Question: Tom decides to lease a car. He drives 50 miles on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and Sunday for the rest of the days he drives 100 miles. He has to pay $.1 per mile he drives. He also has to pay a weekly fee of $100. How much does he have to pay in a year.
Answer: He does the long drive 7 - 4 = 3 days a week. So he drives a total of 4 * 50 + 3 * 100 = 500 miles a week. That means the car cost 500 * .1 = $50 just for the mileage per week. So he pays 100 + 50 = $150 per week for the car. That means the total cost of the car is 150 * 52 = $7800 a year. The answer is 7800.
[Question]Jessie invited 4 friends over to play. They made muffins for a snack and Jesse wants to divide them equally between herself and her friends. If they made 20 muffins in total, how many will each person have?
[Answer]There will be a total of 1 + 4 = 5 people who will share the muffins. Each of them will have 20 / 5 = 4 muffins. The answer is 4.
Q: Marcos has to get across a 5 mile lake in his speedboat in 10 minutes so he can make it to work on time. How fast does he need to go in miles per hour to make it?
A: 10 minutes for 5 miles means 10 minutes / 5 miles = 2 minutes / mile. 1 hour is 60 minutes so 60 minutes / hour / 2 minutes / mile = 30 miles / hour. The answer is 30.
Question: Last year Jessica paid $1000 for rent, $200 for food, and $100 for car insurance each month. This year her rent goes up by 30%, food costs increase by 50%, and the cost of her car insurance triples because she was at fault in an accident. How much more does Jessica pay for her expenses over the whole year compared to last year?
Answer: First find the increase in rent by multiplying last year's rent by 30%: $1000 * .3 = $300. Then find the food cost increase by multiplying last year's costs by 50%: $200 * .5 = $100. Then find the new car insurance price by multiplying last year's price by 3: $100 * 3 = $300. Then subtract the cost of car insurance last year from this year's price to find the increase: $300 - $100 = $200. Now find how much Jessica's monthly expenses increased by adding the increases in each of the three costs: $300 + $100 + $200 = $600. Now multiply the increase per month by the number of months in a year to find the annual increase: $600 / month * 12 months / year = $7200 / year. The answer is 7200.
[Question]Georgia has 25 pieces of stationery while Lorene has three times as many pieces of stationery as Georgia. How many fewer pieces of stationery does Georgia have than Lorene?
[Answer]Lorene has 25 x 3 = 75 pieces of stationery. Thus, Georgia has 75 - 25 = 50 fewer pieces of stationery than Lorene. The answer is 50.
[Question]Betty has 20 books, and her sister has 1/4 times more books than Betty. What's the total number of books the two have?
[Answer]
Betty's sister has 1 / 4 * 20 books = 5 more books. The total number of books Betty's sister has is 20 books + 5 books = 25 books. The total number of books the two have is 25 books + 20 books = 45 books. The answer is 45.