[Question]Cersei bought 50 cotton candies. She gave her brother and sister 5 cotton candies each, then gave the remaining one-fourth of them to her cousin. If she ate 12 cotton candies, how many cotton candies are left?
[Answer]Cersei gave a total of 5 x 2 = 10 cotton candies to her brother and sister. So, the total cotton candies left were 50 - 10 = 40. And she gave 1 / 4 x 40 = 10 cotton candies to her cousin. So, the total number of cotton candies left was 40 - 10 = 30. Therefore, the total number of cotton candies left after she ate 12 of them is 30 - 12 = 18. The answer is 18.
Q: The bus started its route. At its first stop, 7 people got on. At the second stop, 3 people got off, and 5 people got on. At the third stop, 2 people got off, and 4 people got on. How many passengers are now on the bus?
A: There are 7 people on the bus after the first stop. There are 7 + 5 - 3 = 9 people on the bus after the second stop. There are 9 + 4 - 2 = 11 people on the bus after the third stop. 11 passengers are now on the bus. The answer is 11.
Question: Adam owns a wood carving shop, if a block of basswood can create 3 figurines and a block of butternut wood can create 4 figurines, and a block of Aspen wood can make twice the amount of figurines compared to basswood, how many figurines can he make if he owns 15 blocks of basswood, 20 blocks of butternut wood, and 20 blocks of Aspen wood?
Answer: Adam can make 15 x 3 = 45 figurines out of the blocks of basswood. He can also make 3 x 2 = 6 figurines out of a block of Aspen wood. So, he can make 20 x 6 = 120 figurines out of all the blocks of Aspen wood. He can also make 20 x 4 = 80 figurines out of all the blocks of butternut wood. Therefore, Adam can make a total of 120 + 80 + 45 = 245 figurines using all the blocks of wood. The answer is 245.
[Question]Valerie needs to put stamps on the envelopes she is about to mail. She has thank you cards for each of her grandmother, uncle and aunt for the birthday presents they sent. She also has to pay the water bill and the electric bill separately. She wants to send three more mail-in rebates than she does bills and she has twice as many job applications as rebates to mail. How many stamps does she need if everything needs 1 stamp except the electric bill, which needs 2?
[Answer]Valerie has to send a thank you card to each of 3 people, so she has 3 * 1 = 3 thank you cards to mail. She has 2 bills to mail. She has 3 more rebates than bills, so 3 + 2 = 5 mail - in rebates to mail. She has twice as many job applications as rebates, so she has 2 * 5 = 10 applications to mail. She has 3 + 2 + 5 + 10 = 20 pieces of mail to send. The electric bill needs an extra stamp, so she needs 20 + 1 = 21 stamps. The answer is 21.
Q: Anna sold 36 glasses of plain lemonade for $0.75 each. If she made $16 total from selling strawberry lemonade, how much more did she make from plain lemonade than strawberry?
A: First find Anna's total earnings from the plain lemonade: 36 glasses * $0.75 / glass = $27. Then subtract her earnings from the strawberry lemonade to find the difference: $27 - $16 = $11. The answer is 11.
Question: Jake's neighbors hire him to mow their lawn and plant some flowers. Mowing the lawn takes 1 hour and pays $15. If Jake wants to make $20/hour working for the neighbors, and planting the flowers takes 2 hours, how much should Jake charge (in total, not per hour) for planting the flowers?
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First figure out how many hours total Jake works by adding the time spent mowing the lawn to the time spent planting flowers: 1 hour + 2 hours = 3 hours. Then figure out how much money Jake makes if he earns $20 / hour for three hours by multiplying the time spent by the pay rate: $20 / hour * 3 hours = $60. Then subtract the money Jake gets paid for mowing the lawn from the total to find how much he should charge in total for planting the flowers: $60 - $15 = $45. The answer is 45.