Question: Wes wants to place a large planter pot at each corner of his rectangle-shaped pool. Each planter will have a large palm fern that is $15.00 per plant, 4 creeping jennies that costs $4.00 per plant and 4 geraniums that cost $3.50 per plant. How much will it cost to fill all the pots?
Answer: Each pot will have 4 creeping jennies that cost $4.00 each so that's 4 * 4 = $16.00. Each pot will have 4 geraniums that are $3.50 each so that's 4 * 3.50 = $14.00 each. The fern is $15.00, the creeping jennies are $16.00 and the geraniums are $14.00 for a total of 15 + 16 + 14 = $45.00 per pot. He wants a planter at each corner of his rectangle pool. A rectangle has 4 corners so he needs 4 pots at $45.00 per pot for a total of 4 * 45 = $180.00. The answer is 180.
[Question]Erik's dog can run 24 miles per hour. It is chasing a rabbit that can run 15 miles per hour. The rabbit has a head start of .6 miles. How many minutes does it take for the dog to catch up to the rabbit?
[Answer]The dog runs .4 miles per minute because 24 / 60 = .4. The rabbit runs .25 miles per minute because 15 / 60 = .25. We know that .4(Number of Minutes) = .25(Number of Minutes) + .6. Therefore .15(Number of Minutes) = .6. Therefore (Number of Minutes) = 4. The answer is 4.
Q: A desert has 3/5 fewer palm trees than a nearby forest, which has 5000 palm trees. How many palm trees are there in both the desert and the forest combined?
A: The desert has 3 / 5 fewer palm trees than the forest, and since the forest has 5000 palm trees, the desert has 3 / 5 * 5000 = 3000 fewer palm trees. The total number of palm trees in the desert is 5000 - 3000 = 2000. Together, the desert and the forest have a total of 5000 + 2000 = 7000 palm trees. The answer is 7000.
Question: Josh has soccer practice on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. He has band practice on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. From Monday to Friday, how many hours does Josh spend on extracurricular activities?
Answer: Josh practices soccer 2 hours x 3 days = 6 hours. He practices band 1.5 hours x 2 days = 3 hours. From Monday to Friday, on extracurricular activities, Josh spends 6 + 3 = 9 hours. The answer is 9.
[Question]Rick can iron 4 dress shirts in an hour. He can iron 3 dress pants in an hour. If he spends 3 hours ironing dress shirts and 5 hours ironing dress pants, how many pieces of clothing has he ironed?
[Answer]Rick has ironed 4 x 3 = 12 dress shirts. He has ironed 3 x 5 = 15 dress pants. In total, he has ironed 12 + 15 = 27 pieces of clothes. The answer is 27.
[Question]Maia is a freelance blogger working for different clients for whom she writes different articles every day. She gets 6 client requests every day and works on four of them each day. How many client requests will she have remaining to work on after 5 days.
[Answer]
If she receives 6 job requests every day and works on 4 every day, she remains with 6 - 4 = 2 requests. After 5 days, she will be remaining with 5 * 2 = 10 requests which she hasn't worked on. The answer is 10.