It cost 50 dollars to get cats ready for adoption, 100 dollars to get adult dogs ready for adoption, and 150 to get puppies ready for adoption. If 2 cats, 3 adult dogs, and 2 puppies are adopted what was the cost to get them ready? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. The cost to get the cats ready is 2 * 50 = $100. The cost to get adult dogs ready is 3 * 100 = $300. The cost to get puppies ready is 2 * 150 = $300. The total cost is 300 + 300 + 100 = $700.. The answer is: 700.

Carly is making burgers for a neighborhood BBQ. Each burger needs to be cooked for 4 minutes on each side. Carly can fit 5 burgers on the grill at once. If half her 30 guests want 2 burgers and the other half each want 1, how long will it take Carly to cook all the burgers? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. First find half the number of guests at Carly's party: 30 guests / 2 = 15 guests. Then multiply that number by 2 for the number of burgers half the guests want: 15 guests * 2 burgers / guest = 30 burgers. Then add the 15 burgers for the 15 guests who only want 1 to find the total number of burgers: 30 burgers + 15 burgers = 45 burgers. Then divide the total number of burgers by the number of burgers Carly can cook at once to find the number of batches she cooks: 45 burgers / 5 burgers / batch = 9 batches. Then multiply the number of sides per burger by the cooking time per side to find each burger's total cook time: 4 minutes / side * 2 sides = 8 minutes. Finally, multiply each batch's cook time by the number of batches to find the total cook time: 8 minutes / batch * 9 batches = 72 minutes.. The answer is: 72.

John orders food for a massive restaurant. He orders 1000 pounds of beef for $8 per pound. He also orders twice that much chicken at $3 per pound. How much did everything cost? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. The beef cost $8 * 1000 = $8000. He buys 1000 * 2 = 2000 pounds of chicken. So the chicken cost 2000 * $3 = $6000. So the total cost is $8000 + $6000 = $14,000.. The answer is: 14000.