[Question]Mike buys 6 rose bushes at 75 dollars each, 2 of them are for his friend and the rest are for him. He also buys 2 tiger tooth aloes for 100 dollars each. How much money did he spend on plants for himself?
[Answer]He bought 6 - 2 = 4 rose bushes for himself. The rose bushes for himself cost 4 * $75 = $300. He also spent 2 * $100 = $200 on aloes. He spent a total of $200 + $300 = $500. The answer is 500.
Q: Melly's two cats each have litters of kittens at the same time. The first cat has 3 blue-eyed kittens and 7 brown-eyed kittens. The second cat has 4 blue-eyed kittens and 6 brown-eyed kittens. What percentage of all the kittens have blue eyes?
A: First find the total number of blue - eyed kittens: 3 kittens + 4 kittens = 7 kittens. Then find the total number of brown - eyed kittens: 7 kittens + 6 kittens = 13 kittens. Then add the number of each type of kitten to find the total number of kittens: 7 kittens + 13 kittens = 20 kittens. Then divide the number of blue - eyed kittens by the total number of kittens and multiply by 100% to express the answer as a percentage: 7 kittens / 20 kittens * 100% = 35%. The answer is 35.
Question: Tony has two fish. Every year, his parents buy him two more, but one of them dies. How many fish will he have in five years?
Answer: Each year Tony has one more fish than before because 2 - 1 = 1. In five years, he will have 5 more fish because 5 x 1 = 5. In five years he will have 7 fish because 2 + 5 = 7. The answer is 7.
[Question]Andy needs to drive from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. The drive from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas is 420 miles. The drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles is 273 miles. He wants to make the drive in 11 hours. What's the average minimum speed that Andy needs to drive to reach Los Angeles in 11 hours?
[Answer]The total distance of the trip is 420 + 273 = 693 miles. To make the trip Andy must drive 693 miles / 11 hours = 63 miles per hour. The answer is 63.
Q: Brenda raises mice, and her adult mice recently had three litters of 8 each. She gave a sixth of the baby mice to her friend Robbie to keep as pets. She sold three times the number of babies she gave Robbie to a pet store. Half of the remaining mice were sold to snake owners as feeder mice. How many baby mice did Brenda have left?
A: Brenda's mice had 3 * 8 = 24 baby mice. She gave Robbie 24 / 6 = 4 mice. Thus, she sold 3 * 4 = 12 mice to the pet store. She had 24 - 12 - 4 = 8 mice remaining. She sold 8 / 2 = 4 as feeder mice. Thus, Brenda had 8 - 4 = 4 mice left. The answer is 4.
Question: Megan went to the store and bought a dozen eggs. When she got home, her neighbor gave her another dozen eggs from her chickens. Megan used 2 eggs to make an omelet for dinner and 4 eggs to bake a cake. When Megan's aunt came over for a visit, Megan gave her half of her remaining eggs. How many eggs per meal would Megan have if she plans to divide what she has left equally for her next 3 meals?
Answer:
Megan has 12 + 12 = 24 eggs. After making her omelet and cake, she was left with 24 - 2 - 4 = 18 eggs. After giving half to her aunt, she was left with 18 / 2 = 9. Megan would have 9 / 3 = 3 eggs per meal for the next three meals. The answer is 3.