[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: Betsy won 5 games of Monopoly. Helen won twice as many as Betsy and Susan won three times as many as Betsy. Between them, how many games have they won?
A: Helen won twice as many games as Betsy's 5 so Helen won 2 * 5 = 10 games. Susan won three times as many games as Betsy's 5 so Susan won 3 * 5 = 15 games. When you combine their wins, together they won 5 + 10 + 15 = 30 games total. The answer is 30.
Question: Amber is baking cakes for her party. She has invited 8 friends and each one will want two slices of cake. Each cake makes 6 slices. If she bakes 4 cakes, how many slices will be left over at the end if she eats three herself?
Answer: Her friends will eat 16 slices of cake because 8 x 2 = 16. There will be 19 slices eaten in total because 16 + 3 = 19. She is making 24 slices of cake because 4 x 6 = 24. There will be 5 pieces left over because 24 - 19 = 5. The answer is 5.
[Question]An iron bar measures 12 cm by 8 cm by 6 cm. A factory wants to melt ten iron bars and mold them into iron balls. Each iron ball has a volume of 8 cubic cm. How many iron balls have been molded?
[Answer]The volume of 1 iron bar is 12 cm x 8 cm x 6 cm = 576 cubic cm. The volume of 10 iron bars is 10 x 576 cubic cm = 5760 cubic cm. Therefore, there are 5760 / 8 = 720 iron balls that have been molded. The answer is 720.
Q: Joan wants to visit her family who live 480 miles away. If she drives at a rate of 60 mph and takes a lunch break taking 30 minutes, and 2 bathroom breaks taking 15 minutes each, how many hours did it take her to get there?
A: The driving time is 480 / 60 = 8 hours. The time for breaks was 30 + 15 + 15 = 60 minutes. So she spent 60 / 60 = 1 hour for rest stops. So it took her 8 + 1 = 9 hours. The answer is 9.
Question: At the burger hut, you can buy a burger for $5, french fries for $3, and a soft drink for $3. If you order a special burger meal, you get all 3 of these food items for $9.50. A kid’s burger is $3, a kid’s french fries are $2, and a kid's juice box is $2. They also have a kids meal of all 3 kids' food items for $5. Mr. Parker buys 2 burger meals for his wife and himself. He also buys 2 burger meals and 2 kid's meals for his 4 children. How much money does Mr. Parker save by buying the 6 meals versus buying the individual food items?
Answer:
To buy regular food items individually, they cost $5 + $3 + $3 = $11. To buy kids food items individually, they cost $3 + $2 + $2 = $7. If you buy the special burger meal, you save $11 - $9.50 = $1.50. If you buy the kid's meal, you save $7 - $5 = $2. Mr. Parker buys 4 special burger meals, bringing his discount to 4 x $1.50 = $6. He buys 2 kid's meals, bringing his discount to 2 x $2 = $4. The total savings for Mr. Parker is $6 + $4 = $10. The answer is 10.