Question: The Reptile House at the zoo has 5 fewer animals than 3 times the number of animals housed in the Rain Forest exhibit. If the Reptile House has 16 animals, how many are in the Rain Forest exhibit?
Answer: Let x be the number of animals in the Rain Forest exhibit. 3x - 5 = 16. 3x = 21. x = 7. The answer is 7.
[Question]In a classroom of 81 students, two-thirds are wearing striped shirts while the others are wearing checkered shirts. If there are 19 more students wearing shorts than checkered shirts, how many more students are wearing striped shirts than shorts?
[Answer]81 / 3 = 27 students are wearing checkered shirts. 27 x 2 = 54 students are wearing striped shirts. 27 + 19 = 46 students are wearing shorts. 54 - 46 = 8 more students are wearing striped shirts than shorts. The answer is 8.
Q: On Wednesday, 37 students played kickball. On Thursday, 9 fewer students played kickball. How many students played kickball on Wednesday and Thursday?
A: 37 - 9 = 28 students played kickball on Thursday. So, 37 + 28 = 65 students played kickball on Wednesday and Thursday. The answer is 65.
Question: Darnell has 1000 square feet of fabric that he's using to make mini flags. He makes square flags that are 4 feet by 4 feet, wide rectangular flags that are 5 feet by 3 feet, and tall rectangular flags that are 3 feet by 5 feet. He has already made 16 square flags, 20 wide flags, and 10 tall flags. How many square feet of fabric does he have left?
Answer: The square flags use 16 square feet of fabric per flag because four times four equals 16. The wide flags each use 15 feet of fabric per flag because five times three equals 15. The tall flags each use 15 feet of fabric per flag because five times three equals 15. He has used 256 square feet for the square flags because 16 times 16 equals 256. He has used 300 square feet for the wide flags because 20 times 15 equals 300. He has used 150 square feet for the tall flags because ten times 15 equals 150. He has used 706 square feet because 256 plus 300 plus 150 equals 706. He has 294 square feet left because 1,000 minus 706 equals 294. The answer is 294.
[Question]Monica charges $25.00 per person when catering a dinner party. For repeat customers, she offers a 10% discount. Phoebe is a repeat customer who is having a dinner party for 20 guests. How much will Monica make from the party?
[Answer]Phoebe is having 20 guests and Monica charges $25.00 per person so that's 20 * 25 = $500.00. Phoebe is a repeat customer so she gets 10% off of $500.00 so that's .10 * 500 = $50.00 discount. Monica is charging $500.00 minus the repeat customer discount of $50.00 so she will make 500 - 50 = $450.00. The answer is 450.
[Question]Bob gets paid $5 an hour for the regular hours he works and $6 an hour for any overtime hours he works. All hours over 40 in a week are considered overtime. If Bob works 44 hours in the first week and 48 hours in the second week, how much did he make?
[Answer]
Bob has worked 40 hours / week x 2 weeks = 80 regular hours. Bob got paid 80 hours x $5 / hour = $400 for his regular hours. Bob worked 44 hours - 40 hours = 4 hours of overtime in the first week. Bob worked 48 hours - 40 hours = 8 hours of overtime in the second week. In total Bob worker 8 hours + 4 hours = 12 hours of overtime. Bob got paid $6 / hour x 12 hours = $72 for overtime. In 2 weeks Bob earned $400 + $72 = $472. The answer is 472.