Question: Charlotte is making a pie. She can't decide if she will make cherry or blueberry. So she decides to make whichever pie is cheapest. Both pies will need $2 for flour, $1 for sugar and $1.5 for eggs and butter to make the crust. The blueberry pie needs 3 pounds of blueberries. The blueberries come in 8 oz containers for $2.25. For the cherry pie, she needs 4 pounds and they come in a four-pound bag for $14. What is the total price to make the cheapest pie?
Answer: The crust will cost $4.5 because 2 + 1 + 1.5 = 4.5. She will need 6 containers for blueberries because 3 x (8 / 16) = 6. The blueberries will cost $13.5 because 6 x 2.25 = 13.5. The blueberries are cheaper because 13.5 < 14. The blueberry pie will cost $18 to make because 4.5 + 13.5 = 18. The answer is 18.
[Question]Sam is stocking up on canned tuna. He got 9 cans at the supermarket, and had 5 coupons for 25 cents off a single can per coupon. He paid $20 and got $5.50 in change. How many cents does a can of tuna cost?
[Answer]His total without the coupons was $20 - $5.50 = $14.50. He had 5 coupons that each saved him 25 cents, so the full price of all the tuna is $14.50 + 5 * $0.25 = $15.75. He bought 9 cans of tuna, so each can costs $15.75 / 9 = $1.75. As 1 dollar has 100 cents 1.75 * 100 = 175 cents. The answer is 175.
Q: In 5 years, Joey will be as old as Beth is now. If Joey is 9 now, how old was Joey when Beth was Joey's age now?
A: Beth is 5 + 9 = 14 now. Beth was 9 years old 14 - 9 = 5 years ago. Joey was 9 - 5 = 4. The answer is 4.
Question: It takes Jennifer 20 minutes to groom each of her 2 long hair dachshunds. If she grooms her dogs every day, how many hours does she spend grooming her dogs in 30 days?
Answer: She has 2 dogs and it takes 20 minutes to groom just 1 dog so it takes her 2 * 20 = 40 minutes per day to groom 2 dogs. In 30 days, she will have spent 30 * 40 = 1,200 minutes grooming her dogs. There are 60 minutes in an hour so she spends 1200 / 60 = 20 hours grooming her dogs. The answer is 20.
[Question]Aubree saw 20 beavers and 40 chipmunks by a tree when going to school and scared them away when they saw her. While coming back from school, she realized the number of beavers had doubled and the number of chipmunks had decreased by 10. What's the total number of animals she saw that day?
[Answer]When going to school, she saw 40 + 20 = 60 animals. The number of beavers doubled to 20 * 2 = 40 beavers. The number of chipmunks decreased to 40 - 10 = 30 chipmunks. The total number of animals she saw on that day is 30 + 40 + 60 = 130 animals. The answer is 130.
[Question]Mike watches TV for 4 hours every day. On the days he plays video games he plays for half as long as he watches TV. If he plays video games 3 days a week how long does he spend watching TV and playing video games?
[Answer]
He plays video games for 4 / 2 = 2 hours a day. He watches TV for 4 * 7 = 28 hours a week. He plays video games for 3 * 2 = 6 hours. So in total he spends 6 + 28 = 34 hours on those activities. The answer is 34.