Q: Anne is drawing pictures. She has 12 markers and she notices that each one lasts for about 1.5 drawings. If she has already made 8 drawings, how many more can she make before she runs out of markers?
A: She can make 18 drawings in total because 12 x 1.5 = 18. She can make ten more because 18 - 8 = 10. The answer is 10.
Question: Six kids and two adults are going to the circus. Kid's tickets are on sale for only half of the adult tickets. The total cost is $50. How much is one kid's ticket?
Answer: Let X be the price of one kid's ticket. So the price of one adult ticket is X * 2. Five kids and two adults are going to the circus, so 6 * X + 2 * (X * 2) = $50. So 10X = $50. So the price of one kid's ticket is X = $5. The answer is 5.
[Question]Matt and Tom both walk up the stairs of the library. Matt goes up the stairs 20 steps per minute. Tom goes up the stairs 5 steps per minute more than Matt. If Matt has reached 220 steps above the entrance, how many steps will Tom have gone up by that time?
[Answer]Matt would have walked for 220 / 20 = 11 minutes. Tom would have gone up by 11 * 5 = 55 steps more. Tom would have gone up by 220 + 55 = 275 steps. The answer is 275.
Q: Frank has an apple tree in his backyard. 5 apples are hanging on the tree and 8 have fallen to the ground. If Frank's dog eats 3 of the apples off of the ground, how many apples are left?
A: Frank originally had 5 + 8 = 13 apples. After his dog eats 3, there are 13 - 3 = 10 apples. The answer is 10.
Question: Peggy buys 3 folders, one each in the colors red, green, and blue. She puts ten sheets of paper in each folder, and then, she puts star-shaped stickers on each sheet of paper. In the red folder, each sheet of paper gets 3 stickers. In the green folder, each sheet of paper gets 2 stickers, and in the blue folder, each sheet gets 1 sticker. What is the total number of stickers Peggy uses?
Answer: For the red folder, 10 sheets of paper get 3 stickers each, for a total of 10 * 3 = 30 stickers. For the green folder, 10 sheets of paper get 2 stickers each, for a total of 10 * 2 = 20 stickers. For the blue folder, 10 sheets of paper get 1 sticker each, for a total of 10 * 1 = 10 stickers. In total, she uses 30 + 20 + 10 = 60 stickers. The answer is 60.
Q: There's an online sale where you get $10 for every $100 that you spend. If you make a purchase of $250 before discounts, how much did you end up paying?
A:
If for every $100 spent I save $10, then for $250 spend I'd save $10 * 2 = $20. If my total was $250, then I ended up paying $250 - $20 = $230. The answer is 230.