[Question]A 750 ml bottle of spirits costs $30.00 and has 16 servings per bottle. Most restaurants will charge $8.00 for one serving. How much money does a restaurant make on a bottle of spirits?
[Answer]There are 16 servings in 1 bottle and they charge $8.00 per serving so that's 16 * 8 = $128.00. 1 bottle yields $128.00 and they spent $30.00 for the bottle so they make 128 - 30 = $98.00 on each bottle. The answer is 98.
Q: Gertrude the chicken has 10 fleas. The other chicken, Maud has 5 times the amount of fleas as Olive. The final chicken, Olive has half the amount of flees as Gertrude. How many fleas are there?
A: Gertrude has 10 fleas and Olive has half that amount so Olive has 10 / 2 = 5 fleas. Maud has 5 times the amount of fleas as Olive who has 5 fleas so Maud has 5 * 5 = 25 fleas. Gertrude has 10 fleas, Maud has 25 fleas and Olive has 5 for a total of 10 + 25 + 5 = 40 fleas. The answer is 40.
Question: Clinton has twice as many shoes in his wardrobe as belts. He has 2 more belts than hats and currently has 5 hats. How many shoes does Clinton have?
Answer: He has 2 more belts than hats and he has 5 hats so he has 2 + 5 = 7 belts. He has twice as many shoes as belts and he has 7 belts so he has 2 * 7 = 14 shoes. The answer is 14.
[Question]A school bus traveled for 42 minutes at a speed of 50 mph. What is the distance the bus traveled in miles?
[Answer]1 hour = 60 minutes. We convert the time to hours, so 42 minutes = 42 / 60 hours = 7 / 10 hours. So in 42 minutes, the distance the bus traveled in miles is 50 * (7 / 10) = 35 miles. The answer is 35.
Q: There are 24 marbles in a jar. Half are blue. There are 6 red marbles. The rest of the marbles are orange. How many orange marbles are there?
A: There are 24 / 2 = 12 blue marbles. Blue and red marbles make up 12 + 6 = 18 of the 24 marbles. Thus, there are 24 - 18 = 6 orange marbles. The answer is 6.
Question: A clerk can process 25 forms per hour. If 2400 forms must be processed in an 8-hour day, how many clerks must you hire for that day?
Answer:
One clerk can process 25 x 8 = 200 forms in a day. To process the forms for that day 2400 / 200 = 12 clerks must be hired. The answer is 12.