Question: Jacob loves to build things. In Jacob's toy bin there are 18 red blocks. There are 7 more yellow blocks than red blocks. There are also 14 more blue blocks than red blocks. How many blocks are there in all?
Answer: The number of yellow blocks is 18 blocks + 7 blocks = 25 blocks. The number of blue blocks is 18 blocks + 14 blocks = 32 blocks. The total number of red, yellow, and blue blocks is 18 blocks + 25 blocks + 32 blocks = 75 blocks. The answer is 75.
[Question]There are 3 boxes of cereal. One box holds 14 ounces of cereal. Another box holds half the amount of the first box and 5 ounces less than the third box. How much cereal is there in all 3 cereal boxes?
[Answer]First = 14 oz. Second = (1 / 2) * 14 = 7 oz. Third = 7 + 5 = 12 oz. 14 + 7 + 12 = 33 oz. There are 33 ounces of cereal in those 3 boxes. The answer is 33.
Q: Mark got a 5% raise at his job. Before the raise, he earned 40 dollars per hour. He works 8 hours per day for 5 days per week. His old bills used to be 600 dollars a week but he decided to add a hundred dollar a week personal trainer. How much does he have leftover a week?
A: After the raise he earns 40 * 1.05 = 42 dollars an hour. He works 8 hours per day so earns 42 * 8 = 336 per day. He works 5 days per week so he earns 336 * 5 = 1680 a week. His expenses after adding the personal trainer are 600 + 100 = 700 a week. So he has 1680 - 700 = 980 left over. The answer is 980.
Question: Keaton climbed a 30 feet ladder twenty times while working at the construction site. Reece, also working at the same site, climbed a ladder 4 feet shorter than Keaton's ladder 15 times. What's the total length of the ladders that both workers climbed in inches?
Answer: If Keaton climbed his ladder twenty times, he covered a length of 30 * 20 = 600 feet. Reece's ladder, 4 feet shorter than Keaton's ladder, was 30 - 4 = 26 feet long. If Reece climbed the ladder 15 times, he covered a length of 15 * 26 = 390 feet. Keaton and Reece's total length covered while climbing the ladders is 390 + 600 = 990 feet. Since one foot is equal to 12 inches, the total length they climbed the ladders in inches is 12 * 990 = 11880 inches. The answer is 11880.
[Question]Mason is cleaning out all the junk in his attic. 20% of the items are useful, 10% are valuable heirlooms, and 70% are junk. If Marcus's attic has 8 useful items in it, how many junk items does it have?
[Answer]First find the total number of items in the attic by dividing the number of useful items by the percentage of useful items: 8 items / .2 = 40 items. Then multiply the total number of items by the percentage that are junk to find the number of junk items: 40 items * .7 = 28 items. The answer is 28.
[Question]Niko has bought 9 pairs of socks that cost $2 each and plans to resell them. He wants to gain 25% profit from four of the pairs of socks and $0.2 profit each for the other 5 pairs of socks. How much will his total profit be?
[Answer]
Niko will earn $2 x 25 / 100 = $0.5 profit for each of the first four pairs of socks. So, his total profit for the four pairs of socks will be $0.5 x 4 = $2. His total earnings for the 5 pairs of socks is $0.2 x 5 = $1. Therefore, his total profit will be $2 + $1 = $3. The answer is 3.