[Question]Abe finds 4 ants on the sidewalk. Beth sees 50% more ants than Abe. CeCe watches twice as many ants as Abe. Duke discovers half as many ants as Abe. How many ants do the four children find together?
[Answer]Beth finds 4 + 2 = 6 ants. CeCe finds 4 x 2 = 8 ants. Duke finds 4 / 2 = 2 ants. The four children find 4 + 6 + 8 + 2 = 20 ants. The answer is 20.
Q: During one hour, Tom can read 12 pages of a book. How many pages would he be able to read during 2 hours if he could increase his reading speed by a factor of 3?
A: If Tom could triple his reading speed, he could read 12 * 3 = 36 pages of a book in one hour. Therefore, during two hours he could read 36 * 2 = 72 pages. The answer is 72.
Question: Georgie needs 3 avocados to make her grandmother's guacamole recipe. If she already had 5 avocados and her sister buys another 4 avocados, how many servings of guacamole can Georgie make?
Answer: Altogether, Georgie has 5 + 4 = 9 avocados. She can make 9 / 3 = 3 servings of guacamole. The answer is 3.
[Question]If there are two pennies in each of the twelve compartments of Roshesmina's piggy bank and she adds 6 more pennies to each compartment, calculate the total number of pennies she has?
[Answer]In each compartment, there are two pennies, and when she adds 6 pennies to each compartment, one compartment will have 6 + 2 = 8 pennies. If there are 12 compartments, and each compartment now contains 8 pennies, there are a total of 12 * 8 = 96 pennies in all the compartments. The answer is 96.
Q: Lisa and Carly go shopping together. Lisa spends $40 on t-shirts then spends half of this amount on jeans and twice this amount on coats. Carly spends only a quarter as much as Lisa on t-shirts but spends 3 times as much on jeans and a quarter of the amount Lisa spent on coats. In dollars, how much did Lisa and Carly spend in total?
A: Lisa spends $40 on t - shirts / 2 = $20 on jeans. She also spends $40 on t - shirts * 2 = $80 on coats. So Lisa has spent a total of 40 + 20 + 80 = $140. Carly spends $40 / 4 = $10 on t - shirts. She also spends $20 per pair of jeans * 3 = $60 on jeans. She then also spends $80 Lisa's cost for coats / 4 = $20 on coats. So Carly has spent a total of 10 + 60 + 20 = $90. Lisa and Carly have therefore spent a total of 140 + 90 = $230. The answer is 230.
Question: Aaron pays his actuary membership fees each year. The membership fee increases yearly by $10. If he pays $80 in the first year, how much does his membership cost, in dollars, in the sixth year?
Answer:
In year 2 he pays 80 + 10 = $90. In year 3 he pays 90 + 10 = $100. In year 4 he pays 100 + 10 = $110. In year 5 he pays 110 + 10 = $120. In year 6 he pays 120 + 10 = $130. The answer is 130.