Question: Steve wanted to make a total of $100 within four days, so he took on a berry-picking job in Sweden. The job paid $2 for every pound of lingonberries picked. On Monday he picked 8 pounds. Tuesday’s harvest was triple what he had picked the previous day. On Wednesday he felt very tired and decided to rest. How many pounds of lingonberries did Steve have to pick on Thursday?
Answer: On Monday, Steve was paid 8 * 2 = 16 dollars. Tuesday’s harvest was 3 * 8 = 24 pounds. The 24 pounds Steve picked on Tuesday gave him 24 * 2 = 48 dollars. So, the amount Steve earned from the first two days on the job is 16 + 48 = 64 dollars. Since Steve rested on Wednesday, he made 0 dollars, meaning his earnings were 64 + 0 = 64 dollars. The difference between Steve’s earnings and his target is 100 - 64 = 36 dollars. Since he was paid 2 dollars for each pound of lingonberries, Steve needed to pick 36 / 2 = 18 pounds. The answer is 18.
[Question]The class plans to take a field trip to the zoo. The cost to rent a school bus is $100. The cost of admission is $10 per student. The teacher is allowed in for free. If the class has a budget of $350, how many students can go on the field trip?
[Answer]There is $350 - $100 = $250 available to pay for the students' admission fees. This means they can afford to bring $250 / $10 = 25 students on the trip. The answer is 25.
Q: Yasna has two books. One book is 180 pages long, and the other book is 100 pages long. If Yasna wants to finish both of the books in two weeks, how many pages will Yasna need to read every day, if she reads an equal number of pages each day?
A: The total number of pages is 180 + 100 = 280 pages. The number of pages Yasna needs to read every day for two weeks is 280 / 14 = 20 pages. The answer is 20.
Question: Henry wants to buy a t-shirt, a pair of jeans and a pair of socks. The jeans are twice the price of the t-shirt, and the t-shirt is $10 more expensive than the socks. The socks cost $5. How much does Henry need to pay for the pair of jeans?
Answer: The t - shirt costs $10 more than the socks, so it costs $5 + $10 = $15. The jeans are twice the price of the shirt, so they cost 2 * $15 = $30. The answer is 30.
[Question]Darrel is an experienced tracker. He can tell a lot about an animal by the footprints it leaves behind. One day he saw a set of coyote footprints. Based on the impressions, he could tell the animal was traveling east at 15 miles per hour, and that the animal left the prints 1 hour ago. If the coyote continues to travel east at 15 miles per hour, and Darrell hops on his motorbike and travels east at 30 miles per hour, how long, in hours, will it take for Darrel to catch up to the coyote?
[Answer]If we let x be the amount of time, in hours, it will take for Darrel to catch up to the coyote, then we can figure this out. Because the distance Darrel travels is defined as the length of time Darrel travels (x) and Darrel's speed (20mph), or the expression 2 * x. And the distance the coyote travels is defined as the length of time the coyote travels (x + 1 hour) and the coyote's speed (15 mph), or the expression (x + 1) * 1. And since the distance Darrel and the coyote travel is the same, then 2 * x = (x + 1) * 1. Simplifying the expression, we get 2 * x = x + 1. If we subtract 1 x from each side, we get x = 1, the amount of time in hours. The answer is 1.
[Question]Ephraim has two machines that make necklaces for his store. On Sunday the first machine made 45 necklaces. The second machine made 2.4 times as many necklaces as the first machine. How many necklaces were made in total on Sunday?
[Answer]
The second machine made 2.4 times as many necklaces as the first machine, so the second machine made 2.4 * 45 = 108 necklaces on Sunday. In total, 45 + 108 = 153 necklaces were made on Sunday. The answer is 153.