[Question]Calum runs a nightclub and decides to run a disco night to attract different customers. He is planning the event and is calculating how much he can spend on each item without spending more than he has budgeted. He only needs to buy 4 disco balls and 10 boxes of food. Each box of food costs $25. Calum’s budget for the disco balls and food is $330. How much, in dollars, can Calum afford to spend on each disco ball?
[Answer]The food is going to cost Calum a total of 10 boxes of food * $25 per box of food = $250. This leaves $330 budget - $250 spent on food = $80 to spend on disco balls. Calum can therefore afford to spend $80 remaining budget / 4 disco balls = $20 on each disco ball. The answer is 20.
Q: A reporter is paid by the word and per article. She earns $.1 per word. She earns $60 per article. She has to finish three stories in the next 4 hours. She averages 10 words a minute. How much can she expect to earn per hour if she writes the entire time?
A: She has 240 minutes to write because 4 x 60 = 240. She will write 2,400 words because 240 x 10 = 2,400. She will earn $240 for the words because 2,400 x .1 = 240. She will earn $180 from the articles because 3 x 60 = 180. She will earn $420 in total because 240 + 180 = 420. She will average $105 an hour because 420 / 4 = 105. The answer is 105.
Question: Next year, there will be twice as many people going to the fair as are going this year, and the number of people who went to the fair last year was 200 less than those going next year. If the number of people going to the fair this year is 600, calculate the number of people at the fair in the three years.
Answer: If there are 600 people at the fair this year, the number going to the fair next year is 2 * 600 = 1200. The number of people at the fair this year and the ones going next year totals 1200 + 600 = 1800. The number of people who went to that fair last year was 200 less than those going next year, meaning there were 1200 - 200 = 1000 people at the fair last year. In the three years, the number of people at the fair will be 1800 of this and next year + 1000 of last year = 2800. The answer is 2800.
[Question]McKenna has 34 stuffed animals. Kenley has twice as many as McKenna. Tenly has 5 more than Kenley . How many stuffed animals do the three girls have in all?
[Answer]Kenley has 2 * 34 stuffed animals = 68 stuffed animals. Tenly has 68 stuffed animals + 5 = 73 stuffed animals. The three girls total had 34 + 68 + 73 = 175 stuffed animals. The answer is 175.
Q: Maria's birthday is in 22 days. Her friend Lilly wants to buy her flowers so she saves $2 each day until Maria's birthday. If a flower costs $4, how many flowers can she buy?
A: In 22 days she will have 22 days * $2 / day = $44. A flower costs $4 so she can buy $44 / $4 / flower = 11 flowers. The answer is 11.
Question: Mancino is tending 3 gardens that each measure 16 feet by 5 feet. His sister, Marquita, is tilling the soil for two gardens that each measure 8 feet by 4 feet. How many square feet combined are in all their gardens?
Answer:
3 * (16 * 5) = 240 square feet. 2 * (8 * 4) = 64 square feet. 240 + 64 = 304 square feet. The gardens have a total of 304 square feet. The answer is 304.