Question: A movie theater has 6 screens which show movies back-to-back all day. If the movie theater is open for 8 hours, and each movie lasts 2 hours, how many movies are shown in total throughout the day?
Answer: Each screen shows movies all day, which means each screen shows 8 hours / day / 2 hours per movie = 4 movies / day. So in total, the movie theater shows 6 screens * 4 movies / day = 24 movies. The answer is 24.
[Question]Jennifer purchased 40 cans of milk at the store before meeting her classmate Mark, who was also buying milk. Jennifer bought 6 additional cans for every 5 cans Mark bought. If Mark purchased 50 cans, how many cans of milk did Jennifer bring home from the store?
[Answer]If Mark bought 50 cans of milk, the number of times Jennifer added 6 cans for every 5 that Mark bought is 50 / 5 = 10 times. The total number of additional cans she bought is 10 * 6 = 60 cans. If she initially had 40 cans, she went home with 40 + 60 = 100 cans of milk. The answer is 100.
Q: During the holidays, Lance works as a merchandiser. He works 35 hours a week, spread equally over 5 workdays. If Lance earns $9 an hour, how much does he make on each workday?
A: Lance works 35 / 5 = 7 hours a day. So he makes $9 x 7 = $63 on each workday. The answer is 63.
Question: Bella, Monica, and Rachel are friends who like jewelry. Bella has 10 earrings, which is 25% of Monica's earrings, and Monica has twice as many earrings as Rachel. How many earrings do all of the friends have?
Answer: Bellas has 100% / 25% = 4 times less earrings than Monica. This means that Monica has 10 * 4 = 40 earrings. Rachel has two times fewer earrings than Monica, which means 40 / 2 = 20 earrings. So all three friends, have a total of 10 + 40 + 20 = 70 earrings. The answer is 70.
[Question]There were sweets on the table. Jack came and took half of all the candies and 4 more candies. Then Paul came and took the remaining 7 sweets. How many sweets were on the table at first?
[Answer]Jack took 4 more candies than the half, and Paul took the rest, which means 7 + 4 = 11 candies were half of all candies. That means at first there were 11 * 2 = 22 candies. The answer is 22.
[Question]Last week, the price of a movie ticket was $100. This year the price is down by 20%. What's the new price of the movie ticket?
[Answer]
The price of the book is down by: 100 * 0.2 = $20. So the new price of the movie ticket is: 100 - 20 = $80. The answer is 80.