Question: Amy is building 2 3 ft long by 3 ft wide garden beds and 2 4ft long by 3 ft wide garden beds. What is the total sq ft of growing space that she will have?
Answer: The first bed is 3 feet long by 3 feet wide so it's 3 * 3 = 9 sq ft. She's building 2 beds that are this size so that's 2 * 9 = 18 sq ft of growing space. The second bed is 4 feet long by 3 feet wide so it's 4 * 3 = 12 sq ft. She's building 2 beds that are this size so that's 2 * 12 = 24 sq ft of growing space. The smaller beds are 18 sq ft and the larger beds are 24 sq ft for a total of 18 + 24 = 42 sq ft of growing space. The answer is 42.
[Question]Jenna wants to buy a concert ticket that costs $181, plus five drink tickets for $7 each. If Jenna earns $18 an hour and works 30 hours a week, what percentage of her monthly salary will she spend on this outing?
[Answer]First find the total cost of the drink tickets: 5 tickets * $7 / ticket = $35. Then add that cost to the cost of the ticket to find the total cost: $35 + $181 = $216. Then multiply Jenna's hourly rate by the number of hours she works each week to find her weekly earnings: $18 / hour * 30 hours / week = $540 / week. Then multiply her weekly earnings by the number of weeks she works each month: $540 / week * 4 weeks / month = $2160 / month. Then divide the cost of the concert by Jenna's monthly earnings and multiply by 100% to express the answer as a percentage: $216 / $2160 * 100% = 10%. The answer is 10.
Q: Dylan's mother is throwing a baby shower for her best friend. She is expecting 40 guests, of whom she has cleared the parking lot to park in to, leaving only her car and her husband's jeep in the parking lot. The 40 guests, though, arrive in only 10 cars that they park in the parking lot. If each car has 4 wheels, how many car wheels are there in the parking lot, including both of Dylan's parent's car wheels?
A: 10 cars are parked around for the party, 10 x 4 wheels each car = 40 wheels total. Dylan's parents both have a car with 4 wheels each, 2 x 4 = 8 more wheels. Combined, there are 40 + 8 = 48 wheels total on the Dylan family property. The answer is 48.
Question: Tiffany attends the carnival and her mother gives her $3 to play on a ring toss game. For every red bucket she tosses a ring into she gets 2 points. For every green bucket she gets three points. She gets zero points for a miss. Every play costs her $1 and she gets 5 rings per play. She's played two games and already gotten 4 red buckets and 5 green buckets. If she plays until her money runs out, what is the most total points she can get for all three games?
Answer: She has 8 points from red buckets because 4 x 2 = 8. She has 15 points from green buckets because 5 x 3 = 15. She has spent $2 on games because 2 x 1 = 2. She has $1 left to spend because 3 - 2 = 1. She can play one more game because 1 / 1 = 1. The best bucket gives three points because 3 > 2. The most she can earn in the final game is 15 because 5 x 3 = 15. The most she can score overall is 38 because 8 + 15 + 15 = 38. The answer is 38.
[Question]Yvonne brings a box of chocolates to school. Half have nuts and half do not. The students eat 80% of the ones with nuts and eat half of the ones without nuts. If there are 28 chocolates left, how many chocolates were in the box?
[Answer]The ones with nuts that they ate was 40% of the box because 80% x .5 = 40%. The ones without nuts that they ate equaled 25% of the box because 50% x .5 = 25%. They ate 65% of the box because 40 + 25 = 65. They left 35% of the box because 100 - 65 = 35. The box had 80 chocolates because 28 / .35 = 80. The answer is 80.
[Question]At Esme's school, there are 30 teachers and 45 staff members. On a Monday morning, The Best Pizza Inn brought pizza for the staff and teachers as a promotion offer. If 2/3 of the teachers and 4/5 of the staff members ate Pizza, how many non-pizza eaters are at Esme's school?
[Answer]
The total number of teachers who ate pizza is 2 / 3 * 30 = 20. 30 - 20 = 10 teachers did not eat pizza. The number of staff members who ate pizza is 4 / 5 * 45 = 36. The number of staff members who did not eat pizza is 45 - 36 = 9. The number of non - pizza eaters is 9 + 10 = 19. The answer is 19.