Question: If Janet reads 80 pages a day and Belinda reads 30 pages a day, how many more pages does Janet read in 6 weeks?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: First find the total number of days in 6 weeks: 6 weeks * 7 days / week = 42 days. Then find the total difference in the number of pages Janet and Belinda read each day: 80 pages / day - 30 pages / day = 50 pages / day. Then multiply the daily difference by the number of days to find the total difference in the number of pages they read: 50 pages / day * 42 days = 2100 pages.
So the answer is 2100.


Question: Alvin is selling his marble set. He has 100 marbles. 20% are white, 30% are black, and the rest are different colors. He sells the white ones for a nickel each, the black ones for a dime each, and the colors for $0.20 each. How much does he earn?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: He has 20 white marbles because 100 x .2 = 20. He has 30 black marbles because 100 x .3 = 30. He has 50 color marbles because 100 - 20 - 30 = 50. He earns $1 from white marbles because 20 x .05 = 1. He earns $3 from the black marbles because 30 x .1 = 3. He earns $10 from the colors because 50 x .2 = 10. He earns $14 in total because 1 + 3 + 10 = 14.
So the answer is 14.


Question: Jack and Jill shared the cost of renting a cottage that costs $5 an hour. If they rented it for eight hours, how much did each friend pay?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
The total cost of renting the cottage for 8 hours is $5 x 8 = $40. So, each friend pay $40 / 2 = $20 each.
So the answer is 20.