Question: Mary is making a spinach quiche. She takes 40 ounces of raw spinach and cooks it until it's 20% of its initial volume. If she mixes the spinach with 6 ounces of cream cheese and 4 ounces of eggs, what is the total volume of the quiche?
Answer: First find the cooked volume of the spinach: 40 ounces * 20% = 8 ounces. Then add that to the volume of the other ingredients to find the total volume: 8 ounces + 6 ounces + 4 ounces = 18 ounces. The answer is 18.
[Question]The local salon offers mani/pedis for $40.00. They are running a Mother's day special and offering 25% off their regular rate. Charlotte is treating herself, her daughter and 3 granddaughters to a spa day. How much will Charlotte spend on 5 mani/pedis?
[Answer]A mani / pedi is $40.00 and they are offering 25% off so that's 40 * .25 = $10.00 discount. The mani / pedi is $40.00 and there is a $10.00 discount so each one is 40 - 10 = $30.00. Charlotte is treating herself and 4 other people for a total of 5 people at $30.00 each so it will cost 5 * 30 = $150.00. The answer is 150.
Q: To make room for a new inventory of books, Gordon's local bookstore is offering 30% off any book that is over $22.00 and 20% off any book under $20.00. He buys several books with the following prices; $25.00, $18.00, $21.00, $35.00, $12.00 and $10.00. How much will he spend on books?
A: He gets 30% off any book over $22 and he buys books that cost $25.00 and $35.00 so the total cost of these books is $25 + $35 = $60.00. At 30% off, the discount on these books is $60 * .30 = $18.00. That mean these 2 books will cost $60 - $18 = $42.00. He gets 20% off any book under $20 and he buys books for $18.00, $12.00 and $10.00 so these books together cost $18 + $12 + $10 = $40.00. at 20% off, the discount on these books is 40 * .20 = $8.00. So these 3 books will cost $40 - $8 = $32.00. He has spent $42.00 on the two most expensive books, $32.00 on the 3 cheapest books, and also bought a book for $21.00, so his total comes to $42 + $32 + $21 = $95.00. The answer is 95.
Question: An apple tree produces 40 apples in its first year. The second year the apple tree produces 8 more than double the amount of apples that it produced the first year, and the third year production went down by a fourth due to an insect infestation. How many apples did the tree produce in total in the first three years?
Answer: First Year:40 apples. Second Year:8 + 2(40) = 88 apples. Third year:88 - 88 / 4 = 66 apples. Total 40 + 88 + 66 = 194 apples. The answer is 194.
[Question]The parking lot in front of the school has 52 parking spaces. The parking lot in the back of the school has 38 spaces. If 39 cars have parked and 1/2 of the spaces of the back are filled, how many parking spaces are still available in the school?
[Answer]There are a total of 52 + 38 = 90 parking spaces in the school. Since half of the spaces are filled then, 38 x 1 / 2 = 19 cars have parked at the back. So, a total of 39 + 19 = 58 cars have parked in the school. Therefore, 90 - 58 = 32 parking spaces are still available. The answer is 32.
[Question]New York is two-thirds as populated as all of New England. If New England has 2100000 people, calculate the combined population of both states.
[Answer]
New York is two - thirds as populated as all of New England, meaning there are 2 / 3 * 2100000 = 1400000 people living in New York. The combined population of both states is 1400000 + 2100000 = 3500000. The answer is 3500000.