Q: A wood stove burns 4 bundles of wood in the morning, then some more in the afternoon. If there were 10 bundles of wood at the start of the day and 3 bundles of wood at the end of the day, how many bundles of wood were burned in the afternoon?
A: Working out the difference between the amount of wood available at the start and the end of the day shows that 10 bundles – 3 bundles = 7 bundles of wood have been burned throughout the day. Subtracting the wood burned in the morning from this shows that 7 bundles – 4 bundles = 3 bundles of wood were burned in the afternoon. The answer is 3.
Question: Jack is mad at his neighbors for blasting Taylor Swift all night, so he slashes three of their tires and smashes their front window. If the tires cost $250 each and the window costs $700, how much will Jack have to pay for the damages?
Answer: First find the total cost of the tires: $250 / tire * 3 tires = $750. Then add that amount to the cost of the window to find the total cost: $700 + $750 = $1450. The answer is 1450.
[Question]Gabriel is 3 years younger than Frank. The current total of their ages right now is 17. What is Frank's age?
[Answer]Let X be Frank's age. So Gabriel is X - 3 years old. The total of their ages is X + (X - 3) = 17 years old. 2X - 3 = 17. 2X = 20. X = 10. So Frank is X = 10 years old. The answer is 10.
Q: James buys twice as many toy soldiers as toy cars. He buys 20 toy cars. How many total toys does he buy?
A: He buys 2 * 20 = 40 toy cars. So the total number of toys is 20 + 40 = 60. The answer is 60.
Question: Amber goes to the store and buys 10 rolls of toilet paper, 7 rolls of paper towels, and 3 boxes of tissues. One roll of toilet paper costs $1.50. One roll of paper towels costs $2. If the total cost of all the items is $35, how much does one box of tissues cost?
Answer: The total cost of toilet paper is 10 * $1.5 = $15. The total cost of paper towels is 7 * $2 = $14. The total cost of tissues is $35 - $15 - $14 = $6. The cost of one box of tissues is $6 / 3 = $2. The answer is 2.
Q: Lana and Mike are taking their dog and renting a cabin in the mountains for 2 weeks. The daily rate is $125.00 There is a $100.00 pet fee. There is also a 20% service/cleaning fee for the rental. They need to pay 50% of the entire bill as a security deposit. How much is their security deposit?
A:
There are 7 days in a week and they're going for 2 weeks so that's 7 * 2 = 14 days. The daily rate is $125.00 and they are staying for 14 days so that's 125 * 14 = $1,750.00. There is also a $100.00 pet fee on top of their rental fee of $1,750.00 so that's 100 + 1750 = $1850.00. There is a 20% fee on the $1,850.00 so the fee comes to .20 * 1850 = $370.00. The rental will costs $1,850.00 and there is $370.00 service / cleaning fee for a total of 1850 + 370 = $2,220.00. They need to pay 50% of the entire bill as a security deposit so that will be .5 * 2220 = $1,110.00. The answer is 1110.