Q: Jane is painting her fingernails. She applies a base coat that takes 2 minutes to dry, two color coats that take 3 minutes each to dry, and a clear top coat that takes 5 minutes to dry. How many minutes total does Jane spend waiting for her nail polish to dry?
A: First figure out how long both color coats will take to dry: 3 minutes * 2 = 6 minutes. Then add up the time for the base coat, top coat, and color coats: 6 minutes + 2 minutes + 5 minutes = 13 minutes. The answer is 13.
Question: The school band is having a car wash to raise money. Their goal is to collect $150. So far they have earned $10 each from three families and $5 each from 15 families. How much more money do they have to earn to reach their goal?
Answer: The school band earned $10 / family * 3 families = $30 from three families. The school band earned $15 / family * 5 families = $75 from 15 families. The school band earned $30 + $75 = $105 total. The school band needs $150 - $105 = $45 more to reach their goal. The answer is 45.
[Question]Mitch made 20 macarons. Joshua made 6 more macarons than Mitch but half as many macarons as Miles. Renz made 1 fewer than 3/4 as many macarons as Miles. If they will combine their macarons to give them to the kids on the street, how many kids would receive 2 macarons each?
[Answer]Joshua made 20 + 6 = 26 macarons. Miles made 26 x 2 = 52 macarons. Three - fourths of Miles' macarons is 52 x 3 / 4 = 39. So Renz made 39 - 1 = 38 macarons. The four of them have a total of 20 + 26 + 52 + 38 = 136 macarons combined. Thus, 136 / 2 = 68 kids would receive 2 macarons each. The answer is 68.
Q: Matt's entire family was going to spend the week at the lake house for vacation. Matt's family included his mom, dad, his older brother and his wife and their 4 kids. His Uncle Joe and his wife were also coming and would bring their 3 kids. The house only sleeps 4 people. Everyone else would sleep 2 to a tent outside. How many tents would they need?
A: We need to add Matt's entire family together so 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 14. Only 4 people could sleep in the house so 14 - 4 = 10 people would sleep in a tent. Each tent sleeps 2 people and there were 10 people left so 10 / 2 = 5 tents were needed. The answer is 5.
Question: Balki is counting the number of raisins in boxes of cereal. He counted 437 total raisins in 5 boxes. In one box he counted 72 raisins. In a second box he counted 74 raisins. The other three boxes had the same number each. How many were in each of the other three boxes?
Answer: Let x = the number of raisins in each of the other 3 boxes. Then 72 + 74 + 3x = 437 raisins. Combining like terms we get 146 + 3x = 437 raisins. Subtracting 146 from both sides we get 3x = 291 raisins. Dividing both sides by 3, we get x = 291 / 3 = 97 raisins. The answer is 97.
Q: Daisy is a poodle puppy who loves to play with her dog toys. She often loses them in various ways, and her owner needs to replace them. On Monday, Daisy played with 5 dog toys. On Tuesday, Daisy had 3 dog toys left after losing some, and her owner went to the store and got her 3 more. On Wednesday, all of Daisy's old and new dog toys were missing, so her owner went to the store and bought her 5 more. If Daisy's owner found all the lost dog toys, including the new dog toys, how many dog toys would Daisy have now?
A:
Daisy originally had 5 dog toys on Monday + 3 more her owner bought her on Tuesday = 8 dog toys. On Wednesday Daisy's owner bought her 5 more dog toys + 8 old ones = 13 total dog toys if none were lost. The answer is 13.