Question: James replaces the coffee for the household. There are 3 other people in the house and everyone drinks 2 cups of coffee a day. It takes .5 ounces of coffee per cup of coffee. If coffee costs $1.25 an ounce, how much does he spend on coffee a week?
Answer: There are 3 + 1 = 4 people in the house. So they drink 4 * 2 = 8 cups of coffee a day. That means they use 8 * .5 = 4 ounces of coffee a day. So they use 4 * 7 = 28 ounces of coffee a week. So he spends 28 * 1.25 = $35. The answer is 35.
[Question]Three friends agreed to pay an equal amount of money for buying 5 bags of chips. If they each pay $5, how much does each bag of chips cost?
[Answer]Five bags of chips cost $5 x 3 = $15. So each bag of chips costs $15 / 5 = $3. The answer is 3.
Q: Beth is looking at her book collection and is wondering how many comic books she owns. She has 120 books and 65% are novels. 18 are graphic novels. The rest are comic books. What percentage of comic books does she own?
A: The proportion of graphic novels is .15 because 18 / 120 = .15. The percentage of graphic novels is 15 because 100 x .15 = 15. The percentage of comic books is 20 because 100 - 65 - 15 = 20. The answer is 20.
Question: Brandon sold some geckos to a local pet shop. Brandon sold the geckos for 100$. The pet store sells them for 5 more than 3 times that. How much does the pet store profit?
Answer: The pet store sells the geckos for 5 + 3(100) = 305$. Pet store profit: 305 - 100 = 205$. The answer is 205.
[Question]Bald Mountain received 1.5 meters of snow last week. During a blizzard, Billy Mountain received 3.5 meters of snow and Mount Pilot received 126 centimeters of snow. How many more centimeters of snow did Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot have then Bald Mountain?
[Answer]Bald Mountain = 1.5 * 100 = 150 cm. Billy Mountain = 3.5 * 100 = 350 cm. Mount Pilot = 126 cm. Billy + Pilot = 350 + 126 = 476 cm. 476 - 150 = 326 cm. Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot received 326 more centimeters of snow than Bald Mountain. The answer is 326.
[Question]A restaurant is offering a fundraiser one day where they donate $2 for every $10 donated by customers. The average customer donates 3 and there are 40 customers that day. How much does the restaurant donate?
[Answer]
Customer donated a total of $120 because 40 x 3 = 120. They got $10 a total of 12 times because 120 / 10 = 12. They donated $24 because 12 x 2 = 24. The answer is 24.