Q: Jules is walking dogs to help pay for his family's vacation. The vacation costs $1,000. There are five members in his family and each one must contribute the same amount towards the vacation cost. He charges $2 to start a walk and $1.25 per block. If he walks 20 dogs, how many blocks in total does he have to walk them?
A: Jules has to earn $200 because 1000 / 5 = 200. He has earned $40 from starting the walks because 20 x 2 = 40. He has to earn $160 from distance, because 200 - 40 = 160. He has to walk 128 blocks because 160 / 1.25 = 128. The answer is 128.
Question: Jamie and Oliver are planning to go on a vacation. A plane ticket costs $24 for each person and a hotel stay costs $12 for each person per day. How much money will they spend on the vacation if they stay for 3 days?
Answer: Jamie and Oliver will spend $24 x 2 = $48 for the plane ticket. They will spend $12 x 2 = $24 for staying in the hotel per day. So, the total amount they will spend on the hotel for a 3 - day stay is $24 x 3 = $72. Therefore, the total amount they will spend on their vacation is $72 + $48 = $120. The answer is 120.
[Question]Big boxes contain 7 dolls each. Small boxes contain 4 dolls each. There are 5 big boxes and 9 small boxes. How many dolls are there in total?
[Answer]There are 7 * 5 = 35 dolls in the big boxes. There are 4 * 9 = 36 dolls in the small boxes. There are 35 + 36 = 71 dolls altogether. The answer is 71.
Q: The post office receives 60 letters and 20 packages per day. How many pieces of mail does it handle in six months if all the months have 30 days?
A: First find the total number of pieces of mail the post office receives per day: 60 letters + 20 packages = 80 pieces of mail. Then multiply the daily amount of mail by the number of days per month: 80 pieces / day * 30 days / month = 2400 pieces / month. Then multiply that number by 6 to find the total number of pieces of mail handled: 2400 pieces / month * 6 months = 14400 pieces. The answer is 14400.
Question: Mark and Peter dug ponds in their backyards. Mark’s pond is 4 feet deeper than 3 times Peter’s pond. If Mark’s pond is 19 feet deep, what is the depth of Peter’s pond?
Answer: Let’s use p for the number of feet in Mark’s pond. 3 * p + 4 = 19. 3 * p = 19 - 4 = 15. 3p = 15. p = 5. The answer is 5.
Q: Casey wants to decorate her toenails and fingernails. First, she wants to do a base coat on each nail, then a coat of paint and finally a coat of glitter on every nail. It takes 20 minutes to apply each coat and 20 minutes for each coat to dry before applying the next one. Assuming Casey's nails will be done when all coats have been applied and dried, how many minutes will it take her to finish decorating her fingernails and toenails?
A:
Casey wants to paint her 10 toenails + 10 fingernails = 20 nails in total. First she wants to do a base coat which takes 20 minutes to apply + 20 minutes to dry = 40 minutes total for the first coat. It will take the same amount of time to do a coat of paint and let it dry and to do a coat of glitter and let it dry, 40 minutes x 3 different coats = 120 minutes total to paint her toenails and fingernails. The answer is 120.