Question: James started a food fight in his school's cafeteria, and the school administration is making him work off the cost of all the food he wasted at minimum wage ($8). James has to pay for 20 wasted pounds of meat at $5/pound, 15 wasted pounds of fruits and vegetables at $4/pound, 60 wasted pounds of bread products at $1.50/pound, and 10 hours of time-and-a-half pay for the janitorial staff, who normally make $10/hour. How many hours will James have to work to pay for everything?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: First find the total cost of the wasted meat: $5 / pound * 20 pounds = $100. Then find the total cost of the wasted vegetables: $4 / pound * 15 pounds = $60. Then find the total cost of the wasted bread products: $1.50 / pound * 60 pounds = $90. Then find the time - and - a - half rate for the janitors: $10 / hour * 1.5 = $15 / hour. Then multiply that by the number of hours to find the total janitorial cost: $15 / hour * 10 hours = $150. Then add up all the costs to find the total cost of everything: $100 + $60 + $90 + $150 = $400. Then divide the total James owes by his hourly wage to find how many hours he needs to work: $400 / $8 / hour = 50 hours.
So the answer is 50.


Question: Mr. Rainwater has some goats, 9 cows and some chickens. He has 4 times as many goats as cows and 2 times as many goats as chickens. How many chickens does he have?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Let X be the number of chickens Mr. Rainwater has. He has 4 goats / cow * 9 cows = 36 goats on his farm. So he has 36 goats / 2 goats / chicken = 18 chickens.
So the answer is 18.


Question: In a 5-day Fishing competition, Jackson was able to reel a total of 6 fishes per day, Jonah was able to reel 4 fishes per day and George was able to reel 8 fishes per day. How many fishes were they able to catch throughout the competition if they are on the same team?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
Jackson gets a total of 6x5 = 30 fishes after the competition. Jonah gets 4x5 = 20 fishes after the competition. And George was able to get 8x5 = 40 fishes after the competition. Therefore the total fishes they were able to get for their team is 30 + 20 + 40 = 90.
So the answer is 90.