Q: Shannon bought 5 pints of frozen yogurt, two packs of chewing gum, and five trays of jumbo shrimp from The Food Place for a total of $55 If the price of a tray of jumbo shrimp is $5 and a pack of chewing gum costs half as much as a pint of frozen yogurt, what is the price of a pint of frozen yogurt?
A: 5 trays of jumbo shrimp cost 5 x 5 = $25. 5 pints of frozen yogurt and 2 packs of gum in total cost 55 - 25 = $30. 2 packs of gum cost as much 2 / 2 = 1 pint of frozen yogurt. Therefore 5 + 1 = 6 pints of frozen yogurt costs $30. A pint of frozen yogurt costs 30 / 6 = $5. The answer is 5.
Question: There are 25 different layers of rock in a canyon's strata. Five of the layers are limestone. Half of the rest are sandstone. Four of the remaining are quartz. Half of the rest are shale. The rest are all different kinds of rock. How many kinds of rock make up only one layer in the canyon's strata?
Answer: There are 25 - 5 = 20 layers of rock that are not limestone. Half of those 20 are sandstone, so there are 20 / 2 = 10 that are not limestone or sandstone. Four of those are quartz, so 10 - 4 = 6 layers are not limestone, sandstone, or quartz. Half of the rest are shale, so 6 / 2 = 3 kinds of rock remain that make up only one layer in the strata. The answer is 3.
[Question]On Monday Buddy has 30 baseball cards. On Tuesday Buddy loses half of them. On Wednesday Buddy buys 12 baseball cards. On Thursday he buys a third of what he had on Tuesday. How many baseball cards does he have on Thursday?
[Answer]On Tuesday Buddy has 30 / 2 = 15 baseball cards. On Wednesday Buddy has 15 + 12 = 27 baseball cards. On Thursday Buddy buys 15 / 3 = 5 baseball cards. On Thursday Buddy has a total of 27 + 5 = 32 baseball cards. The answer is 32.
Q: In a hotdog eating competition, the first competitor can eat 10 hot dogs per minute. The second competitor can eat 3 times more than the first competitor, while the third competitor can eat twice as much as the second competitor. How many hotdogs can the third competitor eat after 5 minutes?
A: The second competitor can eat 10 x 3 = 30 hotdogs per minute. The third competitor can eat 30 x 2 = 60 hot dogs per minute. Therefore, the third competitor can eat 60 x 5 = 300 hot dogs after 5 minutes. The answer is 300.
Question: Mary sees a flock of ducks crossing the street. There are 2 ducks with 5 ducklings each, 6 ducks with 3 ducklings each, and 9 ducks with 6 ducklings each. How many ducks and ducklings are there total?
Answer: First find the total number of ducklings the first two ducks have: 2 ducks * 5 ducklings / duck = 10 ducklings. Then find the total number of ducklings the next six ducks have: 6 ducks * 3 ducklings / duck = 18 ducklings. Then find the total number of ducklings the last 9 ducks have: 9 ducks * 6 ducklings / duck = 54 ducklings. Then add up all the ducks and ducklings to find the total number: 10 ducklings + 18 ducklings + 54 ducklings + 2 ducks + 6 ducks + 9 ducks = 99 ducks. The answer is 99.
Q: Paolo has 14 coconuts, while Dante has thrice as many coconuts as Paolo. If Dante sold 10 of his coconuts, how many coconuts did he have left?
A:
Dante has 14 x 3 = 42 coconuts. Therefore, Dante was left with 42 - 10 = 32 coconuts after he sold 10 of them. The answer is 32.