Q: Jay & Gloria were hosting a 4th of July party at their house. Jay invited 22 people and Gloria invited 36. They wanted to buy small American flags for everyone. The craft store was having a sale on small flags, 5 flags for $1.00. If they wanted all of their guests to have a flag and they also wanted 1 flag each, how much would they spend at the craft store?
A: Jay invited 22 guests and Gloria invited 36 so they invited 22 + 36 = 58 guests. They also each wanted a flag so in total they would need 1 + 1 + 58 = 60 flags. The craft store has them on sale at 5 for $1.00 and they need 60 flags so the flags will cost them 60 / 5 = $12.00. The answer is 12.
Question: If Ken's house is twice as far from Dawn's house as Mary's house along a certain road, and Ken's house is 4 miles away from Dawn's house along this same road, how much distance (in miles) will Ken cover if he goes from his house to Dawn's house, then Mary's, then back to Dawn's before going back to his own house?
Answer: Ken's house is twice as far from Dawn's house as Mary's, so the distance between Ken's and Mary's is half that between Ken's and Dawn's (4 miles) which means the former is (1 / 2) * 4 miles = 2 miles. If Ken goes from his house to Dawn's, he has covered 4 miles. He goes from there to Mary's (2 miles, same as Ken's to Mary's) for a total of 4 + 2 = 6 miles. He goes back to Dawn's (another 2 miles) for a total of 6 + 2 = 8 miles. Then he goes to his own house (4 miles) for a final total of 8 + 4 = 12 miles. The answer is 12.
[Question]John is an eccentric millionaire. He decides to fill his swimming pool with bottled water. A cubic foot of water is 25 liters. His pool is 10 feet deep and 6 feet by 20 feet. A liter of water costs $3. How much does it cost to fill the pool?
[Answer]The pool is 10 * 6 * 20 = 1200 cubic feet. That means it is 25 * 1200 = 30000 liters. So it cost 3 * 30,000 = $90,000. The answer is 90000.
Q: Miriam is trying to exercise more and figures if she counts her exercises it will be encouraging to see her numbers go up. On Monday she does 5 push-ups. On Tuesday she does 7 push-ups. On Wednesday she does twice as many push-ups as the day before. On Thursday she does half the number of total pushups she already did that week. Finally, on Friday she does as many pushups as the total number she did over the previous four days. How many pushups does Miriam do on Friday?
A: On Monday Miriam does 5 push - ups + 7 push - ups on Tuesday = 12 push - ups on both days. On Wednesday she does twice as many push - ups as she did on Tuesday, 7 x 2 = 14 push - ups on Wednesday. Over the first 3 days, she did a total of 14 + 12 = 26 pushups. On Thursday Miriam did 1 / 2 the same number of total pushups she had already done that week, so she did 1 / 2 x 26 = 13 pushups on Thursday. On Friday she does as many push - ups as the total of what she had done over the previous four days, so she did 5 + 7 + 14 + 13 = 39 push - ups on Friday. The answer is 39.
Question: If Tony normally has a temperature of 95 degrees, and he comes down with a sickness that raises his temperature by 10 degrees, how many degrees above the threshold of fever is his temperature if a fever is anything over 100 degrees?
Answer: First, we find what Tony's temperature is by adding his normal temperature of 95 to the increase in temperature from the sickness of 10, performing 95 + 10 = 105 degrees. Since the threshold for having a fever is 100, we subtract 100 from 105 to find out the answer, performing 105 - 100 = 5 degrees above a fever. The answer is 5.
Q: Kalani has twenty candles in her bedroom, twice the number of candles in the living room. Donovan, her brother, brings in 20 more candles he bought from the candle shop. What's the total number of candles in the house?
A:
If the number of candles in the bedroom is twice the number in the living room, there are 20 / 2 = 10 candles in the living room. When Donovan brings in 20 more candles, the total number of candles becomes 10 + 20 + 20 = 50. The answer is 50.