Q: Mr. Desmond bought three times as many toys for his younger son as he bought for his elder son. If the elder son received 60 toys, how many toys did Mr Desmond buy?
A: The younger son received three times as many toys as the elder son, which is 3 * 60 = 180 toys. Since he bought the toys together, he purchased 180 + 60 = 240 toys. The answer is 240.
Question: Marina had 4.5 pounds of fudge. Lazlo had 6 ounces less than 4 pounds of fudge. How many more ounces of fudge did Marina have than Lazlo?
Answer: Marina = 4.5 pounds = 72 ounces. Lazlo = 4 pounds - 6 ounces = 58 ounces. 72 - 58 = 14 ounces. Marina had 14 more ounces of fudge than Lazlo. The answer is 14.
[Question]Iain has 200 pennies. He realizes that 30 of his pennies are older than he is. If he wishes to get rid of these pennies and then throw out 20% of his remaining pennies, how many will he have left?
[Answer]Start with taking out the older pennies 200 pennies - 30 pennies = 170 pennies. Take the 170 pennies * .20 = 34. 170 pennies - 34 pennies = 136 pennies. The answer is 136.
Q: Dustin and Sam are both reading. Dustin can read 75 pages in an hour. Sam can read 24 pages in an hour. How many more pages does Dustin read in 40 minutes compared to Sam?
A: Dustin reads 1.25 pages a minute because 75 / 60 = 1.25. Dustin reads 50 pages in 40 minutes because 40 x 1.25 = 50. Sam reads .4 pages a minute because 24 / 60 = .4. Sam reads 16 pages in 40 minutes because 40 x .4 = 16. Dustin reads 34 more pages than Sam because 50 - 16 = 34. The answer is 34.
Question: Paul is collecting license plates from different states. He has plates from 40 different states. For each percentage point of total US states that he has, his parents will give him $2. How much does he earn from them?
Answer: The proportion of plates that he has out of total states is .8 because 40 / 50 = .8. He has 80% of the plates because .8 x 100 = 80. He makes $160 because 80 x 2 = 160. The answer is 160.
Q: James buys 2 notebooks with 50 pages each. He pays $5. How many cents did each page cost?
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He bought 2 * 50 = 100 pages. It cost 5 * 100 = 500 cents. So he spent 500 / 100 = 5 cents per page. The answer is 5.