Q: 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?
A: 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.
Question: Vincent's washer broke so he had to go to the laundromat. On Wednesday he washed six loads of clothes. The next day he had time to wash double the number of loads he did the day before. On Friday he had a test and could only manage half of the loads he did on Thursday. On Saturday the laundromat closed at noon and he could only wash a third of the loads of laundry he did on Wednesday. How many loads of laundry had he washed that week?
Answer: On Thursday he washed 6 * 2 = 12 loads of laundry. On Friday he washed 12 / 2 = 6 loads of laundry. On Saturday he washed 6 / 3 = 2 loads of laundry. In total he washed 6 + 12 + 6 + 2 = 26 loads of laundry. The answer is 26.
[Question]A leaf is being blown down a sidewalk by swirling gusts of wind. For every five feet that a gust blows it forward, the wind swirls and blows it back two feet. How many feet has it traveled down the sidewalk after 11 gusts of wind?
[Answer]Each gust blows the leaf forward 5 feet, so 11 gusts will blow it forward 5 * 11 = 55 feet. Each swirl after a gust blows it back 2 feet, so 11 swirls will blow it back 2 * 11 = 22 feet. After 11 gusts, the leaf has traveled 55 - 22 = 33 feet down the sidewalk. The answer is 33.
Q: Emily went to the store and bought art supplies for $20 and 2 skirts that cost the same amount of money. She spent a total of $50. How much did Emily pay for each of the skirts?
A: First, you need to set up the problem with the information given. The cost of the skirts and art supplies must equal $50. Since we know that the cost of the skirts is the same price and that she bought art supplies for $20, we can set up an equation: 2x + 20 = 50, with x being the cost of the skirts. To solve the equation, subtract 20 from both sides, to give you the new equation: 2x = 30. Solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 2, 2x / 2 = 30 / 2 gives you x = 15. Therefore, each skirt cost $15. The answer is 15.
Question: Aitana and Jayda went to Silverlake Flea market to buy some handmade crafts. Aitana spent 2/5 times more money than Jayda at the market. If Jayda spent $400, calculate the total amount of money they spent together.
Answer: If Jayda spent $400 at the market, Aitana spent 2 / 5 * 400 = $160 more on handmade crafts. Since Aitana spent $160 more than Jayda at the market, she spent $400 + $160 = $560. The total amount of money they spent together is $400 + $560 = $960. The answer is 960.
Q: Hadley loves to do volunteer work at the local library. On a certain day, she neatly arranges 100 books on the shelf. By lunchtime, a certain number of books had been borrowed. She added 40 more books to the same shelf. By evening, 30 more books had been borrowed. If the shelf had 60 books remaining by the evening, how many books had been borrowed by lunchtime?
A:
Let x be the number of books borrowed by lunchtime. So by lunchtime, the remaining number of books will be 100 - x. After adding 40 more books, the total number of books increased to 100 - x + 40. By evening, after 30 more books have been borrowed, the total number of books remaining is 100 - x + 40 - 30 = 60. Thus 110 - x = 60. Thus x = 50 books. The answer is 50.