[Question]Armand is playing a guessing game with his dad where he has to guess a number his dad is thinking of. His dad tells him that the number, when multiplied by 3, is three less than twice 51. What is the number?
[Answer]102 is twice 51 because 2 x 51 = 102. Three less than 102 is 99 because 102 - 3 = 99. The number is 33 because 99 / 3 = 33. The answer is 33.
Q: Gloria has five times as many dimes as quarters in her graduation money. She decides to put 2/5 of the quarters aside for future use. If she has 350 dimes, calculate the combined number of quarters and dimes she has after putting aside 2/5 of the quarters?
A: If the number of dimes is 20 times the number of quarters, she has 350 / 5 = 70 quarters. When she puts 2 / 5 of the quarters away, the number of quarters reduces by 2 / 5 * 70 = 28. She's now left with 70 - 28 = 42 quarters. In total, she has 42 quarters + 350 dimes = 392. The answer is 392.
Question: I have purchased 5 blue apples at the store. Suppose my neighbor gives me twice as many yellow apples as I have blue ones, and then I give my son 1/5 of the total number of apples; how many apples do I have now?
Answer: The number of blue apples is 5, and if you receive twice as many yellow apples as the number of blue apples, there will be 5 * 2 = 10 yellow apples. After receiving the yellow apples, you now have 10 yellow apples + 5 blue apples = 15 apples. When you give 1 / 5 of the total number of apples to the son, you part with 1 / 5 * 15 = 3 apples. The total number of apples remaining is 15 - 3 = 12 apples. The answer is 12.
[Question]Ivory got four more riddles than Josh did. Taso got twice as many riddles as Ivory did. If Josh has 8 riddles, how many riddles does Taso have?
[Answer]Ivory has 8 + 4 = 12 riddles. Taso has 12 * 2 = 24 riddles. The answer is 24.
Q: Frank invites his friends over to play video games. He bakes a pan of brownies before he arrives. He cuts 6 even columns and 3 even rows into the pan of brownies. If there are 6 people, including Frank, in total, how many brownies can they each eat?
A: There are 6 * 3 = 18 brownies in total. Each person can eat 18 / 6 = 3 brownies. The answer is 3.
Question: Natalie bought some food for a party she is organizing. She bought two cheesecakes, an apple pie, and a six-pack of muffins. The six-pack of muffins was two times more expensive than the cheesecake, and one cheesecake was only 25% cheaper than the apple pie. If the apple pie cost $12, how much did Natalie pay for all her shopping?
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One cheesecake was 30% cheaper than the apple pie, which means, it was 25 / 100 * 12 = $3 cheaper. So for one cheesecake, Natalie needed to pay 12 - 3 = $9. The six - pack of muffins was two times more expensive than the cheesecake, which means its price was 9 * 2 = $18. So for two cheesecakes, Natalie paid also 9 * 2 = $18. So for all her shopping she paid 18 + 18 + 12 = $48. The answer is 48.