[Question]Max can mow the lawn in 40 minutes. If it takes him twice that long to fertilize the lawn, how long will it take him to both mow and fertilize the lawn?
[Answer]It takes Max 2 * 40 minutes = 80 minutes to fertilize the lawn. In total, Max takes 80 minutes + 40 minutes = 120 minutes to both mow and fertilize the lawn. The answer is 120.
Q: It was time for Kelly to harvest her carrots that she had planted in three different beds. In the first bed she pulled out 55 carrots. In the second bed she pulled out 101 carrots and in the third bed she pulled out 78 carrots. She found that 6 carrots weighed one pound. How many pounds of carrots did Kelly harvest?
A: She pulled out 55 + 101 + 78 = 234. 6 carrots weigh one pound so 234 / 6 = 39 pounds of carrots. The answer is 39.
Question: Marie, the confectioner, makes 12 chocolate eggs, each weighing 10 ounces. She then packs an equal number of the eggs in 4 different gift boxes. Unfortunately, she leaves one of the boxes by the kitchen window and the afternoon sun melts everything. She tosses that box out. What is the total weight, in ounces, of the remaining chocolate eggs?
Answer: Each gift box has 12 / 4 = 3 chocolate are 12 - 3 = 9 chocolate eggs left. The remaining chocolate eggs therefore weigh 9 * 10 = 90 ounces. The answer is 90.
[Question]Two-fifths of the seats in an auditorium that holds 500 people are currently taken. It was found that 1/10 of the seats are broken. How many seats are still available?
[Answer]500 / 2 / 5 = 200 seats are already taken. 500 / 1 / 10 = 50 seats are broken. So 200 + 50 = 250 seats are either taken or broken. Therefore, 500 - 250 = 250 seats are still available. The answer is 250.
Q: TreQuan is throwing rocks in the river and he notices that the bigger the rock, the wider the splash. Pebbles make a splash that is a 1/4 meter wide. Rocks make a splash that is 1/2 a meter wide, and boulders create a splash that is 2 meters wide. If he tosses 6 pebbles, 3 rocks, and 2 boulders, what is the total width of the splashes he makes?
A: The pebble's total splash width is 1.5 meters because 6 times 1 / 4 equals 1.5. The rock's total splash width is 1.5 meters because 3 times 1 / 2 equals 1.5. The boulder's total splash width is 4 because 2 times 2 equals four. The total splash width for all the rocks is 7 because 1.5 plus 1.5 plus 4 equals 7. The answer is 7.
Question: Bill is buying healthcare on an exchange. The normal monthly price of the plan he wants is $500. The government will pay for part of this cost depending on Bill's income: 90% if he makes less than $10,000, 50% if he makes between $10,001 and $40,000, and 20% if he makes more than $50,000. Bill earns $25/hour and works 30 hours per week, four weeks per month. How much will Bill spend for health insurance in a year?
Answer:
First find how much money Bill makes every week by multiplying his hourly rate by the number of hours he works each week: $25 / hour * 30 hours / week = $750 / week. Then multiply that number by the number of weeks per month to find his monthly earnings: $750 / week * 4 weeks / month = $3,000 / month. Then multiply his monthly earnings by the number of months in a year to find his annual income: $3,000 / month * 12 months / year = $36,000 / year. This income means Bill gets a 50% monthly healthcare subsidy from the government. Multiply the cost of the premium by 50% to find the monthly cost Bill pays: $500 / month * .5 = $250 / month. Finally, multiply Bill's monthly cost by the number of months in a year to find his annual cost: $250 / month * 12 months / year = $3,000 / year. The answer is 3000.