Q: A farmer gets 20 pounds of bacon on average from a pig. He sells each pound for $6 at the monthly farmer's market. This month's pig is a runt that grew to only half the size of the average pig. How many dollars will the farmer make from the pig's bacon?
A: The pig grew to half the size of the average pig, so it will produce 20 / 2 = 10 pounds of bacon. The rancher will make 10 * 6 = $60 from the pig's bacon. The answer is 60.
Question: If there are 8 slices in a large pizza, how many slices will remain if Mary orders 2 large pizzas and eats 7 slices?
Answer: The number of total slices of pizza is 8 slices per pizza * 2 large pizzas = 16 slices. If Mary eats 7 slices, then 16 - 7 = 9 remain. The answer is 9.
[Question]Aubrey has a deck of cards with 52 cards in it. She then adds two additional cards to the deck. If she splits the deck evenly among herself and two other players, how many cards does each player have?
[Answer]The deck has 54 cards because 52 + 2 = 54. There are three players because 1 + 2 = 3. Each player gets 18 cards because 54 / 3 = 18. The answer is 18.
Q: A rancher has 340 head of cattle. He was about to sell them all for $204,000 when 172 of them fell sick and died. Because of the sickness, his customers lost confidence in his cattle, forcing him to lower his price by $150 per head. How much money would the devastated farmer lose if he sold the remaining cattle at the lowered price compared to the amount he would have made by selling them at the original price?
A: The rancher would have sold his cattle for $204,000 / 340 = $600 per head. He was left with a remainder of 340 - 172 = 168 head of cattle. The lowered price is $600 - $150 = $450 per head. He would make $450 x 168 = $75,600 at the lowered price. He could have made $600 x 168 = $100,800 at the original price. He would lose $100,800 - $75,600 = $25,200. The answer is 25200.
Question: Cassie is trimming her pet's nails. She has four dogs and eight parrots. Each dog has four nails on each foot, and each parrot has three claws on each leg, except for one parrot who has an extra toe. How many nails does Cassie need to cut?
Answer: First, find the number of dog nails by multiplying the number of dogs by the number of nails on each leg and the number of legs on each dog: 4 dogs * 4 legs per dog * 4 nails per leg = 64 nails. Then do the same for parrots, ignoring the one parrot's extra toe for now: 8 parrots * 2 legs per parrot * 3 nails per leg = 48 nails. Now add one to the previous number because one parrot has an extra toe: 48 + 1 = 49 nails. Now add the number of nails from the parrots and the dog: 49 nails + 64 nails = 113 nails. The answer is 113.
Q: Evan owns 40 fewer books than the number he had 2 years ago. Evan will have 60 more than five times as many books as he owns now in five years. If Evan had 200 books two years ago, calculate the total number of books he will have in five years.
A:
If Evan had 200 books two years ago, he currently has 200 - 40 = 160 books. In five years, Evan will have 60 more than 160 * 5 = 800 books which is the number he has now. This means Evan will have 800 + 60 = 860 books in five years. The answer is 860.