Q: Carter has a jar with 20 green M&Ms and 20 red M&Ms. He eats 12 of the green M&Ms, then his sister comes and eats half the red M&Ms and adds 14 yellow M&Ms. If Carter picks an M&M at random now, what is the percentage chance he'll get a green M&M?
A: First find the final number of green M&Ms by subtracting 12 from the starting number: 20 M&Ms - 12 M&Ms = 8 green M&Ms. Then find the final number of red M&Ms by dividing the starting number by half: 20 M&Ms / 2 = 10 red M&Ms. Then find the total number of M&Ms at the end by adding the number of red, green and yellow M&Ms: 8 M&Ms + 10 M&Ms + 14 M&Ms = 32 M&Ms. Then divide the number of green M&Ms by the total number of M&Ms and multiply by 100 to find the percentage chance Carter gets a green M&M: 8 M&Ms / 32 M&Ms * 100 = 25%. The answer is 25.
Question: John starts a TV show. He pays $1000 per episode for the first half of the season. The second half of the season had episodes that cost 120% more expensive. If there are 22 episodes how much did the entire season cost?
Answer: The season is broken up into 22 / 2 = 11 episode based on cost. The first 11 episodes cost 11 * 1000 = $11,000. The next set of episodes cost 1000 * 1.2 = $1200 more per episode. So they cost 1000 + 1200 = $2200 each. So in total they cost 2200 * 11 = $24200. So in total the season cost 24200 + 11000 = $35,200. The answer is 35200.
[Question]Nancy carves statues out of jade. A giraffe statue takes 120 grams of jade and sells for $150. An elephant statue takes twice as much jade and sells for $350. If Nancy has 1920 grams of jade, how much more money will she make turning it all into elephants instead of giraffes?
[Answer]First find how many giraffe statues Nancy can make by dividing the total amount of jade by the amount used per giraffe statue: 1920 g / 120 g / giraffe = 16 giraffes. Then multiply that number by the price per giraffe to find how much Nancy earns total from giraffes: 16 giraffes * $150 / giraffe = $2400. Then find how much jade each elephant statue uses by doubling the jade used by the giraffe statues: 120 g / giraffe * 2 = 240 g / elephant. Then find how many elephant statues Nancy can make by dividing the total amount of jade by the amount used per elephant statue: 1920 g / 240 g / elephant = 8 elephant. Multiply that number by the price per elephant to find Nancy's total earnings from elephants: 8 elephants * $350 / elephant = $2800. Finally, subtract Nancy's total earnings from the giraffes from her total earnings from the elephants to find the difference: $2800 - $2400 = $400. The answer is 400.
Q: Angel has written letters to all of her pen pals and is putting all of the letters in envelopes. Most of the letters are put into large envelopes and the remaining 20 letters are put into small envelopes. The large envelopes each contain 2 letters each. If Angel has written a total of 80 letters, how many large envelopes did she use?
A: As some of the letters are in small envelopes, there must be 80 total letters – 20 letters in small envelopes = 60 letters in large envelopes. Angel therefore used 60 letters / 2 letters per large envelope = 30 large envelopes. The answer is 30.
Question: 6 kids in Carolyn's daycare prefer peas, 9 prefer carrots, and 5 prefer corn. What percentage of the children prefer corn?
Answer: First find the total number of children: 6 kids + 9 kids + 5 kids = 20 kids. Then divide the number of kids who prefer corn by the total number of kids and multiply by 100% to express as a percentage: 5 kids / 20 kids * 100% = 25%. The answer is 25.
Q: Faith went to a baking shop and bought flour that cost $5 and a cake stand that costs $28. She then gave the cashier two $20 bills and $3 in loose coins. How much change will she receive?
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Faith must pay $28 + $5 = $33 for the flour and cake stand. Her two $20 bills amount to $20 x 2 = $40. So, she gave the cashier a total of $40 + $3 = $43. Hence, her change is $43 - $33 = $10. The answer is 10.