Question: Sally picks 30 seashells on Monday. On Tuesday, she picks half as many seashells as she did on Monday. If she can sell each seashell for $1.20, how much money can she make if she sells all of her seashells?
Answer: On Tuesday, Sally picks 30 / 2 = 15 seashells. In total, Sally picks 30 + 15 = 45 seashells. The total amount of money Sally can make is 45 * $1.20 = $54. The answer is 54.
[Question]One hundred people attended a party. Fifty percent of the attendees are women, thirty-five percent of them are men, and the rest are children. How many children attended the party?
[Answer]Out of 100 attendees, 100 x 50 / 100 = 50 are women. While 100 x 35 / 100 = 35 are men. So there were a total of 50 + 35 = 85 men and women who attended the party. Thus, 100 - 85 = 15 children attended the party. The answer is 15.
Q: Logan makes $65,000 a year. He spends $20,000 on rent every year, $5000 on groceries every year, and $8000 on gas every year. If he wants to have at least $42000 left, how much more money must he make each year?
A: Logan spends 20000 + 5000 + 8000 = 33000 a year. Logan has 65000 - 33000 = 32000 left a year. Logan needs to make 42000 - 32000 = 10000 more a year. The answer is 10000.
Question: Brenda is a vet who needs to spay some cats and twice as many dogs. If she needs to spay 21 animals total today, how many cats does she need to spay?
Answer: Let c be the number of cats Brenda needs to spay and d be the number of dogs. We know that c + d = 21 and d = 2c. Substituting the second equation into the first, we get c + 2c = 21. Combining like terms, we get 3c = 21. Dividing both sides by 3, we get c = 7. The answer is 7.
[Question]John buys 2 shirts. The first shirt costs $6 more than the second shirt. If the first shirt costs $15, how much, in dollars, did the shirts cost in total?
[Answer]The second shirt is 15 - 6 = 9 dollars. Both shirts cost 15 + 9 = 24 dollars. The answer is 24.
[Question]Sami finds 3 spiders in the playground. Hunter sees 12 ants climbing the wall. Ming discovers 8 ladybugs in the sandbox, and watches 2 of them fly away. How many insects are remaining in the playground?
[Answer]
The children find 3 + 12 + 8 = 23 insects. After the ladybugs fly away, there are 23 - 2 = 21 insects. The answer is 21.