[Question]James decides to make a bathtub full of jello. For every pound of water, you need 1.5 tablespoons of jello mix. The bathtub can hold 6 cubic feet of water. Each cubic foot of water is 7.5 gallons. A gallon of water weighs 8 pounds. A tablespoon of jello mix costs $0.50. How much did he spend to fill his tub?
[Answer]The tub has 6 * 7.5 = 45 gallons. That would weigh 45 * 8 = 360 pounds. So he needs 360 * 1.5 = 540 tablespoons of jello mix. So he spent 540 * .5 = $270. The answer is 270.
Q: Lee wants to propose marriage to Sierra. He wants to follow the adage that you should spend two months' salary on the ring. He earns $60,000 per year in salary and can save $1000 per month. How long will it take before he can propose to Sierra?
A: Lee currently earns $60,000 / 12 months = $5,000 per month. The engagement ring will cost him 2 * $5,000 = $10,000. This means that it will take Lee $10,000 / $1,000 = 10 months to save enough money before he can propose. The answer is 10.
Question: Carl buys index cards for his class. He gives each student 10 index cards. He teaches 6 periods a day and each class has 30 students. If a 50 pack of index cards cost $3 how much did he spend on them all?
Answer: He has 30 * 6 = 180 students. So he needs to buy 180 * 10 = 1800 index cards. That means he needs to buy 1800 / 50 = 36 packs of index cards. So he spends 36 * 3 = $108. The answer is 108.
[Question]A store offers a $2 discount for every $10 purchase on any item in the store. Kataleya went to the store and bought 400 peaches sold at forty cents each. Calculate the total amount of money she paid at the store for the fruits.
[Answer]The total cost for the peaches was 400 * $0.40 = $160. The total count of 10 dollar purchases Kataleya received a discount on was $160 / $10 = 16. If each purchase had a $2 discount, the total discount she received is 16 * $2 = $32. She purchased the peaches at $160 - $32 = $128. The answer is 128.
Q: Mr. Gardner bakes 20 cookies, 25 cupcakes, and 35 brownies for his second-grade class of 20 students. If he wants to give each student an equal amount of sweet treats, how many sweet treats will each student receive?
A: Mr. Gardner bakes a total of 20 + 25 + 35 = 80 sweet treats. Each student will receive 80 / 20 = 4 sweet treats. The answer is 4.
Question: Tom has only been getting 6 hours of sleep a day. He increases that by 1/3. How many hours of sleep does he get per night?
Answer:
He increases his sleep by 6 / 3 = 2 hour per night. So he now gets 6 + 2 = 8 hours of sleep per night. The answer is 8.