Q: Sarah starts saving $5.00 a week for 4 weeks. Then she saves $10.00 a week for the next 4 weeks. Then she saves $20.00 a week for the next 4 weeks. How much money has she saved over 12 weeks?
A: She starts with $5.00 a week for 4 weeks so that’s 5 * 4 = $20.00. Then she bumps it up to $10.00 a week for 4 weeks so that’s 10 * 4 = $40.00. After that, she saves $20.00 a week for 4 weeks so that’s 20 * 4 = $80.00. Over 12 weeks she has saved 20 + 40 + 80 = $140.00. The answer is 140.
Question: Sally Draper gave her dad Don Draper 10oz of rum on his pancakes. Don can consume a maximum of 3 times that amount of rum for a healthy diet. If he already had 12oz of rum earlier that day, how many oz of rum can Don have after eating all of the rum and pancakes?
Answer: 3 times the initial amount of 10 oz is 3 * 10 = 30 oz. He has consumed 10 + 12 = 22 oz of rum. He can still consume 30 - 22 = 8 oz of rum. The answer is 8.
[Question]A church has 100 members who've volunteered to bake cookies for the homeless in their local town. If each member baked 10 sheets of cookies, and each sheet has 16 cookies, calculate the total number of cookies the church members baked?
[Answer]A sheet has 16 cookies, so if each church member baked 10 sheets, they each baked 10 sheets / person * 16 cookies / sheet = 160 cookies / person. The total number of church members who decided to volunteer is 100, so in total, they baked 160 cookies / person * 100 people = 16000 cookies. The answer is 16000.
Q: A group of 300 athletes spent Saturday night at Ultimate Fitness Camp. The next morning, for 4 hours straight, they left the camp at a rate of 28 athletes per hour. Over the next 7 hours, a new group of athletes trickled into the camp at a rate of 15 athletes per hour. Immediately thereafter, the camp gate was shut and everyone went to bed. What is the difference in the total number of athletes in the camp over the two nights?
A: The number that left the camp on Saturday morning was 4 * 28 = 112 athletes. This means that in the camp there remained 300 - 112 = 188 athletes. The new group trickling in on Sunday morning comprised 7 * 15 = 105 athletes. The number that slept at the camp on Sunday night is therefore 188 + 105 = 293 athletes. Since there were 300 athletes on Saturday night, the difference is 300 - 293 = 7 athletes. The answer is 7.
Question: Brittany uses 1/4 ounce of shampoo to wash her hair every other day. She buys shampoo in 14-ounce bottles. How many bottles does she need to get her through a leap year?
Answer: A leap year is one day shorter than a regular year, so it is 365 – 1 = 364 days. Brittany washes her hair every other day, so she will wash it 364 / 2 = 182 times in a leap year. A bottle of shampoo lasts her 14 / 1 / 4 = 14 * 4 = 56 washes. If she buys 3 bottles, she will only have enough for 56 * 3 = 168 washes. If she buys 4 bottles, she will have enough for 56 * 4 = 224 washes. Since 168 < 182 and 224 > 182, Brittany needs 4 bottles of shampoo to get her through a leap year. The answer is 4.
Q: Adam goes to school every day. On Monday he had 6 lessons of 30 minutes each, and on Tuesday he had 3 lessons of 1 hour each. On Wednesday, Adam spent twice as much time at school as on Tuesday. How much time in total did Adam spend at school during these 3 days, in hours?
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On Monday Adam had 6 * 30 = 180 minutes of lessons, which is 3 hours. On Wednesday Adam spent twice as much time at school as on Tuesday, so he spent 2 * 3 = 6 hours at school. This means that during these three days Adam spent at school 3 + 3 + 6 = 12 hours. The answer is 12.