Question: Jar A has 28 marbles. Jar B has 12 more marbles than jar A. Jar C has twice as many marbles as jar B. How many marbles are there altogether?
Answer: Jar B has 28 + 12 = 40 marbles. Jar C has 2 x 40 = 80 marbles. Therefore, there are 28 + 40 + 80 = 148 marbles altogether. The answer is 148.
[Question]John has 10 members of his family on his father's side. His mother's side is 30% larger. How many people are there in total?
[Answer]His mother's side is 10 * .3 = 3 people larger than his father's side. So his mother's side has 10 + 3 = 13 people. So the total number of people is 13 + 10 = 23. The answer is 23.
Q: Lyra has an $80 budget for a week to spend on food. If she bought 1 bucket of fried chicken that costs $12 and 5 pounds of beef that cost $3 per pound. How much is left on her weekly budget?
A: Five pounds of beef cost $3 x 5 = $15. So Lyra spent a total of $12 + $15 = $27. Therefore, $80 - $27 = $53 is left on her weekly budget. The answer is 53.
Question: Carrie is making punch. She adds 6 12-oz cans of Mountain Dew, 28 oz of ice, and a 40 oz bottle of fruit juice. How many 10 oz servings of punch does Carrie have?
Answer: First find the total volume of the Mountain Dew: 6 cans * 12 oz / can = 72 oz. Then find the total volume of the punch: 72 oz + 28 oz + 40 oz = 140 oz. Then divide the total volume by the volume of each serving to find the number of servings: 140 oz / 10 oz / serving = 14 servings. The answer is 14.
[Question]Cassidy is grounded for 14 days for lying about her report card, plus 3 extra days for each grade below a B. If Cassidy got four grades below a B, how long is she grounded for?
[Answer]First find how many days Cassidy is grounded for the low grades: 4 grades * 3 days / grade = 12 days. Then add that time to the 14 days she's grounded for lying to find the total grounding length: 12 days + 14 days = 26 days. The answer is 26.
[Question]The Donaldsons pay $15 per hour for babysitting. The Merck family pays $18 per hour and the Hille family pays $20 per hour for babysitting. Layla babysat for the Donaldsons for 7 hours, the Merck family for 6 hours and the Hille family for 3 hours. How many dollars did Layla earn babysitting?
[Answer]
Donaldsons pay $15 / hour = 15 * 7 = $105. The Mercks pay $18 / hour = 18 * 6 = $108. The Hilles pay $20 / hour = 20 * 3 = 60. The total amount Layla earned is 105 + 108 + 60 = 273. Layla earned $273 for babysitting. The answer is 273.