Question: Betty & Paige are raising money for their kids' little league team by hosting a bake sale. Betty has baked 4 dozen chocolate chip cookies, 6 dozen oatmeal raisin cookies and 2 dozen regular brownies. Paige baked 6 dozen sugar cookies, 3 dozen blondies and 5 dozen cream cheese swirled brownies. If they sell the cookies for $1.00 apiece and the blondies/brownies at $2.00 apiece, how much money will they raise?
Answer: Together, they made 4 + 6 + 6 dozen cookies for a total of 16 dozen cookies. One dozen equals 12 cookies, so 12 * 16 = 192 cookies. Together, they made 2 + 3 + 5 = 10 dozen blondies / brownies. One dozen equals 12 brownies so 12 * 10 = 120 blondies / brownies. They sold the cookies for $1.00 each so 1(192 = $192.00 in cookies. They sold the blondies / brownies for $2.00 each so 2 * 120 = $240 in blondies / brownies. Together, they made 192 + 240 = $432.00 for the little league team. The answer is 432.
[Question]The first tank is 300 liters filled while the second tank is 450 liters filled. The second tank is only 45% filled. If the two tanks have the same capacity, how many more liters of water are needed to fill the two tanks?
[Answer]Since 450 liters represents 45%, then each 1% is equal to 450 liters / 45 = 10 liters. Hence, the capacity of each tank is 10 liters x 100 = 1000 liters. So, the first tank needs 1000 - 300 = 700 liters of water more. While the second tank needs 1000 - 450 = 550 liters more. Therefore, 700 + 550 = 1250 liters of water are needed to fill the two tanks. The answer is 1250.
Q: Harvey's started out with 25 steaks. Then he sold some, and only had 12 steaks left. He sold 4 more steaks, at 10 dollars. How many steaks did he sell in all?
A: Harvey sold 25 - 12 = 13 steaks at first. Harvey then sold more steaks for a total of 13 + 4 = 17 steaks. The answer is 17.
Question: It takes 50 large jelly beans to fill up a large drinking glass. It takes half that amount to fill up a small drinking glass. If there are 5 large drinking glasses and 3 small ones, how many jellybeans will it take to fill them up?
Answer: A small drinking glass takes half the amount of a large glass that needs 50 so it will take 50 / 2 = 25 jellybeans. 5 large glasses need to be filled so they will take 5 * 50 = 250 jelly beans. There are 3 small glasses that need to be filled so they will take 3 * 25 = 75 jelly beans. All total, to fill all the glasses it will take 250 + 75 = 325 jellybeans. The answer is 325.
[Question]Jackson wants to start saving for the vacation that he’s taking next August, 15 months away. He wants to save $3,000.00. If he gets paid 2 times a month how much money does he need to set aside, per paycheck, to have enough money saved for his vacation?
[Answer]He has 15 months to save $3,000.00 so that’s 3000 / 15 = $200.00 a month. He gets paid twice a month so he needs to save 200 / 2 = $100.00 from each paycheck. The answer is 100.
[Question]Rajesh walked 10 kilometers less than 4 times the distance that Hiro walked. Together they walked 25 kilometers. How many kilometers did Rajesh walk?
[Answer]
Let H = distance Hiro walked. 4H - 10 = distance Rajesh walked. H + 4H - 10 = 25. 5H - 10 = 25. 5H = 35. Hiro walked 7 km so Rajesh walked 4(7) - 10 = 18 km. Rajesh walked 18 kilometers. The answer is 18.