Q: Cheryl placed 300 strawberries into 5 buckets. After she did that she decided to take 20 out of each bucket so they wouldn't get smashed. How many strawberries were left in each bucket?
A: Every bucket originally had 300 / 5 = 60 strawberries. After she removed 20 strawberries there were 60 - 20 = 40 strawberries in each bucket. The answer is 40.
Question: When Herman’s team is busy working on large projects he stops at the drive-through 5 days, every week to buy a breakfast combo for himself and 3 members of his team. Each meal costs $4.00. This current project will last 16 weeks. How much will Herman spend on breakfast?
Answer: Herman buys himself and 3 team members breakfast 5 days a week so that’s 4 * 5 = 20 breakfast combo meals. Each combo meals costs $4.00 and he buys 20 of them a week so that’s 4 * 20 = $80.00. Over a 16 week period he spends 16 * 80 = $1,280.00 on breakfast. The answer is 1280.
[Question]The distance from Anthony’s apartment to work is 10 miles. How far away is the gym from his apartment if it is 2 miles more than half the distance from his apartment to work?
[Answer]Half the distance from his apartment to work is 10 miles / 2 = 5 miles. The gym is 2 more miles than this distance so is 2 + 5 = 7 miles away from his apartment. The answer is 7.
Q: When Matty was born, the cost of a ticket to Mars was $1,000,000. The cost is halved every 10 years. How much will a ticket cost when Matty is 30?
A: First find the total number of times the cost is halved: 30 years / 10 years / halving = 3 halvings. Then halve the cost once: $1,000,000 / 2 = $500,000. Then halve the cost a second time: $500,000 / 2 = $250,000. Then halve the cost a third time: $250,000 / 2 = $125,000. The answer is 125000.
Question: Peggy has 6 dolls. Her grandmother gives Peggy her own collection of 30 dolls. Over the year, Peggy receives half that amount of dolls between her birthday and Christmas. How many dolls does Peggy now have?
Answer: Peggy has 6 dolls and her grandmother gave her 30 so that’s 6 + 30 = 36 dolls. Over the holidays, Peggy is gifted half the number of dolls her grandmother gave her, so she receives 30 / 2 = 15 more dolls. Peggy had 36 dolls and received another 15 for a total of 36 + 15 = 51 dolls. The answer is 51.
Q: Tony has $87. He needs to buy some cheese, which costs $7 a pound and a pound of beef that costs $5 a pound. After buying the beef and his cheese, he has $61 left. How many pounds of cheese did he buy?
A:
He spent $26 because 87 - 61 = 26. He spend $21 on cheese because 26 - 5 = 21. He bought 3 pounds of cheese because 21 / 7 = 3. The answer is 3.