Q: Janet buys 3 pounds of broccoli for $4 a pound, 3 oranges for $0.75 each, a cabbage for $3.75, a pound of bacon for $3, and two pounds of chicken for $3 a pound. What percentage of her grocery budget did she spend on meat, rounded to the nearest percent?
A: First find the total cost of the broccoli: 3 pounds * $4 / pound = $12. Then find the total cost of the oranges: 3 oranges * $0.75 / orange = $2.25. Then find the total cost of the vegetables: $12 + $2.25 + $3.75 = $18. Then find the total cost of the chicken: $3 / pound * 2 pounds = $6. Then add the cost of the bacon to find the total cost of the meat: $6 + $3 = $9. Then add the cost of the meat and vegetables to find the total cost of the groceries: $9 + $18 = $27. Then divide the cost of the meat by the total grocery bill and multiply by 100% to express the answer as a percentage: $9 / $27 * 100% = 33.333%, which rounds down to 33%. The answer is 33.
Question: The lunchroom is full of students: 40% are girls and the remainder are boys. There are 2 monitors for every 15 students. There are 8 monitors. Every boy drinks, on average, 1 carton of milk, and every girl drinks, on average, 2 cartons of milk. How many total cartons of milk are consumed by the students in the lunchroom?
Answer: There is 1 monitor for every fifteen students because 30 / 2 = 15. There are 120 students because 8 x 15 = 120. 60% of the lunchroom is boys because 100 - 40 = 60. There are 72 boys because 120 x .6 = 72. There are 48 girls because 120 x .4 = 48. The boys drink 72 cartons of milk because 72 x 1 = 72. The girls drink 96 cartons of milk because 48 x 2 = 96. They drink 168 cartons of milk because 72 + 96 = 168. The answer is 168.
[Question]In a zoo, a hare is 14 inches tall, while a camel is 24 times taller than the hare. How tall is the camel in feet?
[Answer]The camel is 14 x 24 = 336 tall in inches. So, the camel is 336 / 12 = 28 feet tall. The answer is 28.
Q: Niles is collecting his book club's annual fees. Each of the six members pays $150/year towards snacks, plus $30 each for six hardcover books and $12 each for six paperback books. How much money does Niles collect in total?
A: First find the cost per member of the hardcover books: $30 / book * 6 books = $180. Then find the cost per member of the paperback books: $12 / book * 6 books = $72. Then find the total cost per member: $180 + $72 + $150 = $402 / member. Now find the total amount of money by multiplying the cost per member by the number of members: $402 / member * 6 members = $2412. The answer is 2412.
Question: Mark has a really bad headache. He takes 2 Tylenol tablets of 500 mg each and he does every 4 hours for 12 hours. How many grams of Tylenol does he end up taking?
Answer: He takes 12 / 4 = 3 doses. Each dose is 500 * 2 = 1000 mg. So he takes 3 * 1000 = 3000 mg. So he takes 3000 / 1000 = 3 grams of Tylenol. The answer is 3.
Q: Mr. Johnson is organizing the school Christmas play and needs 50 volunteers to help with decorating the auditorium. 5 students from each of the school’s 6 math classes have volunteered to help. 13 teachers have also volunteered to help. How many more volunteers will Mr. Johnson need?
A:
Since 5 students from each of the 6 math classes have volunteered, there are 5 * 6 = 30 total student volunteers. In addition to the 30 student volunteers, 13 teachers have also volunteered so there are 30 + 13 = 43 total volunteers. Mr. Johnson needs 50 volunteers and currently has 43 volunteers, so he needs 50 - 43 = 7 more volunteers. The answer is 7.