Question: Shem makes 2.5 times more money per hour than Kem. If Kem earns $4 per hour, how much does Shem earn for an 8-hour workday?
Answer: Shem earns $4 x 2.5 = $10 in an hour. So, Shem earns $10 x 8 = $80 for an 8 - hour workday. The answer is 80.
[Question]Brenda bakes 20 cakes a day. She does this for 9 days and then sells half of the cakes. How many cakes are left with Brenda?
[Answer]After 9 days, Brenda bakes 20 * 9 = 180 cakes. After she sells half of them, the remaining will be 180 / 2 = 90 cakes. The answer is 90.
Q: James decides he needs to start eating more vegetables. He starts by eating a quarter pound of asparagus and a quarter pound of broccoli per day. After 2 weeks, he doubles that amount and adds 3 pounds of kale per week. How many pounds of vegetables does he eat a week after adding the kale?
A: He starts with .25 + .25 = .5 pounds of vegetables a day. After doubling that it goes to .5 * 2 = 1 pound a day. So he eats 1 * 7 = 7 pounds of asparagus and broccoli per week. So he eats a total of 7 + 3 = 10 pounds of vegetables a week. The answer is 10.
Question: Jerry files a lawsuit against the convenience store where he works and slipped and fell. He's asking for damages for loss of a $50,000 annual salary for 30 years, $200,000 in medical bills, and punitive damages equal to triple the medical and salary damages. If he gets 80% of what he's asking for, for much money does he get?
Answer: First find the total cost of Jerry's lost salary: $50,000 / year * 30 years = $1,500,000. Then add the cost of the medical bills: $1,500,000 + $200,000 = $1,700,000. Then triple that number to find the cost of the punitive damages: $1,700,000 * 3 = $5,100,000. Then add the cost of the medical and salary damages to find how much Jerry asked for: $1,700,000 + $5,100,000 = $6,800,000. Then multiply that number by 80% to find how much money Jerry is awarded: $6,800,000 * 80% = $5,440,000. The answer is 5440000.
[Question]The school nurse must conduct lice checks at the elementary school. She must check 26 Kindergarteners, 19 first graders, 20 second graders, and 25 third graders. If each check takes 2 minutes, how many hours will it take the nurse to complete all the checks?
[Answer]The school nurse must check a total of 26 Kindergarteners + 19 first graders + 20 second graders + 25 third graders = 90 students in all. If every check takes 2 minutes, it will take 90 students x 2 minutes = 180 minutes. There are 60 minutes in one hour, so it will take 180 minutes / 60 = 3 hours to complete the checks. The answer is 3.
[Question]Ben's potato gun can launch a potato 6 football fields. If a football field is 200 yards long and Ben's dog can run 400 feet/minute, how many minutes will it take his dog to fetch a potato he launches?
[Answer]
First find the total distance the potato flies in yards: 200 yards / field * 6 fields = 1200 yards. Then multiply that number by the number of feet per yard to convert it to feet: 1200 yards * 3 feet / yard = 3600 feet. Then divide that number by the dog's speed to find the number of minutes it has to run to fetch the potato: 3600 feet / 400 feet / minute = 9 minutes. The answer is 9.