Q: Tom decides to take 10 dance lessons that cost $10 each, but he gets two of them for free. How much does he pay?
A: He paid for 10 - 2 = 8 lessons. That means he pays 8 * $10 = $80. The answer is 80.
Question: Kantana loves chocolate. Every Saturday she goes to the candy store and buys 2 chocolates for herself and 1 for her sister. This last Saturday she picked up an additional 10 chocolates as a birthday gift for her friend Charlie. How many chocolates did Kantana end up buying for the month?
Answer: There is 1 Saturday in a week and there are 4 weeks in a month so there are 1 * 4 = 4 Saturdays in a month (on average). If Kantana buys herself 2 chocolates every Saturday then this means she buys 2 * 4 = 8 chocolates for herself for the month. Kantana also buys her sister 1 chocolate on these trips so she is picking up an additional 1 * 4 = 4 additional chocolates for her sister for the month. Kantana decided to also purchase some chocolates for her friend Charlie for his birthday. She bought Charlie 10 chocolates. This means that for the month she bought 10 chocolates for Charlie, 4 chocolates for her sister, and 8 chocolates for herself, 10 + 4 + 8 = 22 chocolates bought in total for the month. The answer is 22.
[Question]The journey from Abel's house to Alice's house is 35 miles and is divided into 5 equal portions. Abel is driving at a speed of 40 miles per hour. After traveling for 0.7 hours, how many portions of the journey has he covered?
[Answer]35 miles into 5 equal portions will be 35 / 5 = 7 miles each. Abel traveled at a speed of 40 miles per hour for 0.7 hours so he will cover 40 * 0.7 = 28 miles. 7 miles make a portion so 28 miles is equivalent to 28 / 7 = 4 portions. The answer is 4.
Q: A salon has the same amount of customers every day. Each customer needs 1 can of hairspray during the styling and is also given 1 can of hairspray to take home. The salon also buys an extra 5 cans of hairspray each day to ensure there is never a shortage. If the salon buys 33 cans of hairspray every day, how many customers do they have each day?
A: Removing the surplus hairspray shows the salon needs 33 total cans of hairspray – 5 surplus cans of hairspray = 28 cans of hairspray for each customer. Each customer needs 1 can of hairspray for styling + 1 can of hairspray to take home = 2 cans of hairspray. So the salon has a total of 28 cans of hairspray / 2 cans of hairspray per customer = 14 customers. The answer is 14.
Question: Tom decides to open a theater. He knows it will cost $5 per square foot of space that he needs and he needs 12 square feet for every seat in his theater. He wants a 500 seat theater. He also realizes construction will cost twice as much as the land. He has a partner who covers 40% of the cost. How much does Tom spend?
Answer: He needs 500 * 12 = 6000 square feet. This means it cost $5 * 6000 = $30,000. That means construction comes to $30000 * 2 = $60,000. So the total cost is $60000 + $30000 = $90,000. His partner covers $90,000 * .4 = $36,000. So he has to pay $90,000 - $36,000 = $54,000. The answer is 54000.
Q: Caleb, Andy and Billy went on a picnic with their father. Billy took 6 candies with him, Caleb took 11 and Andy left with 9. On the way, their father bought a packet of 36 candies. He gave 8 candies to Billy, 11 to Caleb and the rest to Andy. How many more candies does Andy now have than Caleb?
A:
Billy took some candies and got more from his father for a total of 6 + 8 = 14 candies. Caleb has a total of 11 + 11 = 22 candies. Their father gave out 8 + 11 = 19 candies from a pack of 36. He gave the rest which is 36 - 19 = 17 candies to Andy. Andy has a total of 9 + 17 = 26 candies. Andy has 26 - 22 = 4 more candies than Caleb. The answer is 4.