Question: Gina is participating in a neighborhood clean-up filling bags with litter. She was able to collect two bags of litter herself. The rest of the neighborhood together collected 82 times as much as Gina did by herself. Each bag of litter weighs 4 pounds. How many pounds was all the litter they collected?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: The rest of the neighborhood collected 82 * 2 = 164 bags of litter. With Gina’s bags, they had 164 + 2 = 166 bags of litter. Thus, the litter weighed 166 * 4 = 664 pounds.
So the answer is 664.


Question: Laura needs to buy window treatments for 3 windows in her house. She will need to buy a set of sheers and a set of drapes for each window. The sheers cost $40.00 a pair and the drapes cost $60.00 a pair. How much will the window treatments cost?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: She needs a set of sheers that cost $40.00 and a set of drapes that cost $60.00 per window so that will cost her 40 + 60 = $100.00. She had 3 windows she needs window treatments for they cost her $100.00 each so 3 * 100 = $300.00.
So the answer is 300.


Question: Jack makes his own cold brew coffee. He makes it in batches of 1.5 gallons. He drinks 96 ounces of coffee every 2 days. It takes 20 hours to make coffee. How long does he spend making coffee over 24 days?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
He makes it in batches of 1.5 * 128 = 192 ounces. He drinks 96 / 2 = 48 ounces of coffee a day. So he drinks the coffee in 192 / 48 = 4 days. So in 24 days he makes 24 / 4 = 6 batches. That means he spends 6 * 20 = 120 hours making coffee.
So the answer is 120.