Question: Darnell pays $12 for unlimited texting and calling on his phone each month. An alternative phone plan would charge $1 per 30 texts and $3 per 20 minutes of calls per month. Darnell sends 60 texts and spends 60 minutes on the phone each month. How many dollars less would he pay on the alternative plan?
Answer: Darnell would pay 60 / 30 = 2 times the $1 texting charge per month. He would pay 60 / 20 = 3 times the $3 call charge per month. He would pay 2 * 1 + 3 * 3 = 2 + 9 = $11 per month on the alternative plan. Thus, Darnell would pay 12 - 11 = $1 less on the alternative plan. The answer is 1.
[Question]A blind cave scorpion survives by catching millipedes. It needs to eat lots of millipedes to survive: a total of 800 body segments every day. If it's already eaten one millipede with 60 segments and 2 millipedes that are twice as long, how many 50-segment millipedes does it need to eat to reach its daily total?
[Answer]First, the number of segments in the 2 millipedes that are twice as long is 60 segments * 2 = 120 segments. Then one can multiply the segments by the 2 millipedes to find the total number of segments: 120 segments / millipede * 2 millipedes = 240 segments. In total, we then find the scorpion has eaten one 60 - segment millipede in addition to the 3 millipedes above for a total of 60 + 240 = 300 segments. So, the number of segments it still needs to eat are : 800 segments - 300 segments = 500 segments. Thus, it needs to eat an additional 500 segments / 50 segments / millipede = 10 millipedes. The answer is 10.
Q: Cameron guides tour groups in a museum. He usually answers two questions per tourist. Today, he did four tours. The early morning first group was only 6 people. The following group was a busy group of 11. The third group had 8 people, but one was inquisitive and asked three times as many questions as usual. The last group of the day was a late group of 7. How many questions did Cameron answer?
A: Cameron answered 2 * 6 = 12 questions for the first group. He answered 2 * 11 = 22 questions for the second group. The third group had 8 - 1 = 7 tourists that asked 2 questions each. The third group also had 1 tourist that asked 2 * 3 = 6 questions. Thus, the third group asked 7 * 2 + 6 = 14 + 6 = 20 questions. The last group asked 7 * 2 = 14 questions. For all four tours, Cameron answered 12 + 22 + 20 + 14 = 68 questions. The answer is 68.
Question: A cattle breeder owns 52 dairy cows. Each cow gives 1000 oz of milk per day. Calculate the amount of milk produced per week by the cows.
Answer: Per day, the amount of milk produced is 1000 * 52 = 52000 oz. Per week, the amount of milk produced is 52000 * 7 = 364000 oz. The answer is 364000.
[Question]A squirrel had stashed 210 acorns to last him the three winter months. It divided the pile into thirds, one for each month, and then took some from each third, leaving 60 acorns for each winter month. The squirrel combined the ones it took to eat in the first cold month of spring before plants were in bloom again. How many acorns does the squirrel have to eat at the beginning of spring?
[Answer]The squirrel split the 210 acorns into thirds, so it had 3 piles of 210 / 3 = 70 acorns. It took 70 - 60 = 10 from each pile. The squirrel will have 3 * 10 = 30 acorns to eat at the beginning of spring. The answer is 30.
[Question]Your video streaming subscription costs $14 a month. If you're evenly splitting the cost with your friend, how much do you pay in total after the first year for this service?
[Answer]
An even split is 50%. If the monthly subscription is $14, but I pay only 50% that means I pay every month $14 * 50% = $7. We know that in 1 year there are 12 months. Therefore if each month I pay $7, in 12 months I'd pay $7 * 12 = $84. The answer is 84.