[Question]A married couple and their 6 children are ordering some pizza. If the couple want 3 slices each and the children want 1 slice each, how many 4-slice pizzas should they order?
[Answer]The couple want 3 slices each for a total of 2 * 3 = 6 slices. The children want 1 slice each for a total of 1 * 6 = 6 slices. They want 6 + 6 = 12 slices in total. Each pizza has 4 slices so they need 12 / 4 = 3 pizzas. The answer is 3.
Q: Five food companies sponsored a local food bank. Foster Farms donated 45 dressed chickens; American Summits donated twice the number of bottled water than the number of dressed chicken donated by Foster Farms; Hormel donated three times the number of dressed chickens that Foster Farms donated; Boudin Butchers donated one-third of the number of dressed chickens that Hormel donated; Del Monte Foods donated 30 fewer bottles of water than American Summits. How many food items did the companies donate in total?
A: American Summits donated 45 x 2 = 90 bottled waters. Hormel donated 45 x 3 = 135 spams. Boudin Bakery donated 135 x 1 / 3 = 45 sourdoughs. Del Monte Foods donated 90 - 30 = 60 canned fruits. Therefore, a total of 45 + 90 + 135 + 45 + 60 = 375 different food. The answer is 375.
Question: Two stores sell the same model of smartphone, but they offer it at different prices and with different discounts. Store A lists the smartphone at a full price of $125 and offers an additional discount of 8%. Store B lists the same smartphone for $130 and offers an additional discount of 10%. After both stores' discounts are applied, how much cheaper is store A's smartphone than store B's smartphone?
Answer: Store A has a $125 x 8 / 100 = $10 discount. So the smartphone from store A will only cost $125 - $10 = $115. Store B has a $130 x 10 / 100 = $13 discount. So the smartphone from store B will only cost $130 - $13 = $117. Thus, store A's smartphone is $117 - $115 = $2 cheaper than that of store B. The answer is 2.
[Question]Elijah is painting his living room and decides to buy masking tape to make his painting neater. 2 of his walls are 4 meters wide and the other 2 walls are 6 meters wide. Elijah needs enough masking tape to cover the entire width of each wall and can order the exact amount of masking tape he needs. How many meters of masking tape does Elijah need to order?
[Answer]For 2 of the walls, Elijah will need 2 walls * 6 meters each = 12 meters of masking tape. For the other 2 walls, he will need 2 walls * 4 meters each = 8 meters of masking tape. He will therefore need a total of 12 + 8 = 20 meters of masking tape. The answer is 20.
Q: Emani has $30 more money than Howard. If Emani has $150, and they decide to combine and share the money equally, how much money does each get?
A: If Emani has $150, Howard has $150 - $30 = $120. In total, they have $120 + $150 = $270. When they share this money equally, each gets $270 / 2 people = $135 / person. The answer is 135.
Question: Jason drives past 3 convenience stores on his way to work. The distance between the first store and the second store is 6 miles. The distance between the second store and third store is 2/3rds longer than the distance between the first two stores. The distance from his house to the first store and the last store to work is the same, 4 miles. How long in miles is Jason's commute to work?
Answer:
First find the additional distance between the second store and the third store: 6 miles * 2 / 3 = 4 miles. Then add that to the distance between the first two stores to find the total distance between the second and third stores: 4 miles + 6 miles = 10 miles. Then add the distance between the first two stores, the distance from Jason's house to the first store, and the distance from the last store to work: 10 miles + 6 miles + 4 miles + 4 miles = 24 miles. The answer is 24.