Question: While Greg was camping with his family for a week, it rained for 3 days. When he looked at the weather records, he saw that the amount of rain was 3 mm, 6 mm, and 5 mm on the three days. During the same week, it rained 26 mm at his house. How much less rain did Greg experience while camping?
Answer: While camping there was 3 + 6 + 5 = 14 mm of rain in 3 days. Greg experienced 26 – 14 = 12 mm less rain at the campsite. The answer is 12.
[Question]If farmer Steven can use his tractor to plow up to 10 acres of farmland per day, or use the same tractor to mow up to 12 acres of grassland per day, how long would it take him to plow his 55 acres of farmland and mow his 30 acres of grassland?
[Answer]At a rate of 10 acres per day, he can plow his 55 acres of farmland in 55 / 10 = 5.5 days. At a rate of 12 acres per day, he can mow his 30 acres of grassland in 30 / 12 = 2.5 days. Altogether, it would take him 5.5 + 2.5 = 8 days to completely mow and plow his land. The answer is 8.
Q: Carolyn wants to embroider her new jeans. She can sew 4 stitches/minute. A flower takes 60 stitches to embroider, a unicorn takes 180 stitches, and Godzilla takes 800 stitches. If Carolyn wants to embroider Godzilla crushing 3 unicorns and 50 flowers, how many minutes does she need to spend embroidering?
A: First find the total stitches in all the flowers by multiplying the number of stitches per flower by the number of flowers: 50 flowers * 60 stitches / flower = 3000 stitches. Then do the same for the total number of stitches in the unicorns: 3 unicorns * 180 stitches / unicorn = 540 stitches. Then add the number of stitches for all the flowers, unicorns, and Godzilla to find the total number of stitches: 800 stitches + 540 stitches + 3000 stitches = 4340 stitches. Finally, divide the total number of stitches by the number of stitches Carolyn can make per hour to find how many hours she spends embroidering: 4340 stitches / 4 stitches / minute = 1085 minutes. The answer is 1085.
Question: John injures his shoulder while lifting weights. After the injury, his bench press goes down 80%. After a bit of training, he manages to triple the weight he can bench. If he started with a 500-pound bench press, what is it now?
Answer: He lost 500 * .8 = 400 pounds from his bench. So his bench went to 500 - 400 = 100 pounds. After training it increased to 100 * 3 = 300 pounds. The answer is 300.
[Question]John wants to finish a show in 5 days. There are 20 episodes and they are each 30 minutes long. How many hours does he have to watch a day?
[Answer]He wants to watch 20 * 30 = 600 minutes. So he needs to watch 600 / 60 = 10 hours. That means he needs to watch 10 / 5 = 2 hours a day. The answer is 2.
[Question]John is a hack author. He writes a book every 2 months. He has been writing for 20 years and has earned an average of $30,000 per book. How much money has he made writing?
[Answer]
He writes 12 / 2 = 6 books a year. That means he has written 6 * 20 = 120 books. So he has made 120 * 30,000 = $3,600,000 from writing. The answer is 3600000.