Question: Angie bought 3 lbs. of coffee at the store today. Each lb. of coffee will brew about 40 cups of coffee. Angie drinks 3 cups of coffee every day. How many days will this coffee last her?
Answer: A pound of coffee makes 40 cups of coffee, so 3 lbs. coffee * 40 cups of coffee per lb. = 120 cups of coffee. Angie drinks 3 cups of coffee a day, so she has enough coffee to last her 120 cups of coffee / 3 cups of coffee per day = 40 days. The answer is 40.
[Question]A chair costs 1/7 of the cost of a table. If a table costs $140, how much will it cost to buy a table and 4 chairs?
[Answer]One chair costs $140 x 1 / 7 = $20. Four chairs cost $20 x 4 = $80. So a table and 4 chairs cost $140 + $80 = $220. The answer is 220.
Q: Pat is having a picnic with her family. She has 42 cookies. She also has 63 pieces of candy and 21 brownies. There are 7 people in her family. If each person gets the same number of each dessert, how much will each person get?
A: Each person gets 42 cookies / 7 people = 6 cookies. Each person gets 63 pieces of candy / 7 people = 9 pieces of candy. Each person gets 21 brownies / 7 people = 3 brownies. Each person will get 6 + 9 + 3 = 18 desserts. The answer is 18.
Question: Tonya is buying Christmas gifts for her sisters. She has 2 sisters and wants to spend the exact same amount on each. She buys her younger sister 4 dolls that cost $15 each. She plans to buy lego sets for her older sister. They cost $20 each. How many lego sets does she buy?
Answer: She spent $60 on her younger sister because 4 x 15 = 60. She buys 3 lego sets for her older sister because 60 / 20 = 3. The answer is 3.
[Question]Carl types at a speed of 50 words per minute. If he types continuously for 4 hours per day, how many words can he type in 7 days?
[Answer]The number of words that Carl can type per hour is 50 * 60 = 3000 words. The number of words that Carl can type in 4 hours is 3000 * 4 = 12000 words. The number of words that Carl can type in 7 days is 12000 * 7 = 84000 words. The answer is 84000.
[Question]There are some lions in Londolozi at first. Lion cubs are born at the rate of 5 per month and lions die at the rate of 1 per month. If there are 148 lions in Londolozi after 1 year, how many lions were there in Londolozi at first?
[Answer]
There are 5 - 1 = 4 more lions each month. There will be 4 * 12 = 48 more lions after 1 year. There were 148 - 48 = 100 lions in Londolozi at first. The answer is 100.