[Question]Every morning Harry takes 15 minutes to buy coffee and a bagel and twice that long to read the paper and eat before going in to work. How long does Harry's morning routine take?
[Answer]First find the time Harry spends eating: 15 minutes * 2 = 30 minutes. Then add the time he spends buying breakfast to find the total time: 30 minutes + 15 minutes = 45 minutes. The answer is 45.
Q: In Henry's collection of music CDs, he has 3 more country CDs than rock CDs but twice as many rock CDs as classical CDs. If he has 23 country CDs, how many classical CDs make up his collection?
A: Henry has 23 - 3 = 20 rock CDs. Henry has 20 / 2 = 10 classical CDs. The answer is 10.
Question: John has 20% more boxes than Jules. Jules has 5 more boxes than Joseph. Joseph has 80% fewer boxes than Stan. If Stan has 100 boxes, how many boxes does John have?
Answer: Joseph has 100 * 0.80 = 80 less boxes than Stan. Joseph has a total of 100 - 80 = 20 boxes. Jules has 20 + 5 = 25 boxes. John has 25 * 0.20 = 5 more boxes than Jules. John has a total of 25 + 5 = 30 boxes. The answer is 30.
[Question]Jose threatened to withhold 20% of Amanda's pay if she does not finish her sales report by midnight. If Amanda makes $50.00 an hour and works for 10 hours a day, how much money will she receive if she does not finish the sales report by midnight?
[Answer]If she works for 10 hours a day at an hourly pay of $50, then her total income in a day is $500. If she doesn't meet the deadline Jose gave her, she'll lose 20 / 100 * $500 = $100. She'll receive $500 - $100 = $400 if Jose cuts out 20% of her pay. The answer is 400.
Q: A school cafeteria uses ground mince to cook lasagnas and cottage pies. They make 100 lasagnas, which use 2 pounds of ground mince each, and cottage pies, which use 3 pounds of ground mince each. If the cafeteria has used 500 pounds of ground mince in total, how many cottage pies did they make?
A: The cafeteria used 100 lasagnas * 2 pounds of ground mince = 200 pounds of ground mince for the lasagnas. This means they used 500 pounds of ground mince in total – 200 pounds of ground mince for the lasagnas = 300 pounds of ground mince for the cottage pies. So they must have made 300 pounds of ground mince for the cottage pies / 3 pounds of ground mince per cottage pie = 100 cottage pies. The answer is 100.
Question: Jacob's water tank can hold up to 50 liters of water. Jacob collects water from the river and rain to fill his water tank. He can collect 800 milliliters of water from the rain and 1700 milliliters of water from the river every day. How many days does Jacob need to fill up his water tank?
Answer:
Jacob collects 800 + 1700 = 2500 milliliters of water from the river and rain every day. Since 1 liter is equal to 1000 milliliters, then 50 liters is equal to 50x1000 = 50,000 milliliters of water. Therefore Jacob needs 50,000 / 2500 = 20 days to fill his water tank. The answer is 20.