[Question]Jessie's community built a new hedge. Each section of the hedge used 30 pieces of concrete blocks that cost $2 per piece. The hedge has eight sections. How much did they spend on the concrete blocks?
[Answer]They used 30 x 8 = 240 concrete blocks for the eight sections. So, they spent 240 x $2 = $480 on the concrete blocks. The answer is 480.
Q: Shane prepares sandwiches for the Boy Scouts. He buys 2 packages of sliced bread containing 20 slices each, and he also buys 2 packages of sliced ham containing 8 slices each. Shane will make as many sandwiches as he can according to the ham he has. How many slices of bread will he have leftover?
A: With 2 packages of sliced ham, Shane has 2 * 8 = 16 slices of ham. Since he has 16 slices, Shane makes 16 sandwiches. With 2 packages of sliced bread, he has 20 * 2 = 40 slices of bread. To make the 16 sandwiches, he needs 16 * 2 = 32 slices of bread. He has 40 - 32 = 8 slices of bread leftover. The answer is 8.
Question: Barney the dinosaur weighs 1500 pounds more than five regular dinosaurs combined. If each regular dinosaur weighs 800 pounds, find the combined weight of Barney and the five regular dinosaurs' weights?
Answer: If each regular dinosaur weighs 800 pounds, five regular dinosaurs weigh 5 * 800 = 4000 pounds. Since Barney the dinosaur weighs 1500 pounds more than five regular dinosaurs combined, he weighs 4000 + 1500 = 5500 pounds. The combined weight of Barney and the five regular dinosaurs' weights is 5500 + 4000 = 9500 pounds. The answer is 9500.
[Question]The fifth grade class at Rosa Parks Elementary School is holding a food drive. Half the students in Ms. Perez's class collected 12 cans each, two students didn't collect any, and the remaining 13 students students each collected 4 cans. If Ms. Perez's class has 30 students, how many cans did they collect total?
[Answer]Then find how many students in Ms. Perez's class collected 12 cans each: 30 students / 2 = 15 students. Then find how many cans the students who collected 12 cans each collected in total: 15 students * 12 cans / student = 180 cans. Then find how many cans the students who collected 4 cans each collected in total: 13 students * 4 cans / student = 52 cans. Then add both amounts of cans to find the total: 180 cans + 52 cans = 232 cans. The answer is 232.
Q: Miss Smith is teaching second period English and is shocked at how small the class seems. There are 6 tables in the classroom with 3 students currently sitting at each table. Sally said 3 girls went to the bathroom, and three times more students went to the canteen. Elliott said that 2 groups of students have recently been added to their class, and each group has 4 students in it. None of these students are in the class right now. Lucas pointed out that a few foreign exchange students have joined the class; 3 from Germany, 3 from France, and 3 from Norway. These students are also missing. How many students are supposed to be in the class?
A: There are currently 3 * 6 = 18 students sitting in the classroom. There were 3 * 3 = 9 students who went to the canteen. Sally has therefore noticed 3 + 9 = 12 students missing from the class. Elliott said that 2 groups of students have joined the class, so there are another 2 * 4 = 8 students who are not in the classroom. Lucas said that there are 3 + 3 + 3 = 9 foreign exchange students who are not in the classroom. Therefore, there should be 18 + 12 + 8 + 9 = 47 students. The answer is 47.
Question: Jay has decided to save money from his paycheck every week. He has decided that he will increase the amount he saves each week by 10 dollars. If he started by saving 20 dollars this week, how much will he have saved in a month from now?
Answer:
In one week he will have saved 20 + 10 = 30 dollars. In two weeks he will have saved 30 + 10 = 40 dollars. In three weeks he will have saved 40 + 10 = 50 dollars. At the end of week four, he will have saved 50 + 10 = 60 dollars. The answer is 60.