Central Park had 8 more than half of the number of trash cans as in Veteran's Park. Then one night, someone took half of the trash cans from Central Park and put them in Veteran's Park. If originally there were 24 trash cans in Veteran's Park, how many trash cans are now in Veteran's Park?
Let's think: Half the original number of trash cans in Veteran's Park is 24 / 2 = 12 trash cans. Thus Central Park originally had 8 more than half the number of trash cans as what was originally in Veteran's Park, or 12 + 8 = 20 trash cans. Half of the trash cans from Central Park is 20 / 2 = 10 trash cans. After the addition of the 10 new cans, there are now 24 + 10 = 34 trash cans in Veteran's Park.. The answer is: 34.

The Ravenswood forest has four times as many gnomes as the Westerville woods. If there are 20 gnomes in Westerville woods, how many gnomes would remain in Ravenswood forest if 40% of the gnomes are taken for use by the forest owner?
Let's think: If there 20 gnomes in Westerville woods, the Ravenswood forest has 4 * 20 = 80 gnomes. If 40% of gnomes in the Ravenswood forest are taken for use by the owner of the forest, the number of gnomes will reduce by 40 / 100 * 80 = 32. The number of gnomes that will remain is 80 - 32 = 48.. The answer is: 48.

Karen's students are about to take a standardized test. Karen gets a $500 bonus if their average score is above 75, plus an extra $10 bonus for every additional point the average score increases above 75. So far, Karen has graded 8 tests, and the average is 70. Given that each student can have a maximum score of 150, what combined score do the last two tests need to have for Karen to earn a $600 bonus?
Let's think: First subtract $500 from Karen's goal bonus amount to find how much she makes from the extra $10 / point bonus: $600 - $500 = $100. Then divide the extra bonus by the extra rate: $100 / $10 / point = 10 points. Then add the 10 extra points to the baseline 75 point goal to find the students' average test score: 10 points + 75 points = 85 points. Then added the 8 graded tests to the 2 ungraded tests to find the total number of tests: 2 tests + 8 tests = 10 tests. Then multiply the 85 point average by the number of tests to find the total number of points the students need to earn: 85 points / test * 10 tests = 850 points. Then multiply the current average by the current number of graded tests to find how many points have been earned so far: 70 points / test * 8 tests = 560 points. Then subtract the number of points earned from the number of points needed to find the combine score the last two tests need: 850 points - 560 points = 290 points.. The answer is: 290.

The doctor told Barry to take vitamin D3 for 180 days to help protect him from infections. The pharmacy only sold vitamin D3 in bottles containing 60 capsules, with a daily serving size of 2 capsules. How many bottles would Barry need to buy to have enough servings to last for 180 days?
Let's think:
If each serving size is 2 capsules, a 60 - capsule bottle of vitamin D3 would contain 60 / 2 = 30 servings. Using 30 - serving bottles, to last 180 days, it would take 180 / 30 = 6 bottles of vitamin D3.. The answer is: 6.