[Question]Amber is trying to decide if she wants to spend her $7 on candy or chips. She decides to buy the thing that she can get the most of. The bags of candy cost $1 and contain 12 ounces each. The bags of chips are $1.40 and contain 17 ounces each. How many ounces does she get if she buys the item that gives her the most?
[Answer]She can buy 7 bags of candy because 7 / 1 = 7. She can buy 5 bags of chips because 7 / 1.4 = 5. She gets 84 ounces of candy because 7 x 12 = 84. She gets 85 ounces of chips because 5 x 17 = 85. The gets 85 ounces in food because 85 > 84. The answer is 85.
Q: Betty is growing parsnips in her vegetable garden. When the parsnips are grown, they are harvested and bundled into boxes that can hold up to 20 parsnips each. Each harvest, three-quarters of the boxes are full, and the remaining boxes are half-full. She gets an average of 20 boxes each harvest. How many parsnips does Betty grow in an average harvest?
A: If three - quarters of the boxes are full, then 1 – ¾ = ¼ of the boxes are half - full. On average, each harvest therefore has 20 boxes * 0.25 = 5 boxes that are half - full. This leaves 20 total boxes – 5 half - full boxes = 15 full boxes. Half - full boxes hold 20 parsnips / 2 = 10 parsnips each. In total, the half - full boxes, therefore, hold 5 boxes * 10 parsnips = 50 parsnips. The full boxes hold a total of 15 boxes * 20 parsnips = 300 parsnips. So Betty harvests a total of 50 + 300 = 350 parsnips in an average harvest. The answer is 350.
Question: Antonio is a boy who eats a lot and his weight is 50 kilograms. Antonio's sister, who is an athlete, weighs 12 kilograms less than him. How much do the two siblings weigh together?
Answer: Antonio's weight is 50 kilograms. His sister weighs 12 kilograms less than him so she weighs 50 kilograms - 12 kilograms = 38 kilograms. The weight of the two siblings combined is 50 kilograms + 38 kilograms = 88 kilograms. The answer is 88.
[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]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. The answer is 300.
Q: A fisherman catches 3 types of fish in his net. There are 32 bass, 1/4 as many trout as bass, and double the number of blue gill as bass. How many fish did the fisherman catch total?
A: Bass:32. Trout:32 / 4 = 8. Blue Gill:2(32) = 64. Total:32 + 8 + 64 = 104 fish. The answer is 104.
Question: Last year, the school library purchased 50 new books. This year, it purchased 3 times as many books. If the library had 100 books before it purchased new books last year, how many books are in the library now?
Answer:
Last year, there were a total of 100 + 50 = 150 books in the library. The library purchased 50 x 3 = 150 books this year. Therefore, the library now has a total of 150 + 150 = 300 books. The answer is 300.