Q: John is budgeting for his marriage. The venue cost $10,000. It cost $500 for each guest, and John wants 50 guests while his wife wants 60% more than that. How much would the wedding cost if John's wife gets her way?
A: The bride wanted 50 * .6 = 30 more guests than the husband. So the bride wanted 50 + 30 = 80 guests. So the guests cost 80 * $500 = $40000. So the total cost was $40000 + $10,000 = $50000. The answer is 50000.
Question: Francine drives 140km to work each day. If she does not go to work 3 days every week, find the total distance she drives to work for 4 weeks in kilometers.
Answer: There are 7 days in a week, so if he doesn't go to work for 3 days, he goes 7 - 3 = 4 days every week. He travels 140km each day for a weekly total of 140 * 4 = 560km. In 4 weeks he will travel a total of 4 * 560 = 2240km. The answer is 2240.
[Question]Jason is tired of the neighborhood animals raiding his trash. He pepper-sprays some raccoons and 6 times as many squirrels. If he pepper-sprays 84 animals total, how many raccoons does he pepper-spray?
[Answer]Let r be the number of raccoons Jason pepper - sprays and s be the number of squirrels. We know that r + s = 84 and s = 6r. Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get r + 6r = 84. Combining like terms, we get 7r = 84. Dividing both sides by 7, we get r = 12. The answer is 12.
Q: Alden had 50 nephews ten years ago. This is half the number of nephews Alden has now. If Vihaan has 60 more nephews than Alden now, how many nephews do the two have altogether?
A: If the number of nephews Alden had 50 years ago is half the number of nephews he has now, Alden has 50 * 2 = 100 nephews. Vihaan has 60 more nephews than Alden, meaning currently Vihaan has 100 + 60 = 160 nephews. Altogether, the two have 160 + 100 = 260 nephews. The answer is 260.
Question: Vivian plays 10 Spotify songs every day. Her best friend Clara plays 2 fewer songs each day. If in June they didn't play any song during the weekends only, and there were 8 weekend days in June, what's the total number of songs they both listened to in that month?
Answer: June has 30 days, so if they didn't play any songs on weekends, then they played 30 days - 8 days = 22 days. If Vivian played 10 songs each day, the total number of songs she played for the month is 10 songs / day * 22 days = 220 songs. Clara played 2 fewer songs, which is 10 songs / day - 2 songs / day = 8 songs / day. The total number of songs played by Clara for the whole month is 8 songs / day * 22 days = 176 songs. The total played by both is 220 songs + 176 songs = 396 songs. The answer is 396.
Q: Carson needs to mow the lawn and plant some flowers. Carson has to mow 40 lines to cover the whole yard, and it takes him 2 minutes to mow one line. He also needs to plant 8 rows of flowers, each with 7 flowers, and it takes him half a minute to plant each flower. How many minutes will Carson spend gardening?
A:
First find the total time Carson spends mowing: 40 lines * 2 minutes / line = 80 minutes. Then find the total number of flowers Carson plants: 8 rows * 7 flowers / row = 56 flowers. Then multiply that number by the time taken to plant each flower to find the total time spent planting flowers: .5 minutes / flower * 56 flowers = 28 minutes. Finally, add that time to the time spent mowing to find the total time spent gardening: 28 minutes + 80 minutes = 108 minutes. The answer is 108.