Question: Elijah drank 8.5 pints of coffee yesterday. Emilio drank 9.5 pints of water yesterday. How many cups of liquid did the two boys drink yesterday?
Answer: Total drunk: 8.5 + 9.5 = 18 pints. 18 pints * 2 = 36 cups. The two boys drank a total of 36 cups of liquid yesterday. The answer is 36.
[Question]An internet provider gives a 5% discount if the customer pays before the 25th day of the month. If the monthly internet rate is $50, how much did the customer pay in all for 4 months if he paid every 25th of the month?
[Answer]The 5% discount amounts to $50 x 5 / 100 = $2.50. So the total discount given to the customer for 4 months was $2.50 x 4 = $10. The customer was supposed to pay $50 x 4 = $200 in all for 4 months without discount. Since the customer is entitled to the discount, then he only paid a total of $200 - $10 = $190 for 4 months. The answer is 190.
Q: There were 90 people at the summer picnic. There were 50 soda cans, 50 plastic bottles of sparkling water, and 50 glass bottles of juice. One-half of the guests drank soda, one-third of the guests drank sparkling water, and four-fifths of the juices were consumed. How many recyclable cans and bottles were collected?
A: The soda cans were consumed by 90 / 2 = 45 guests. The sparkling water was consumed by 90 / 3 = 30 guests. The juice bottles were consumed by 4 / 5 x 50 = 40 guests. In total there are 45 + 30 + 40 = 115 recyclable cans and bottles. The answer is 115.
Question: A wild tiger escapes the zoo. He escapes at 1 AM and zookeepers do not notice he is missing until 4 AM. He runs at a speed of 25 mph. It takes 2 more hours to find him but after 4 hours of running, the tiger slows his speed to 10 mph. He then gets chased for half an hour going 50 mph. How far away from the zoo was he caught?
Answer: He was running for 4 - 1 = 3 hours. So in that time he runs 3 * 25 = 75 miles. Since he slowed down after 4 hours, the time he spent running at 25mph was an additional 4 - 3 = 1 hours. So in the first hour they were finding him, he ran 1 * 25 = 25 miles. In the second hour they were finding him, he ran 1 * 10 = 10 miles. Finally, during the chase, he ran 50 * .5 = 25 miles. So he is 75 + 25 + 10 + 25 = 135 miles away. The answer is 135.
[Question]There were 10 snowflakes at first. It snowed an additional 4 snowflakes every 5 minutes. How many minutes passed before there were 58 snowflakes?
[Answer]Without the first 10 snowflakes, there are 58 - 10 = 48 snowflakes needed. 48 / 4 = 12 5 - minute intervals are needed to get the additional snowflakes. 12 * 5 = 60 minutes passed. The answer is 60.
[Question]The vending machine fails to drop a snack when it’s purchased one in six times. One in ten times, it will accidentally drop two snacks. The rest of the time, it drops the purchased snack. If thirty people have used the vending machine once each to purchase a snack, how many snacks has the vending machine dropped?
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The vending machine has been used 30 times, so it has failed to drop a snack 30 / 6 = 5 times. The vending machine has dropped 2 snacks 30 / 10 = 3 times. It has operated normally and dropped 1 snack 30 - 5 - 3 = 22 times. Thus, the vending machine has dropped 22 + 3 * 2 = 22 + 6 = 28 snacks in thirty uses. The answer is 28.