Question: At the feline sanctuary, there were 12 lions, 14 tigers, and several cougars. If there were half as many cougars as lions and tigers combined, then what was the total number of big cats at the feline sanctuary?
Answer: Half as many cougars as lions and tigers combined is (12 + 14) / 2 = 13. Then the total number of big cats at the feline sanctuary is 12 + 14 + 13 = 39. The answer is 39.
[Question]Matthew and his brother Shawn played swimming-pool-basketball. Each basket was worth 3 points. Matthew scored 9 points. Shawn scored 6 points. What is the total number of baskets made during this game?
[Answer]Matthew scored 9 points and there are 3 points per basket, so he made 9 / 3 = 3 baskets. Shawn scored 6 points, so he made 6 / 3 = 2 baskets. The total number of baskets made is 3 + 2 = 5 baskets made. The answer is 5.
Q: Toby is in a juggling contest with a friend. The winner is whoever gets the most objects rotated around in 4 minutes. Toby has 5 baseballs and each one makes 80 rotations. His friend has 4 apples and each one makes 101 rotations. How many total rotations of objects are made by the winner?
A: Toby gets 400 full rotations because 5 x 80 = 400. His friend get 404 rotations because 4 x 101 = 404. The winner rotated 404 objects because 404 > 400. The answer is 404.
Question: Timothy and Theresa go to the movies very often. Timothy went to the movies 7 more times in 2010 that he did in 2009. In 2009, Timothy went to the movies 24 times. In 2010 Theresa went to see twice as many movies as Timothy did, but in 2009, she only saw half as many as he did. How many movies did Timothy and Theresa go on in both 2009 and 2010?
Answer: In 2010 Timothy watched 24 + 7 = 31 movies. In 2010 Theresa watched 31 * 2 = 62 movies. In 2009 Theresa watched 24 / 2 = 12 movies. In both 2009 and 2010 Timothy and Theresa watched 24 + 31 + 62 + 12 = 129 movies. The answer is 129.
[Question]James buys 100 tennis balls and gives half of them away. The other half he puts into 5 large containers. How many tennis balls go in each container?
[Answer]He keeps 100 / 2 = 50 tennis balls. So 50 / 5 = 10 go in each container. The answer is 10.
[Question]John has a party and invites 30 people. Of the people he invited 20% didn't show up. 75% of the people who show up get steak and the rest get chicken. How many people ordered chicken?
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There were 30 * .2 = 6 people who didn't show up. So 30 - 6 = 24 people showed up. Of the people who showed up, 24 * .75 = 18 got steak. So 24 - 18 = 6 got chicken. The answer is 6.