[Question]Five shirts together cost $85. Of the 5 shirts, there are 3 shirts that cost $15 each. If the remaining shirts are each equal in value, what is the cost, in dollars, of one of the remaining shirts?
[Answer]The first 3 shirts cost 15 * 3 = 45 dollars in total. There are 5 - 3 = 2 shirts remaining. The remaining 2 shirts cost 85 - 45 = 40 dollars in total. One of the remaining shirts costs 40 / 2 = 20 dollars. The answer is 20.
Q: In a newspaper, each one of 12 pages holds 2 photos and each of another 9 pages hold 3 photos. How many photos are used in the newspaper?
A: The number of photos in the first batch of pages is 12 * 2 = 24 photos. The number of photos in the second batch is 9 * 3 = 27 photos. The total number of photos used in the newspaper is 24 + 27 = 51 photos. The answer is 51.
Question: Vivian is responsible for making sure her students get 2 15-minute recess breaks a day, a 30-minute lunch and another 20-minute recess break. How much time do her students spend outside of class?
Answer: They get 2 15 minute breaks a day so that’s 2 * 15 = 30 minutes. They get 30 minutes for lunch and 20 minutes for recess plus an additional 30 minutes of recess for a total of 30 + 20 + 30 = 80 minutes spent outside of class. The answer is 80.
[Question]Jill can run up a hill at 9 feet/second and down a hill at 12 feet/second. How long does it take her to run up and down a 900 foot hill?
[Answer]First find the time it takes Jill to run up the hill: 900 feet / 9 feet / second = 100 seconds. Then find the time it takes Jill to run down the hill: 900 feet / 12 feet / second = 75 seconds. Then add the two times to find Jill's total time: 100 seconds + 75 seconds = 175 seconds. The answer is 175.
Q: There are 50 more pens than notebooks on Wesley's school library shelf. If there are 30 notebooks on the shelf, how many notebooks and pens, does he have altogether?
A: If there are 30 notebooks on the shelf, there are 50 + 30 = 80 pens on the shelf. Altogether, Wesley has 80 + 30 = 110 notebooks and pens on the shelf. The answer is 110.
Question: John releases 3 videos on his channel a day. Two of them are short 2 minute videos and 1 of them is 6 times as long. Assuming a 7-day week, how many minutes of video does he release per week?
Answer:
He releases 1 video that is 2 * 6 = 12 minutes long. So each day he releases 2 + 2 + 12 = 16 minutes of videos. That means he releases 16 * 7 = 112 minutes of videos. The answer is 112.