Question: Rose is an aspiring artist. She wants a paintbrush that costs $2.40, a set of paints that costs $9.20, and an easel that costs $6.50 so she can do some paintings. Rose already has $7.10. How much more money does Rose need?
Answer: The total cost of the paintbrush, the paints, and the easel was $2.40 + $9.20 + $6.50 = $18.10. Rose needs $18.10 - $7.10 = $11 more. The answer is 11.
[Question]A cougar is sleeping for 4 hours at night, and a zebra for 2 hours more. How much time do both animals sleep in one week?
[Answer]The zebra sleeps for 4 + 2 = 6 hours. During one week, the cougar sleeps 4 * 7 = 28 hours. And the zebra sleeps 6 * 7 = 42 hours. Both animals sleep for 28 + 42 = 70 hours during one week. The answer is 70.
Q: A 26-mile circular marathon has four checkpoints inside it. The first is one mile from the start line, and the last checkpoint is one mile from the finish line. The checkpoints have equal spacing between them. How many miles apart are each of the consecutive checkpoints between the start-finish line?
A: The checkpoints are 1 mile from the start and finish, so they are spaced along 26 - 1 - 1 = 24 miles. There are 4 equally spaced checkpoints, so the checkpoints are 24 / 4 = 6 miles apart. The answer is 6.
Question: The Jacksonville Walmart normally gets 120 customer complaints per day. That number increases by 1/3rd when they're short-staffed and this increases by another 20% when the self-checkout is broken. If the store was short-staffed and the self-checkout was broken for 3 days, how many complaints does the store get?
Answer: First find the number of complaints per day when the store is short - staffed: 120 complaints / day * 4 / 3 = 160 complaints / day. Then find the number of complaints per day when the self - checkout is broken and they're short - staffed: 160 complaints / day * 1.2 = 192 complaints / day. Then multiply the number of complaints per day by the number of days to find the total number of complaints: 192 complaints / day * 3 days = 576 complaints. The answer is 576.
[Question]A mechanic charges $60 an hour to repair a car. He works 8 hours a day for 14 days on one car. The mechanic also used $2500 in parts. How much did the car's owner have to pay?
[Answer]The mechanic worked 8 * 14 = 112 hours. So the labor cost 60 * 112 = $6720. That means the total cost was 6720 + 2500 = $9220. The answer is 9220.
[Question]If Jim has 20 apples, and Jane has 60 apples, and Jerry has 40 apples, how many times can Jim's number of apples fit into the average amount of apples for a person in the group?
[Answer]
First, we need to find the average number of apples per person. We start by adding the three totals together, getting 20 + 60 + 40 = 120 apples. To finish finding the average number, we perform 120 / 3 = 40 apples per person. Since Jim has 20 apples, we divide the average of 40 by Jim's total to find 40 / 20 = 2 times that Jim's amount can fit into the average. The answer is 2.