[Question]Apollo pulls the sun across the sky every night. Once a month, his fiery chariot's wheels need to be replaced. He trades golden apples to Hephaestus the blacksmith to get Hephaestus to make him new wheels. Hephaestus raised his rates halfway through the year and now demands twice as many golden apples as before. He charged three golden apples for the first six months. How many golden apples does Apollo have to pay for the entire year of chariot wheels?
[Answer]Apollo had to pay 3 * 6 = 18 golden apples for the first six months. For the second six months, he had to pay twice that amount, or 18 * 2 = 36 golden apples. Thus, Apollo had to pay 18 + 36 = 54 golden apples for a year of chariot wheels. The answer is 54.
Q: Mr. Manuel is a campsite manager who's been tasked with checking the number of tents set up in the recreation area. On a particular day, he counted 100 tents in the northernmost part of the campsite and twice that number on the east side of the grounds. The number of tents at the center of the camp was four times the number of tents in the northernmost part of the campsite. If he also counted 200 tents in the southern part of the campsite, what is the total number of tents in the recreation area?
A: On the eastern part of the campsite, Mr Manuel counted 2 * 100 = 200 tents. The total number of tents in the eastern and the northern part of the campgrounds is 200 + 100 = 300. There are four times as many tents as the northernmost part in the central part of the campsite, which means there are 4 * 100 = 400 tents in the central part of the camp. The total number of tents in the three parts of the campsite is 400 + 300 = 700. If you add the number of tents Mr. Manuel counted at the southern part of the campsite, you get 700 + 200 = 900 tents on the whole campsite. The answer is 900.
Question: Reese joined a Pinterest group where members contributed an average of 10 pins per day. The group owner deleted older pins at the rate of 5 pins per week per person. If the group has 20 people and the total number of pins is 1000, how many pins would be there after Reese had been a member for a month?
Answer: In a day, the total number of new pins is 10 * 20 = 200. There will be 30 * 200 = 6000 new pins after a month. The total number with old pins present is 6000 + 1000 = 7000 pins. If the owner deletes five pins every week, the total number of deleted pins in a week is 5 * 20 = 100 pins. After a month, the number of deleted pins will be 100 * 4 = 400. The number of pins after the old pins are deleted is 7000 - 400 = 6600 pins. The answer is 6600.
[Question]Roman and Remy took separate showers. Remy used 1 more gallon than 3 times the number of gallons that Roman used for his shower. Together the boys used 33 gallons of water. How many gallons did Remy use?
[Answer]Let R = Roman's gallons. Remy = 3R + 1. 4R + 1 = 33. 4R = 32. R = 8. Remy used 25 gallons of water for his shower. The answer is 25.
Q: Lois has 40 books. She gives a fourth of her books to her nephew. From her remaining books, she donates a third of her books to the library. Then she purchases 3 new books from the book store. How many books does Lois have now?
A: Lois gives 40 / 4 = 10 books to her nephew. Then Lois has 40 - 10 = 30 books. Lois donates 30 / 3 = 10 books to the library. Then Lois has 30 - 10 = 20 books. After purchasing new books, Lois has 20 + 3 = 23 books. The answer is 23.
Question: Melody has three dogs. Each dog eats 1/2 of a pound of dog food twice a day. If Melody bought 30 pounds of dog food, how many pounds of dog food are left after a week?
Answer:
Each dog eats 1 / 2 x 2 = 1 pound of dog food each day. So the three dogs eat a total of 1 x 3 = 3 pounds each day. That is 3 x 7 = 21 pounds in a week. Therefore, 30 - 21 = 9 pounds of food are left after a week. The answer is 9.