Q: The student council sells scented erasers in the morning before school starts to help raise money for school dances. The local bookstore donated 48 boxes of erasers. There are 24 erasers in each box. If the student council sells the erasers for $0.75 each, how much money will they make?
A: There are 48 boxes x 24 erasers = 1,152 erasers. The student council will make 1,152 erasers x $0.75 = $864. The answer is 864.
Question: Jill and Bob want to finally buy a house for themselves, so they went with a real estate agent to see some houses before making a decision. The first house was not too far from their work and the price was accessible. The second house was really big and Jill loved it but was twice as expensive as the first one and was way over their budget. They ended up buying the first one, knowing that the price of both houses altogether is $600,000. How much did Jill and Bob end up paying for their new house?
Answer: Let C be the cost of the first house. The cost of the second house is 2C. The cost of the two houses together is C + 2C = $600,000. 3C = $600,000. C = $600,000 / 3 = $200,000. The answer is 200000.
[Question]There are three times as many girls as boys in the Biology class. The Physics class has 200 students. If the Biology class has half as many students as the Physics class, how many boys are in the Biology class?
[Answer]The Biology class has 200 / 2 = 100 students. The boys in the Biology class are 1 / 4 * 100 = 25 students. The answer is 25.
Q: Georgia has 25 pieces of stationery while Lorene has three times as many pieces of stationery as Georgia. How many fewer pieces of stationery does Georgia have than Lorene?
A: Lorene has 25 x 3 = 75 pieces of stationery. Thus, Georgia has 75 - 25 = 50 fewer pieces of stationery than Lorene. The answer is 50.
Question: Shara collects shells. She had 20 shells before she went on vacation. On vacation, she found 5 shells per day for 3 days. Then he found 6 shells on the fourth day. How many shells does she have now?
Answer: Shara collected 5 x 3 = 15 shells for 3 days. So she collected 15 + 6 = 21 shells rom her vacation. Thus, she now has a total of 20 + 21 = 41 shells. The answer is 41.
Q: Betsy won 5 games of Monopoly. Helen won twice as many as Betsy and Susan won three times as many as Betsy. Between them, how many games have they won?
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Helen won twice as many games as Betsy's 5 so Helen won 2 * 5 = 10 games. Susan won three times as many games as Betsy's 5 so Susan won 3 * 5 = 15 games. When you combine their wins, together they won 5 + 10 + 15 = 30 games total. The answer is 30.