Q: Martha is knitting winter clothes for her 3 grandchildren, who are all the same size (identical triplets.) Each set of clothes consists of a woolen hat, a scarf, a sweater, a pair of mittens, and a pair of wooly socks. She can knit a hat in 2 hours. A scarf takes her 3 hours. Each mitten takes her about an hour to knit. A sock takes an hour and a half. Each sweater takes her 6 hours. How long will it take her to knit all the outfits?
A: A pair of mittens takes 1 hour per mitten * 2 mittens = 2 hours. A pair of socks takes 1.5 hours per sock * 2 socks = 3 hours. So a complete outfit for each child takes 2 hours per hat + 3 hours per scarf + 2 hours per pair of mittens + 3 hours per pair of socks + 6 hours per sweater = 16 hours per outfit. So to knit winter outfits for all three of her grandchildren, Martha will take 3 outfits * 16 hours per outfit = 48 hours. The answer is 48.
Question: There are 6 times as many lab coats as uniforms in the lab. The number of lab techs is half of the number of uniforms. If there are 12 uniforms in the lab, and the lab techs share the coats and uniforms equally among them, how many coats and uniforms in total does each lab tech get?
Answer: If there are 12 uniforms, and the lab coats are 6 times as many as the number of uniforms, there are 6 * 12 = 72 lab coats. The total number of lab coats and uniforms in the lab is 72 + 12 = 84. If the number of lab techs is half the number of uniforms, then there are 12 / 2 = 6 lab techs. If they share the lab coats and uniforms equally, each lab tech will get 84 / 6 = 14 lab coats and uniforms. The answer is 14.
[Question]Lee had $10 and his friend had $8. They went to a restaurant where they ordered chicken wings for $6 and a chicken salad for $4. They also got 2 sodas for $1.00 each. The tax came to $3. How much change should they have received in total?
[Answer]Lee and his friend had a total of $10 + $8 = $18. The cost of the food was $6 + $4 + $1 + $1 = $12. The total cost, including tax was $12 + $3 = $15. They should have received $18 - $15 = $3 in total. The answer is 3.
Q: Jerry owes a loan shark $200. The loan shark charges Jerry 10% interest compounded monthly. (This means that every month the loan shark adds Jerry's interest amount to his loan, and the next month Jerry has to pay 10% on the new total). If Jerry doesn't make any payments, how much (in dollars) does the loan shark charge in interest the second month?
A: First calculate how much the loan shark charges in interest the first month by multiplying the loan amount by the interest rate: $200 * 10% = $20. Now add the interest amount to the original amount of the loan to find Jerry's new total: $200 + $20 = $220. Now multiply the new total by 10% to find out how much Jerry owes the loan shark in interest the second month: $220 * 10% = $22. The answer is 22.
Question: Connor is taking his date to the movies. The tickets cost $10.00 each. They decided to get the large popcorn & 2 drink combo meal for $11.00 and each grab a box of candy for $2.50 each. How much will Connor spend on his date?
Answer: The tickets cost $10.00 each and he has to buy 2 tickets so that's 10 * 2 = $20.00. They each grab a box of candy that's $2.50 a box so that will cost 2 * 2.50 = $5.00. The tickets cost $20.00, the candy is $5.00 and the combo will is $11.00 so Connor will spend 20 + 5 + 11 = $36.00 during his date. The answer is 36.
Q: Debbie works at a post office packing boxes to mail. Each large box takes 4 feet of packing tape to seal, each medium box takes 2 feet of packing tape to seal, and each small box takes 1 foot of packing tape to seal. Each box also takes 1 foot of packing tape to stick the address label on. Debbie packed two large boxes, eight medium boxes, and five small boxes this afternoon. How much tape did she use?
A:
Debbie used 4 * 2 = 8 feet of tape for the large boxes. She used 2 * 8 = 16 feet of tape for the medium boxes. She used 1 * 5 = 5 feet of tape for the small boxes. There were 2 + 8 + 5 = 15 boxes in all. She used 1 * 15 = 15 feet of tape for the address labels. Thus, she used 8 + 16 + 5 + 15 = 44 feet of tape in all. The answer is 44.