[Question]Ali had a collection of seashells. He started with 180 seashells. He then gave away 40 seashells to his friends. He also gave 30 seashells to his brothers. If he sold half of the remaining seashells, how many seashells did he have left?
[Answer]When he gave 40 seashells to his friends, Ali had 180 - 40 = 140 seashells. When he gave another 30 seashells to his brothers, he had 140 - 30 = 110 seashells. He also sold half of the seashells, a total of 1 / 2 * 110 = 55 seashells. He was left with 110 - 55 = 55 seashells. The answer is 55.
Q: A tomato plant has 100 tomatoes. Jane picks 1/4 of that number for use in their house. After a week, she goes back and picks 20 more tomatoes, and the following week picks twice that number. What's the total number of fruits remaining on the tomato plant?
A: When she picks 1 / 4 of the number of tomatoes, she goes home with 1 / 4 * 100 = 25 tomatoes. The total number of tomatoes remaining will be 100 - 25 = 75 tomatoes. After picking 20 more tomatoes the following week, the number of tomatoes remaining is 75 - 20 = 55 tomatoes. The next week she picks twice the number she picked the previous week, that is 20 * 2 = 40 tomatoes. The total number of tomatoes remaining after the final picking is 55 - 40 = 15 tomatoes. The answer is 15.
Question: Michael has two brothers. His oldest brother is 1 year older than twice Michael's age when Michael was a year younger. His younger brother is 5 years old, which is a third of the age of the older brother. What is their combined age?
Answer: The oldest brother is 15 because 3 x 5 = 15. Michael is 8 because if 1 + (Michael's age - 1) x 2 = 15 then Michael's age = 8. Their combined age is 28 because 5 + 15 + 8 = 28. The answer is 28.
[Question]Emery looks through the drawer where her mom keeps the cookie cutters. There are 6 cookie cutters shaped like triangles, 4 square ones and 2 hexagons. How many sides are there on the cookie cutters in total?
[Answer]The 6 triangles have 3 sides each, for a total of 6 * 3 = 18 sides. The 4 squares have 4 sides each, for a total of 4 * 4 = 16 sides. The 2 hexagons have 6 sides each, for a total of 2 * 6 = 12 sides. The total numbers of sides is 18 + 16 + 12 = 46 sides. The answer is 46.
Q: Marge planted 23 seeds in her garden. Five of the seeds never grew into plants. A third of the remaining seeds grew, but the plants were eaten by squirrels and rabbits. A third of the number of uneaten plants were strangled by weeds. Marge pulled two weeds, but liked the flowers on one weed and let the plant grow as part of her garden. How many plants did Marge end up with?
A: Marge had 23 - 5 = 18 seeds grow into plants. Rabbits ate 18 / 3 = 6 plants. There were 18 - 6 = 12 plants left. Weeds strangled 12 / 3 = 4 plants. She had 12 - 4 = 8 plants left. Marge kept 1 weed, so she ended up with 8 + 1 = 9 plants. The answer is 9.
Question: For his birthday, Aku invited 4 friends. His mother bought 3 packages of cookies each containing 25 cookies. After playing football, the children came to eat and celebrate Aku's 10th birthday, each eating an equal number of all the cookies. Calculate the number of cookies that each child will eat.
Answer:
Let's first calculate the total number of cookies: 25 X 3 = 75 cookies. Let us now share these cookies among the 5 children: 75 / 5 = 15 cookies. The answer is 15.