Q: Stacy, Steve and Sylar have 1100 berries total. Stacy has 4 times as many berries as Steve, and Steve has double the number of berries that Skylar has. How many berries does Stacy have?
A: Let x be the number of berries Skylar has. Steve has 2x berries. Stacy has 4(2x) = 8x berries. 1100 = x + 2x + 8x. 1100 = 11x. x = 100 berries. Stacy has 8(100) = 800 berries. The answer is 800.
Question: Cary is saving money to buy a new pair of shoes that cost $120. He has already saved $30. He earns $5 for every lawn he mows. If he mows 3 lawns each weekend, how many more weekends will he have to mow lawns before he can afford to buy the shoes?
Answer: Cary needs to save an additional $120 - $30 = $90. Cary makes $5 * 3 = $15 each weekend. It will take 90 / 15 = 6 more weekends to save enough money to afford the shoes. The answer is 6.
[Question]Jason waits on a customer whose check comes to $15.00. Jason's state applies a 20% tax to restaurant sales. If the customer gives Jason a $20 bill and tells him to keep the change, how much is Jason's tip?
[Answer]First calculate how much the tax is by multiplying $15.00 by 20%: $15.00 * .2 = $3.00. Then subtract the cost of the meal and the tax from $20 to find Jason's tip: $20 - $15.00 - $3.00 = $2.00. The answer is 2.
Q: If Aang caught 7 fish, then Sokka caught 5 fish, and then Toph caught 12 fish, what is the average amount of fish that each person caught?
A: Aang, Sokka and Toph caught 7 fish + 5 fish + 12 fish = 24 fish. The average catch of fish per person is 24 fish / 3 people = 8 fish per person. The answer is 8.
Question: Two tribes of soldiers gathered for a battle. The number of women was double the number of cannoneers. There were 63 cannoneers. None of the cannoneers were women. The total number of men is twice the number of women. How many people in total are there?
Answer: There are 63 * 2 = 126 women. The men are 2 * 126 = 252 men. The total number of people are 126 + 252 = 378 people. The answer is 378.
Q: The ratio of the amount of money Cara, Janet, and Jerry have is 4:5:6. If the total amount of money they have is $75, calculate the loss Cara and Janet will make if they combine their money to buy oranges and sell them at 80% of the buying price.
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The sum of the ratios representing the amount of money the three has is 4 + 5 + 6 = 15. If the total amount of money they have is $75, the amount of money Cara has represented by the fraction 4 / 15 is 4 / 15 * $75 = $20. Similarly, the amount of money Janet has represented by the fraction 5 / 15 of the total ratio is 5 / 15 * $75 = $25. Combined, Cara and Janet have $20 + 25 = $45. If Cara and Janet buy goods worth $45 and sells them at 80% of the buying price, the selling price of the goods will be 80 / 100 * $45 = $36. Since they bought the goods at $45 and sold them at $36, Janet and Cara would run at a loss of $45 - $36 = $9. The answer is 9.