Q: Apples used to cost $1.6 per pound. The price got raised 25%. How much does it cost to buy 2 pounds of apples for each person in a 4 member family?
A: The price increase raised the price by 1.6 * .25 = $.4. So each pound of apples cost 1.6 + .4 = $2. 2 * 4 = 8 pounds of apples are bought. So the apples cost 8 * 2 = $16. The answer is 16.
Question: Bethany loved riding horses. She rode 1 hour after school every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday, she rode for 30 min and on Saturdays, she could ride for 2 hours. How many hours in total did she ride over a 2 week period?
Answer: She rode 1 hour every Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week so every week she rode 1 * 3 = 3 hours. She rode 30 min on Tuesday and Thursday each week for a total of 30 * 2 = 60 min or 1 hour. On Mon, Wed & Friday she rode 3 hours, 1 hour total on Tue and Thur and 2 hours on Sat for a total of 3 + 1 + 2 = 6 hours. She rode 6 hours per week for 2 weeks so in total she rode 6 * 2 = 12 hours. The answer is 12.
[Question]Trisha just got a job offer for an hourly job that pays 15 dollars an hour, 40 hours per week. She has been told to estimate that 20 percent of her pay will be withheld to pay taxes, unemployment insurance, and social security. Assuming Trisha works 52 weeks in a year, what is her annual "take-home" pay?
[Answer]Trisha's pay before taxes is 15 dollars an hour x 40 hours per week x 52 weeks = 31,200 dollars. The amount withheld is 20 percent, or 0.2 x 31,200 = 6,240 dollars. Trisha's gross pay of 31,200 - 6,240 = 24,960 dollars. The answer is 24960.
Q: Eric decides to go to the park. He runs for 20 minutes, then jogs for 10 minutes to reach the park. When he returns, he takes a different route home and this takes him 3 times as long as his trip there. How long does it take Eric to return home?
A: Eric’s trip to the park took 20 minutes running + 10 minutes jogging = 30 minutes. So his return trip took 30 minutes * 3 = 90 minutes. The answer is 90.
Question: Three friends went out to watch a movie. Mitch paid for their tickets at $7 each. On the other hand, Jam paid for the 2 boxes of popcorn at $1.5 while Jay paid for the 3 cups of milk tea at $3 each. If the three of them will split the total expenses, how much should each contribute?
Answer: Three tickets cost $7 x 3 = $21. Two boxes of popcorn cost $1.5 x 2 = $3. Three cups of milk tea cost $3 x 3 = $9. The total expenses for the their tickets and food are $21 + $3 + $9 = $33. So, each of them should contribute $33 / 3 = $11. The answer is 11.
Q: Sunnyvale School was having a picnic. They wanted to make fruit punch. They had 4.5 liters of orange punch. They had twice as much cherry punch as orange punch and 1.5 liters less of apple juice than cherry punch. When they combined all of the fruit juices together, how many liters of fruit punch did they have?
A:
Orange = 4.5 L. Cherry = 2 * 4.5 = 9 L. Apple = 9 - 1.5 = 7.5 L. Total punch = 4.5 + 9 + 7.5 = 21 L. They had 21 liters of fruit punch for the picnic. The answer is 21.