[Question]Coleen loved sprinkles. At the beginning of the day, she had twelve cans of sprinkles. After applying sprinkles to her hair, her clothing and her pets, she had 3 less than half as many cans of sprinkles as she started out with. How many cans of sprinkles remained?
[Answer]Half of twelve cans of sprinkles is 12 / 2 = 6 cans. Three less than half as many cans of sprinkles is 6 - 3 = 3 cans of sprinkles. The answer is 3.
Q: A shop sold 29 bags of potatoes in the morning. In the afternoon, the shop sold 17 bags of potatoes. If each bag of potatoes weighs 7kg, how many kilograms of potatoes did the shop sell for the whole day?
A: They sold in the morning and afternoon for a total of 29 + 17 = 46 bags. Each bag weighs 7kg so 46 bags weigh 46 * 7kg = 322kg. The answer is 322.
Question: Megan has read 32 books this year. Kelcie has read 1/4 the amount of books that Megan has read. Greg has read 9 more than twice the number of books that Kelcie has read. How many books total have Megan, Kelcie, and Greg read?
Answer: Kelcie: 32 / 4 = 8 books. Greg: 9 + 2(8) = 25 books. Total:32 + 8 + 25 = 65 books. The answer is 65.
[Question]Lorenzo put three full cans of thumbtacks into his pocket and went off to work at the corkboard factory. It was Lorenzo's job, as head of quality control, to test every cork board for its ability to hold thumbtacks. He placed one thumbtack from each of the three cans of thumbtacks into every board tested. At the end of the day, he had tested 120 boards and had 30 tacks remaining in each of the three cans. What was the total combined number of thumbtacks from the three full cans?
[Answer]At the end of the day, he had tested 120 boards, each with three tacks, for a total of 3 * 120 = 360 tacks. He had 30 tacks remaining in each of the three cans, for an additional 3 * 30 = 90 thumbs tacks. Therefore, the original total combined number of thumbtacks in the three full cans of thumbtacks was 360 + 90 = 450 thumbtacks. The answer is 450.
Q: Ariella has $200 more in her son's saving account than Daniella has in her son's savings account. Ariella's account earns her simple interest at the rate of 10% per annum. If Daniella has $400, how much money will Arialla have after two years?
A: If Ariella has $200 more in her son's saving account than Daniella has, then she has $400 + $200 = $600. If she earns an interest of 10% in the first year, her savings account increases by 10 / 100 * $600 = $60. In the second year, she earns the same amount of interest, which $60 + $60 = $120. The total amount of money in Ariella's account after two years is $600 + $120 = $720. The answer is 720.
Question: Samantha's last name has three fewer letters than Bobbie's last name. If Bobbie took two letters off her last name, she would have a last name twice the length of Jamie's. Jamie's full name is Jamie Grey. How many letters are in Samantha's last name?
Answer:
There are 4 letters in Jamie's last name, so Bobbie's name is 4 * 2 + 2 = 10 letters long. Samantha's last name is 3 letters shorter than Bobbie's, so there are 10 - 3 = 7 letters in Samantha's last name. The answer is 7.