Question: Jolene wants to raise some money to buy a bicycle. She babysits for 4 families for $30 each. She also washes 5 neighbors’ cars for $12 each. How much did she raise so far?
Answer: For babysitting, Jolene raises 4 x $30 = $120. For car washing, she raises 5 x $12 = $60. So far, she has raised $120 + $60 = $180. The answer is 180.
[Question]An employee makes 30 dollars an hour for the first 40 hours in the workweek and an additional 50% for every hour above 40 in the week. If he works 6 hours for the first 3 days in the workweek and twice as many hours per day for the remaining 2 days, how much money did he make?
[Answer]His overtime pay per hour is 30 * 1.5 = $45 per hour. He works 6 * 2 = 12 hours per day for the last two days. He works 6 + 6 + 6 + 12 + 12 = 42 hours. He gets 42 - 40 = 2 hours of overtime. He makes 40 * 30 + 2 * 45 = $1290 for the week. The answer is 1290.
Q: Bruce's aunt gave him $71 to spend on clothes at the mall. He bought 5 shirts that cost $5 each and a pair of pants that cost $26. How much money does Bruce have left to buy more clothes?
A: Bruce spent 5 * $5 on shirts = $25. Including the pants, Bruce spent $25 + $26 = $51. Since he began with $71, he has $71 - $51 spent = $20 remaining. The answer is 20.
Question: Joe found a new series to watch with a final season that will premiere in 10 days. The series has 4 full seasons already aired; each season has 15 episodes. To catch up with the season premiere he has to watch all episodes. How many episodes per day does Joe have to watch?
Answer: The total number of episodes is 4 seasons x 15 episodes / season = 60 episodes. Joe has to watch per day 60 episodes ÷ 10 days = 6 episodes / day. The answer is 6.
[Question]Amber and Josh are flying to France for vacation. Their flight leaves at 8:00 pm and as an international flight, it's recommended that they check in 2 hours early. It will take 45 minutes to drive to the airport and another 15 minutes to park their vehicle and make their way to the terminal. What is the latest time they can leave their house to make it to the airport in time?
[Answer]It will take 45 minutes to drive to the airport and 15 minutes to park so that's 45 + 15 = 60 minutes (1 hour). They need to check in 2 hours early and it will 1 hour to drive there and park so that's 2 + 1 = 3 hours. Their flight leaves at 8:00 pm and it will take 3 hours to drive there and check in so the latest they can leave is 8 - 3 = 5:00 pm. The answer is 5.
[Question]Martin rings the small bell 4 times more than 1/3 as often as the big bell. If he rings both of them a combined total of 52 times, how many times does he ring the big bell?
[Answer]
Let s be the number of times the small bell rings, and b be the number of times the big bell rings. We know that s + b = 52 and s = 4 + 1 / 3b. Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get 4 + 1 / 3b + b = 52. Subtracting 4 from both sides, we get 1 / 3b + b = 48. Combining like terms, we get 4 / 3b = 48. Dividing both sides of the equation by 4 / 3, we get b = 36. The answer is 36.