Question: Jerusha earned 4 times as much money as Lottie. Together they earned $85. How many dollars did Jerusha earn? Use L to represent Lottie's earnings.
Answer: L = Lottie's earnings. Jerusha's earnings = 4L. L + 4L = 85. L = 85 / 5. L = 17 so Jerusha earned 4L = 4(17) = 68. Jerusha earned $68. The answer is 68.
[Question]Sally was at a self-serve candy shop where you scoop candy from the bins and pay based on the weight. She scoops 32 cherry sours into a bag. Then she gets a scoop of lemon sours, and the ratio of cherry sours to lemon sours is 4:5. Then she gets a scoop of orange sours, and they make up 25% of the sours in the bag. How many sours does she have in total?
[Answer]She has 4 cherry sours for every 5 lemon sours, so the number of lemon sours = (5 lemon sours * 32 cherry sours) / 4 cherry sours = 40 lemon sours. This puts the total at 32 cherry sours + 40 lemon sours = 72 sours. After the orange sours are added, they make up 25% of the total sours. Let x = the total number of sours. x - 0.25 * x = 72 sours = > 0.75 * x = 72 sours = > x = 72 sours / 0.75 = 96 sours total. The answer is 96.
Q: Tim does 100 tasks a day. They each pay $1.2. If he works 6 days a week how much does he make a week?
A: He makes 100 * 1.2 = $120 a day. So he makes 120 * 6 = $720. The answer is 720.
Question: A big box store sees 175 people enter their store every hour. This number doubles during the holiday season. During the holiday season, how many customers will this big box store see in 8 hours?
Answer: They see 175 people per hour and this number doubles during the holiday season so that's 175 * 2 = 350 people per hour. In an 8 hour day, if 350 people visit every hour then they will see 8 * 350 = 2,800 people in 8 hours. The answer is 2800.
[Question]In today's field day challenge, the 4th graders were competing against the 5th graders. Each grade had 2 different classes. The first 4th grade class had 12 girls and 13 boys. The second 4th grade class had 15 girls and 11 boys. The first 5th grade class had 9 girls and 13 boys while the second 5th grade class had 10 girls and 11 boys. In total, how many more boys were competing than girls?
[Answer]When you add up all the girls from all 4 classes, you had 12 + 15 + 9 + 10 = 46 girls. When you add up all the boys from all 4 classes, you had 13 + 11 + 13 + 11 = 48 boys. There are 48 boys and 36 girls so 48 - 46 = 2 more boys. The answer is 2.
[Question]Candy throws 4 pebbles into the lake. Lance throws in 3 times as many pebbles as Candy. How many more pebbles did Lance throw compared to Candy?
[Answer]
Lance throws this many pebbles into the lake 4 x 3 = 12. He throws this many more pebbles than Candy 12 - 4 = 8 pebbles. The answer is 8.