Q: Larry spent $5 for lunch and gave his brother $2. How much did Larry have at the beginning if he has $15 now?
A: Larry spent a total of $5 + $2 = $7. He has $15 + $7 = $22 at the beginning. The answer is 22.
Question: Grace's age is 3/8th the age of her grandmother. Her grandmother is twice the age of Grace's mother. If Grace's mother is 80 years old, how old is Grace?
Answer: Grace's grandmother is 2 * 80 years = 160 years old. Grace's age is 3 / 8 * 160 years = 60 years old. The answer is 60.
[Question]Lolita can drink 3 boxes of milk during weekdays. During Saturdays, she can drink twice the number of boxes of milk than on the weekdays, and during Sundays, she can drink thrice the number of boxes of milk than on the weekdays. How many boxes of milk does she drink per week?
[Answer]She can drink 3 x 5 = 15 boxes of milk during weekdays. She can drink 3 x 2 = 6 boxes of milk on Saturdays. She can also drink 3 x 3 = 9 boxes of milk during Sundays. Therefore, Lolita can drink 15 + 6 + 9 = 30 boxes of milk per week. The answer is 30.
Q: Phoebe has two pizzas to share with her and three friends. One has pepperoni and the other has cheese. They both have 16 slices. They all eat the same amount. One friend eats only pepperoni, while the rest have an equal number of slices of each. At the end, there is one slice of pepperoni left and 7 slices of cheese, how many slices does each person eat?
A: They are 9 slices of cheese because 16 - 7 = 9. They ate three slices of cheese each because 9 / 3 = 3. They are 6 slices each in total because 3 x 2 = 6. The answer is 6.
Question: Mabel is counting sharks in the ocean. She knows that of the fish that she sees, 25% will be sharks and 75% will be another type of fish. On day one she counts 15 fish. On day 2 she counts three times as many. How many sharks did she count over those two days?
Answer: She counts 45 fish on day 2 because 3 x 15 = 45. She counts 60 fish in total because 15 + 45 = 60. She counts 15 sharks because 60 x .25 = 15. The answer is 15.
Q: Tom weighs 150 kg. He manages to hold 1.5 times his weight in each hand while wearing a weight vest weighing half his weight. How much total weight was he moving with?
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He was carrying 150 * 1.5 = 225 kg in each hand. So he had 225 * 2 = 450 kg in his hands. The weight vest weighed 150 * .5 = 75 kg. So he had a total of 450 + 75 = 525 kg he was moving. The answer is 525.