Question: A bear is preparing to hibernate for the winter and needs to gain 1000 pounds. At the end of summer, the bear feasts on berries and small woodland animals. During autumn, it devours acorns and salmon. It gained a fifth of the weight it needed from berries during summer, and during autumn, it gained twice that amount from acorns. Salmon made up half of the remaining weight it had needed to gain. How many pounds did it gain eating small animals?
Answer: The bear gained 1 / 5 * 1000 = 200 pounds from berries. It gained 2 * 200 = 400 pounds from acorns. It still needed 1000 - 200 - 400 = 400 pounds. Thus, it gained 400 / 2 = 200 pounds from salmon. Therefore, the bear gained 400 - 200 = 200 pounds from small animals. The answer is 200.
[Question]Isabel has some money in her piggy bank. She spent half the amount and bought a toy. She then spent half of the remaining money and bought her brother a book. If she has $51 left, how much money, in dollars, did she have at first?
[Answer]After buying the toy, Isabel has 51 * 2 = 102 dollars left. Isabel had 102 * 2 = 204 dollars at first. The answer is 204.
Q: Hayes does 3 loads of laundry a week using a detergent pod for each load. His detergent pods come 39 to a pack. How many packs of detergent pods will he need to do a full year of laundry?
A: He uses 3 detergent pods a week and there are 52 weeks in a year, so he uses 3 * 52 = 156. His detergent has 39 pods per pack and he needs 156 pods, so he will need 156 / 39 = 4 packs of detergent pods. The answer is 4.
Question: Bill picked 50 apples from the orchard with his wife and two children. He sends each of his kids to school with 3 apples for their two favorite teachers. His wife Jill bakes two apple pies, using 10 apples per pie. How many apples does Bill have left?
Answer: Bill gives each of his children 3 apples, so since he has two children this is 3 * 2 = 6 apples. Jill bakes 2 apple pies, using 10 apples each so this means she uses 10 * 2 = 20 apples. In total, this means 20 + 6 = 26 apples were used. Since Bill began with 50 apples, this means there are 50 - 26 = 24 apples remaining. The answer is 24.
[Question]Berry wants to make sure he reads an average of 50 pages a day. This week he read 43 pages on Sunday, 65 pages on Monday, and 28 pages on Tuesday. He had a soccer game and fell asleep early on Wednesday so he read nothing. On Thursday he read 70 pages, and on Friday he read 56 pages. How many pages does he have to read on Saturday to reach his goal?
[Answer]He has to read 350 pages a week because 7 x 50 = 350. He has read 262 pages because 43 + 65 + 28 + 70 + 56 = 262. He has to read 88 pages on Saturday because 350 - 262 = 88. The answer is 88.
[Question]A company has 200 employees. 60% of the employees drive to work. Of the employees who don't drive to work, half take public transportation. How many more employees drive to work than take public transportation?
[Answer]
Drive to work:200(.60) = 120. Don't Drive to work:200 - 120 = 80. Public Transportation:80(.50) = 40 employees. 80 - 40 = 40 employees. The answer is 40.