Question: Alex had 36 ounces of jelly beans. He ate 6 ounces. Then he divided the rest equally into 3 piles. How much does each pile weigh?
Answer: Start by taking out the ones he ate: 36 ounces - 6 ounces = 30 ounces. Divide the remainder equally: 30 ounces / 3 piles = 10 ounces per pile. The answer is 10.
[Question]Maya loves to read books. Last week she read 5 books. Each book had 300 pages of text. This week she read twice as much. How many pages did Maya read in total?
[Answer]Last week Maya read 5 * 300 = 1500 pages of text. This week she doubled the result, so she read 2 * 1500 = 3000 pages. In total Maya read 1500 + 3000 = 4500 pages of text. The answer is 4500.
Q: Tom decides to renovate a house. There are 3 bedrooms and each bedroom takes 4 hours to renovate. The kitchen takes 50% longer than each bedroom. The living room took twice as much time as everything else combined. How long did everything take?
A: The kitchen took 4 * .5 = 2 hours longer than the bedrooms. So the kitchen took 4 + 2 = 6 hours. The bedrooms took 3 * 4 = 12 hours. So the kitchen and bedrooms combined took 12 + 6 = 18 hours. The living room took 18 * 2 = 36 hours. So everything took a total of 18 + 36 = 54 hours. The answer is 54.
Question: Charley bought 30 pencils. She lost 6 pencils while moving to school, and of course, also lost 1/3 of the remaining pencils because she wasn't very good at keeping track of pencils. How many pencils does she currently have?
Answer: If Charley bought 30 pencils and lost 6 while moving, she remained with 30 - 6 = 24 pencils. Because she isn't good at keeping track of her pencils, Charley lost 1 / 3 * 24 = 8 more pencils. She currently has 24 - 8 = 16 pencils. The answer is 16.
[Question]Two friends are racing three miles. The first one runs it in 21 minutes. The second one runs it in 24 minutes. If they keep up the same pace, how long combined will it take for them to run 5 miles each?
[Answer]The first one runs a mile in 7 minutes because 21 / 3 = 7. The second runs a mile in 8 minutes because 24 / 3 = 8. The first one would finish 5 miles in 35 minutes because 5 x 7 = 35. The second one would finish in 40 minutes because 5 x 8 = 40. It will take 75 minutes in total because 35 + 40 = 75. The answer is 75.
[Question]Max has 8 children and each of his children has the same number of children as he does except for 2 who have 5 children each. How many grandchildren does he have?
[Answer]
Out of his 8 children, 2 have only 5 children so the rest who have 8 ( the same number as him) are 8 - 2 = 6. 6 of Max's children have 8 children each for a total of 6 * 8 = 48 grandchildren. 2 of Max's children have 5 children each for a total of 5 * 2 = 10 grandchildren. In total he has 48 + 10 = 58 grandchildren. The answer is 58.