many dollars more does it cost per batch to make almond butter cookies instead of peanut butter cookies?
A: A jar of almond butter costs 3 * 3 = $9. It takes half a jar to make a batch of cookies, so it costs 9 / 2 = $4.50 to use almond butter. It costs 3 / 2 = $1.50 to use peanut butter. Thus, it costs 4.50 - 1.50 = $3 more to make a batch of almond butter cookies than peanut butter cookies. The answer is 3.
Question: Penny has $20. Penny buys 4 pairs of socks for $2 a pair and a hat for $7. How much money does Penny have left?
Answer: Penny buys 4 pairs of socks for $2 x 4 = $8. In total, Penny spent $8 + $7 = $15 on 4 pairs of socks and a hat. Penny has $20 - $15 = $5 left after buying 4 pairs of socks and a hat. The answer is 5.
[Question]Madeline wants to drink 100 ounces of water in a day. Her water bottle can hold 12 ounces of water. She refills her water bottle 7 times. How much more water does she need to drink?
[Answer]She has already had 12 * 7 = 84 ounces of water. She needs to drink 100 - 84 = 16 more ounces to make it to 100 ounces. The answer is 16.
Q: Brittany has 3 gerbils: Puffy, Muffy, and Scruffy. Puffy weighs 5 ounces more than Muffy. Muffy weighs 3 ounces less than Scruffy. If Scruffy weighs 12 ounces, how much would the scale indicate, in ounces, if Brittany put Puffy and Muffy on the scale?
A: Muffy weighs 12 - 3 = 9 ounces. Puffy weighs 5 + 9 = 14 ounces. If Brittany weighs both Puffy and Muffy, the scale would read 9 + 14 = 23 ounces. The answer is 23.
Question: Lyssa and Precious took an English proficiency exam. Lyssa answered 20% of the items incorrectly. Precious got 12 mistakes. How many more correct answers did Lyssa get than precious if there were 75 items in the exam?
Answer: Lyssa got 75 x 20 / 100 = 15 mistakes. Lyssa's score is 75 - 15 = 60. The score of Precious is 75 - 12 = 63. Thus, Lyssa got 63 - 60 = 3 more correct answers than Precious. The answer is 3.
Q: Rob and Mark plan to meet at the national park. It takes 1 hour for Rob to get to the national park and it takes three times as much time for Mark to get to the national park. If Rob leaves his home at 11 a.m., at what time should Mark leave his home so that they both arrive at the same time?
A:
It takes 1 hour * 3 = 3 hours for Mark to get to the national park. The extra time it takes Mark to get to the national park is 3 hours - 1 hour = 2 hours. Mark should leave his home at 11 a.m. - 2 hours = 9 a.m. The answer is 9.