Question: Steve is building a bench for the playground and needs 6 lengths of wood that measure 4 feet and 2 lengths of wood that measure 2 feet. How many feet of wood does Steve need to buy?
Answer: Steve needs 6 lengths of 4 feet of wood or 6 x 4 = 24 feet of wood. He also needs 2 lengths of 2 feet of wood or 2 x 2 = 4 feet of wood. Altogether, Steve needs 24 feet of wood + 4 feet of wood = 28 feet of wood. The answer is 28.
[Question]Nurse Missy is attending to the needs of 12 patients in her hospital ward. Most of her patients require standard care, but one-third of her patients have special dietary requirements, which increases the serving time by 20%. At dinner time, she brings each patient their meal. It takes 5 minutes to serve each standard care patient. How long does it take, in minutes, for Missy to serve dinner to all of her patients?
[Answer]Nurse Missy has 12 * (1 / 3) = 4 special needs patients. She has 12 - 4 = 8 standard care patients. Special needs patients take 20% longer to serve, which means serving takes 1.2 * 5 = 6 minutes per patient. To serve dinner to all of her standard care patients, it will take 5 * 8 = 40 minutes. To serve dinner to all of her special needs patients, it will take 6 * 4 = 24 minutes. In total, it will take 40 + 24 = 64 minutes to serve dinner to all of her patients. The answer is 64.
Q: At Clark's Food Store, apples cost 40 dollars for a dozen, and pears cost 50 dollars for a dozen. If Hank bought 14 dozen of each kind of fruit, how many dollars did he spend?
A: If Hank bought 14 dozen apples, he spent 14 * $40 = $560. Hank also spent $50 * 14 = $700 for 14 dozen pears. The total cost of the fruits that hank bought is $700 + $560 = $1260. The answer is 1260.
Question: John has 2 hives of bees. One of the hives has 1000 bees and produces 500 liters of honey. The second has 20% fewer bees but each bee produces 40% more honey. How much honey does he produce?
Answer: The second hive has 20 / 100 * 1000 = 200 fewer bees. This translates to 1000 - 200 = 800 bees. Each bee in the first hive produces 1000 / 500 = 2 liters. The second hive has bees each producing 1.4 * 2 = 2.8 liters. The total amount of honey produces by the bees in the second hive is 2.8 * 700 = 1960. The total honey produced is 1960 + 500 = 2460 liters. The answer is 2460.
[Question]John jogs at a speed of 4 miles per hour when he runs alone, but runs at 6 miles per hour when he is being dragged by his 100-pound German Shepherd dog. If John and his dog go on a run together for 30 minutes, and then John runs for an additional 30 minutes by himself, how far will John have traveled?
[Answer]John runs at 6 miles per hour for 0.5 hours, for a distance of 6 * 0.5 = 3 miles. Then John runs at 4 miles per hour for 0.5 hours, for a distance of 4 * 0.5 = 2 miles. In total, John runs 3 + 2 = 5 miles. The answer is 5.
[Question]Tommy wants to earn enough money to buy 8 new books. Each book costs $5. If Tommy already has $13, how much does he need to save up?
[Answer]
The books will cost $40 because 8 x 5 = 40. He needs to save up $27 because 40 - 13 = 27. The answer is 27.