Question: Julie is making caesar salad for a family picnic. At the market, she spends $8 on green lettuce and $6 on red lettuce. If each type of lettuce costs $2 per pound, how many total pounds of lettuce did she buy?
Answer: The total cost of the green and red lettuce is $8 + $6 = $14. Julie bought $14 / $2 = 7 pounds of lettuce. The answer is 7.
[Question]Neil charges $5.00 to trim up each boxwood. He charges $15.00 to trim it into a fancy shape. The customer wants the entire 30 boxwood hedge trimmed up. He has also asked for 4 specific boxwoods shaped into spheres. How much will Neil charge?
[Answer]He has 30 boxwoods to trim and will charge $5.00 each so he will charge 30 * 5 = $150.00. He will shape 4 boxwoods into spheres for $15.00 each so he will charge 4 * 15 = $$60.00. All total he will charge 150 + 60 = $210.00. The answer is 210.
Q: Jason bought a new bookcase that can hold a maximum of 80 pounds of weight. Jason has 70 hardcover books that each weigh half a pound, 30 textbooks that each weigh 2 pounds, and 3 knick-knacks that each weight 6 pounds. How many pounds over the bookcase's weight limit is this total collection of items?
A: First find the total weight of the hardcover books: 70 books * .5 pound / book = 35 pounds. Then find the total weight of the textbooks: 30 books * 2 pounds / book = 60 pounds. Then find the total weight of the knick - knacks: 3 knick - knacks * 6 pounds / knick - knack = 18 pounds. Then find the total weight of all the items: 35 pounds + 60 pounds + 18 pounds = 113 pounds. Then subtract the bookcase's weight limit: 113 pounds - 80 pounds = 33 pounds. The answer is 33.
Question: At Mrs. Dawson's rose garden, there are 10 rows of roses. In each row, there are 20 roses where 1/2 of these roses are red, 3/5 of the remaining are white and the rest are pink. How many roses at Mrs. Dawson's rose garden are pink?
Answer: There are 20 x 1 / 2 = 10 red roses in each row. So there are 20 - 10 = 10 roses that are not red in each row. Out of the 10 remaining roses in each row, 10 x 3 / 5 = 6 roses are white. Thus, there are 10 - 6 = 4 pink roses in each row. Therefore, Mrs. Dawson has 4 pink roses each in 10 rows for a total of 4 x 10 = 40 pink roses in her rose garden. The answer is 40.
[Question]Michael scored 260 points during his junior year on the school basketball team. He scored 20% more points during his senior year. How many points did he score during both years?
[Answer]In his senior year, Michael scored 260 × 1.20 = 312 points. In both his senior and junior years Michael scored 260 + 312 = 572 points. The answer is 572.
[Question]If Clover goes for a 1.5-mile walk in the morning and another 1.5-mile walk in the evening, every day, how many miles does he walk in 30 days?
[Answer]
He walks 1.5 miles in the morning and 1.5 miles in the evening so that’s 1.5 + 1.5 = 3 miles. If he walks 3 miles everyday, for 30 days then he walks 3 * 30 = 90 miles in 30 days. The answer is 90.