[Question]Luisa drives 10 miles to the grocery store, 6 miles to the mall, 5 miles to the pet store, then 9 miles back home. One gallon of gas can be used to drive 15 miles. If one gallon of gas costs $3.50, what is the total cost of the gas for Luisa’s entire trip?
[Answer]Luisa drives a total of 10 + 6 + 5 + 9 = 30 miles. Luisa uses 30 / 15 = 2 gallons of gas for her trip. The total cost of the gas for Luisa’s trip is 2 * $3.50 = $7. The answer is 7.
Q: Lauren sent 65 pieces of mail on Monday, 10 more pieces of mail on Tuesday than on Monday, 5 fewer on Wednesday than on Tuesday, and 15 more pieces of mail on Thursday than on Wednesday. How many pieces of mail did Lauren send?
A: Lauren sent 65 + 10 = 75 pieces of mail on Tuesday. He sent 75 - 5 = 70 pieces of mail on Wednesday. And sent 70 + 15 = 85 pieces of mail on Thursday. Therefore, he sent 65 + 75 + 70 + 85 = 295 pieces of mail. The answer is 295.
Question: Sydney and Conner are having a three day rock collecting contest to see who can have the largest collection after adding to their existing collections. Before they start, Sydney has 837 rocks and Conner has 723. On day one, Sydney collects 4 rocks and Conner collects 8 times as many. On day two Sydney rests and Conner collects 123. On the third day, Sydney collects twice as many as Conner did on the first day. How many does Conner have to collect on day three to make sure he at least ties Sydney?
Answer: On day one Conner collects 32 rocks because 8 x 4 = 32. On day three Sydney collects 64 because 32 x 2 = 64. After three days Sydney has 915 rocks because 837 + 0 + 4 + 64 = 905. Before the third day Conner has 878 because 723 + 32 + 123 = 878. Conner needs to collect 37 on day three to tie Sydney because 905 - 878 = 27. The answer is 27.
[Question]Carson counts 6 clouds that look like funny animals. His little brother counts three times as many clouds that look like dragons. How many clouds did they count in total?
[Answer]First find the total number of clouds Carson's brother counted: 6 clouds * 3 = 18 clouds. Then add the number Carson counted to find the total: 18 clouds + 6 clouds = 24 clouds. The answer is 24.
Q: Joyce moved to the countryside because she needed more farmland to grow her vegetables. Her new property is 10 times larger than her previous property, but her new land has a 1-acre pond on it where she cannot grow vegetables. If her previous property was 2 acres, how many acres of land does she now own that are suitable for growing vegetables?
A: Joyce's new land is 10 times larger than her old 2 - acre property, for a total of 2 * 10 = 20 acres of land. One acre is not suitable for farming, leaving her with 20 - 1 = 19 acres of land suitable for farming. The answer is 19.
Question: John assembles computers and sells prebuilt computers as a business. The parts for the computer cost $800. He sells the computers for 1.4 times the value of the components. He manages to build 60 computers a month. He has to pay $5000 a month in rent and another $3000 in non-rent extra expenses a month. How much profit does he make a month?
Answer:
He sells each computer for 1.4 * 800 = $1120. That means he makes a profit of 1120 - 800 = $320 per computer. So he makes 320 * 60 = $19200 from selling computers. He has extra expenses of 5000 + 3000 = $8000 a month. So his profit is 19200 - 8000 = $11,200. The answer is 11200.