Question: The balance of Pam's bank account tripled during the year. At the end of the year, Pam withdrew $250. If her current balance is $950, how much did she have in the bank account at the beginning of the year?
Answer: First, we have to come up with the balance before her withdrawal. $950 (current) + $250 (withdraw) = $1200. Now since we know that is triple, we divide by 3. $1200 / 3 = $400. The answer is 400.
[Question]Barbara has 9 stuffed animals. Trish has two times as many stuffed animals as Barbara. They planned to sell their stuffed animals and donate all the money to their class funds. Barbara will sell her stuffed animals for $2 each while Trish will sell them for $1.50 each. How much money will they donate to their class funds?
[Answer]Barbara will be able to sell all her stuffed animals for 9 x $2 = $18. Trish has 9 x 2 = 18 stuffed animals. Trish will be able to sell all her stuffed animals for 18 x $1.50 = $27. Therefore, they will donate a total of $18 + $27 = $45 to their class funds. The answer is 45.
Q: Kristine has 7 more CDs than Dawn. If Dawn has 10 CDs, how many CDs do they have together?
A: Kristine has 10 + 7 = 17 CDs. Thus, they both have 10 + 17 = 27 CDs together. The answer is 27.
Question: Hugo can fold a small box in 3 seconds and a medium one in twice that time. Tom can fold both the small and medium boxes in 4 seconds. If Hugo and Tom want to leave as early as possible, how long (in seconds) will it take them to fold 2400 small boxes and 1800 medium boxes?
Answer: If it takes Hugo twice the amount of time to fold a medium box than a small box, then he needs 2 * 3 = 6 seconds for the medium box. If Tom can fold either the small or medium box in 4 seconds, then he's faster at folding the medium box than Hugo because 4s < 6s. If Hugo can fold the small box in 3 seconds, then he's faster at folding the small boxes than Tom because 3s < 4s. Therefore Hugo should fold all small boxes and Tom should fold all the medium ones before doing the other size where they are slower. If there are 2400 small boxes and Hugo can fold 1 box in 3 seconds, then it would take him 2400 * 3 = 7200 seconds to fold all boxes. If there are 1800 medium boxes and Tom can fold 1 box in 4 seconds, then it would take him 1800 * 4 = 7200 seconds to fold all medium boxes. Given that they need the same amount of time to fold all boxes, and are doing it simultaneously they will need 7200 seconds to fold all the boxes. The answer is 7200.
[Question]Don throws 3 darts. One is a bullseye worth 50 points. One completely missed the target, so received no points. The third was worth half the points of the bullseye. What is the final score from these 3 throws?
[Answer]The third dart earned Don 50 / 2 = 25 points. Thus, his total score is 50 + 0 + 25 = 75 points. The answer is 75.
[Question]Every year, Tabitha adds a new color to her hair. She started this tradition when she was 15 years old, which was the year she added her second hair color. In three years, Tabitha will have 8 different colors in the hair. Currently, how old is Tabitha?
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Since, three years from now, Tabitha will have 8 different colors in her hair, this year she has 8 - 3 = 5 colors in her hair. Since she had 2 colors in her hair at the age of 15, she has added 5 - 2 = 3 colors since she was 15 years old. Since she ads one color per year, 3 added colors = 3 added years. Thus, currently, she is 15 + 3 = 18 years old. The answer is 18.