Question: Angela is a bike messenger in New York. She needs to deliver 8 times as many packages as meals. If she needs to deliver 27 meals and packages combined, how many meals does she deliver?
Answer: Let p be the number of packages Angela delivers and m be the number of meals. We know that p + m = 27 and p = 8m. Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get 8m + m = 27. Combining like terms, we get 9m = 27. Dividing both sides by 9, we get m = 3. The answer is 3.
[Question]Justin has a box that is 12 inches in height. The length of the box is 3 times its height and 4 times its width. What is the volume of the box?
[Answer]The length of the box is 3 x the height of 12 inches = 36 inches. The width of the box is 36 inches / 4 = 9 inches. The volume of the box is the height of 12 inches x the length of 36 inches x the width of 9 inches = 3,888 cubic inches. The answer is 3888.
Q: Mr. Caiden wants to do repairs to his house and requires 300 feet of metal roofing to do this. If each foot of roofing costs $8, and the supplier of the metal roofing brings in 250 feet of metal roofing for free, how much money is Mr. Caiden required to pay for the remaining metal roofing?
A: The supplier brought 300 ft - 250 ft = 50 fewer feet of metal roofing. Therefore the total amount of money Mr. Caiden has to pay for the remaining metal roofings is 50 feet * $8 / foot = $400. The answer is 400.
Question: Lee mows one lawn and charges $33. Last week he mowed 16 lawns and three customers each gave him a $10 tip. How many dollars did Lee earn mowing lawns last week?
Answer: 33 * 16 = $528. 3 * 10 = $30. 528 + 30 = $558. Lee earned $558 mowing lawns last week. The answer is 558.
[Question]There is a very large room that has 4 tables, 1 sofa and 2 chairs that have 4 legs each. There are also 3 tables with 3 legs each, 1 table with 1 leg, and 1 rocking chair with 2 legs. How many legs are there in the room?
[Answer]There are 4 tables, 1 sofa and 2 chairs that have 4 legs each so 4 + 1 + 2 = 7 pieces of furniture. These 7 pieces have 4 legs each so they have 7 * 4 = 28 legs. There are 3 tables with 3 legs each so they have 3 * 3 = 9 legs. We have 28 legs and 9 legs as well a 1 leg on a table and 2 on a rocking chair for a total of 28 + 9 + 1 + 2 = 40 legs. The answer is 40.
[Question]Mr. Roper cuts his lawn 15 days a month beginning in April and ending in September. From October to the end of March he cuts his lawn three times a month. What is the average number of times that Mr. Roper cuts his yard per month?
[Answer]
For 6 months of the year he cuts his yard 15 days per month so he cuts his yard 6 * 15 = 90 times. For the remaining 6 months of the year, he cuts his yard three times a month so he cuts his yard 6 * 3 = 18 times. He cuts his yard 90 times for part of the year and 18 times for the rest of the year for a total of 90 + 18 = 108 times. There are 12 months in a year and he cuts his yard 108 times so he averages 108 / 12 = 9 times per month. The answer is 9.