[Question]Manny is making lasagna for dinner with his four friends, Lisa, Raphael, Aaron, and Kai. He needs to know how many pieces to cut the lasagna into to serve it. Manny only wants one piece. Aaron doesn't like lasagna much and will probably only eat garlic bread and salad. Kai is always hungry and will eat twice as much as Manny. Raphael always eats half the amount Manny does, but his sister Lisa loves lasagna and will eat two pieces, plus any Raphael has left of his piece. How many pieces should Manny cut his lasagna into?
[Answer]Manny will eat 1 piece. Aaron will eat 0 pieces. Kai will eat twice as much as Manny, so he will eat 2 * 1 = 2 pieces. Raphael will eat half as much as Manny, so he will eat 1 * 1 / 2 = 1 / 2 piece. Lisa will eat 2 pieces plus the remainder of Raphael’s piece, so she will eat 2 + 1 / 2 = 2 1 / 2 pieces. Together, they will eat 1 + 0 + 2 + 1 / 2 + 2 1 / 2 = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 pieces. Thus, Manny should cut his lasagna into 6 pieces. The answer is 6.
Q: Frank is making hamburgers and he wants to sell them to make $50. Frank is selling each hamburger for $5 and 2 people purchased 4 and another 2 customers purchased 2 hamburgers. How many more hamburgers does Frank need to sell to make $50?
A: Frank sold 4 hamburgers and then sold 2 more, so all together Frank already sold 4 + 2 = 6 hamburgers. If each hamburger is $5 and he sold 6 hamburgers already, Frank has made 5 * 6 = 30 dollars. Frank wants to make $50 and has already made $30, so Frank still needs 50 - 30 = 20 dollars. Since he needs $20 and each hamburger is $5, Frank needs to sell 20 / 5 = 4 more hamburgers. The answer is 4.
Question: Tony decided to rent a small cottage. The master bedroom and bath totaled 500 sq ft. The 2 guest bedrooms were 200 sq ft each. And the kitchen, guest bath and living area totaled 600 sq ft. If Tony spends $3,000 a month on rent, how much money is he spending per sq ft of house?
Answer: 2 guest bedrooms are 200 sq ft each for a total of 2 * 200 = 400 sq ft. The master suite has 500 sq ft, the guest rooms have 400 sq ft and the rest of the house is 600 sq ft for a total of 500 + 400 + 600 = 1,500 sq ft. The rent is $3,000 for 1,500 sq ft of house so 3000 / 1500 = $2 per sq ft of house. The answer is 2.
[Question]Antonia is trying to improve her health by buying supplements. She has a 7-day pill box she wants to fill. She buys 5 different supplements. 3 of the bottles have 120 pills in them each. 2 of the bottles have 30 pills each. After Antonia has filled her pillbox with one pill of each supplement for 2 weeks, how many pills total does she have left from all 5 bottles?
[Answer]Antonia buys 5 different supplements where 3 bottles have 120 pills per bottle, so she has 120 pills x 3 bottles = 360 pills. 2 of the bottles Antonia buys have 30 pills each x 2 bottles = 60 pills. She has purchased 360 pills + 60 pills = 420 pills total in the 5 bottles. Antonia has filled her 7 - day pill box for 2 weeks, so 7 days x 2 weeks = 14 days. On each of the 14 days she fills it with 5 pills, so after 14 days she has used 14 x 5 = 70 pills. Since Antonia had 420 total pills in all 5 bottles and then she fills her pillbox with 70 pills, she has 420 - 70 = 350 pills. Antonia will have 350 pills left after 2 weeks. The answer is 350.
Q: Jake makes a drink that is 2 parts Coke, 1 part Sprite and 3 parts Mountain Dew. If the drink contains 6 ounces of Coke, how many ounces is the drink?
A: The drink is 2 + 1 + 3 = 6 parts. The drink is 2 / 6 = 1 / 3 coke. So the drink is 6 / (1 / 3) = 18 ounces. The answer is 18.
Question: Nina made a two-layer cake and a dozen cupcakes for her friend’s birthday party. Each layer of cake takes the same amount of sugar to make as a dozen cupcakes. Nina used 720 grams of sugar to bake everything. How many grams of sugar are in one cupcake?
Answer:
Nina made 2 cake layers which were equal to 2 x 12 = 24 cupcakes. She made the equivalent of 24 + 12 = 36 cupcakes in all. Thus, there are 720 / 36 = 20 grams of sugar in a cupcake. The answer is 20.