Q: A baker has 10 cheesecakes on the display while 15 more are still in the fridge. If the baker has sold 7 cheesecakes from the display, how many more cheesecakes are left to be sold?
A: A baker has a total of 10 + 15 = 25 cheesecakes both from the display and the fridge. Therefore, there are 25 - 7 = 18 more cheesecakes to be sold. The answer is 18.
Question: Carla, Kyle, and Tasha caught 36 fish. If Kyle and Tasha caught the same number of fish and Carla caught 8, how many fish did Kyle catch?
Answer: Kyle and Tasha caught 36 - 8 = 28 fish. Kyle caught 28 / 2 = 14 fish. The answer is 14.
[Question]Matthew, Patrick and Alvin are eating dinner together. Matthew eats three times as many egg rolls as Patrick eats. Patrick eats half as many egg rolls as Alvin eats. If Alvin ate 4 egg rolls, how many did Matthew eat?
[Answer]Patrick eats 1 / 2 of the 4 egg rolls that Alvin eats, 1 / 2 x 4 = 2 egg rolls. Matthew eats 3x as many egg rolls as Patrick eats, 3 x 2 = 6 egg rolls that Matthew eats. The answer is 6.
Q: Jerry is making cherry syrup. He needs 500 cherries per quart of syrup. It takes him 2 hours to pick 300 cherries and 3 hours to make the syrup. How long will it take him to make 9 quarts of syrup?
A: First find how many cherries Jerry can pick in one hour: 300 cherries / 2 hours = 150 cherries / hour. Then multiply the number of quarts of syrup by the number of cherries per quart to find the total number of quarts Jerry needs: 500 cherries / quart * 9 quarts = 4500 cherries. Then divide the total number of cherries by the number of cherries he picks per hour to find the number of hours the cherry - picking takes: 4500 cherries / 150 cherries / hour = 30 hours. Then add the time it takes him to make the syrup to find the total time: 30 hours + 3 hours = 33 hours. The answer is 33.
Question: John has a very inefficient toilet that uses 5 gallons of water per flush and his household flushed 15 times per day. He replaced it with a toilet that uses 80% less water per flush. How much water did John save in June?
Answer: He used to use 5 * 15 = 75 gallons of water per day. This means he used 75 * 30 = 2250 gallons a month. His new toilet uses 5 * .8 = 4 gallons less water per flush. So, it only uses 5 - 4 = 1 gallon per flush. That means he uses 1 * 15 = 15 gallons per day. All in all, it accounts for a total usage of 15 * 30 = 450 gallons. So, he saved 2250 - 450 = 1800 gallons per month. The answer is 1800.
Q: Frank has 7 one-dollar bills, 4 five-dollar bills, 2 ten-dollar bills, and 1 twenty-dollar bill. He goes to buy peanuts, which cost $3 a pound. He buys what he wants and has $4 in change. He plans to eat the peanuts all in one week. How many pounds does he eat on average per day?
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Frank has $7 in one dollar bills because 7 x 1 = 7. Frank has $20 in five dollar bills because 4 x 5 = 20. Frank has $20 in ten dollar bills because 2 x 10 = 20. Frank has 67 dollars in total because 7 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 67. Frank spent $63 because 67 - 4 = 63. Frank bought 21 pounds of peanuts because 63 / 3 = 21. He eats 3 pounds a day on average because 21 / 7 = 3. The answer is 3.