[Question]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?
[Answer]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.
Q: A class has 500 tables and 2/5 times as many books as the number of tables in the class are on top of each table. What's the total number of books in the class?
A: If there are 2 / 5 times as many books as the number of tables in the class on top of each table, there are 2 / 5 * 500 = 200 books. Since the class has 500 tables with 200 books on top of each, there are 500 * 200 = 100000 books. The answer is 100000.
Question: Three friends agreed to pay an equal amount of money for buying 5 bags of chips. If they each pay $5, how much does each bag of chips cost?
Answer: Five bags of chips cost $5 x 3 = $15. So each bag of chips costs $15 / 5 = $3. The answer is 3.
[Question]A factory manufactures cars with 5 doors. The factory was planning to produce 200 cars but due to metal shortages, they decreased the production by 50 cars. Due to a pandemic, they also had to cut production by another 50%. How many doors will the factory produce?
[Answer]The factory due to shortages will produce 200 - 50 = 150 cars. Due to the pandemic, they will now produce 150 / 2 = 75 cars. The company will have to manufacture 75 * 5 = 375 doors. The answer is 375.
Q: Lucille has to divide the revenue from her business in the ratio of 4:11 for employee salaries and stock purchases, respectively. If she has $3000 as her revenue, calculate the total amount of money she spends on employee salary?
A: The total ratio representing the revenue Lucille has is 4 + 11 = 15. The value from the ratio representing employee salary is 4 / 15, and this is 4 / 15 * $3000 = $800 that Lucille has to pay her employees. The answer is 800.
Question: Pat is buying supplies for S'mores. He and his friends will each eat 3 S'mores. There are 8 of them in total. It costs $3 in supplies to make 4 S'mores. How much will it cost to buy all the supplies?
Answer:
They are making 24 S'mores because 8 x 3 = 24. Each S'more costs $.75 to make because 3 / 4 = .75. It will cost $18 to make them all because 24 x .75 = 18. The answer is 18.