Question: A farmer owns a hog that recently gave birth to 6 piglets. If the farmer raises the piglets until they are fully grown, he can sell the fully grown pig for $300. Each piglet must grow for at least 12 months before it is large enough to be sold. It costs the farmer $10 per month to feed each animal until it is sold. If the farmer sells 3 pigs after 12 months, and the remaining 3 pigs after 16 months, how much profit did he earn in total (after deducting the cost of food)?
Answer: The 3 pigs that are sold after 12 months will cost the farmer 12 * 10 * 3 = $360 in food costs. The 3 pigs that are sold after 16 months will cost the farmer 16 * 10 * 3 = $480 in food costs. Thus, the total food cost to raise the 6 piglets was 360 + 480 = $840. Next, selling the 6 fully grown pigs will earn the farmer 6 * 300 = $1800 in revenue. Therefore, the earn the farmer 1800 - 840 = $960 in profit from these sales. The answer is 960.
[Question]There have been 15 "Where's Waldo?" books published. Each book has 30 puzzles to find Waldo. The average person takes 3 minutes to find Waldo in a puzzle. How long would it take to find every Waldo?
[Answer]There have been 450 puzzles because 15 x 30 = 450. It would take 1,350 minutes to find all the Waldo's because 450 x 3 = 1,350. The answer is 1350.
Q: At the salad bar, Grandma put three mushrooms on her salad. She also added twice as many cherry tomatoes as mushrooms, 4 times as many pickles as cherry tomatoes, and 4 times as many bacon bits as pickles. If one third of the bacon bits were red, than how many red bacon bits did Grandma put on her salad?
A: Twice as many tomatoes as mushrooms is 3 * 2 = 6 tomatoes. Four times as many pickles as tomatoes is 4 * 6 = 24 pickles. Four times as many bacon bits as pickles is 24 * 4 = 96 bacon bits. One third of 96 is 96 / 3 = 32 red bacon bits. The answer is 32.
Question: Caroline has 40 pairs of socks. She loses 4 pairs of socks at the laundromat. Of the remaining pairs of socks, she donates two-thirds to the thrift store. Then she purchases 10 new pairs of socks, and she receives 3 new pairs of socks as a gift from her dad. How many pairs of socks does Caroline have in total?
Answer: After losing some socks, Caroline has 40 - 4 = 36 pairs of socks. Caroline donates 36 * (2 / 3) = 24 pairs of socks to the thrift store. After donating some socks, Caroline has 36 - 24 = 12 pairs of socks remaining. After getting new socks, Caroline has 12 + 10 + 3 = 25 pairs of socks. The answer is 25.
[Question]Jason bought 4 dozen cupcakes. He plans to give 3 cupcakes each to his cousins. How many cousins does Jason have?
[Answer]Since a dozen is equal to 12, then Jason bought 12 x 4 = 48 cupcakes. So, Jason has 48 / 3 = 16 cousins. The answer is 16.
[Question]Evan’s dog weighs 63 pounds; it weighs 7 times as much as Ivan’s dog. Together, what is the weight of the dogs?
[Answer]
Ivan's dog weighs 63 / 7 = 9 pounds. Thus, the two dogs weigh 63 + 9 = 72 pounds. The answer is 72.