[Question]Aren’s flight from New York to Hawaii will take 11 hours 20 minutes. He spends 2 hours reading, 4 hours watching two movies, 30 minutes eating his dinner, 40 minutes listening to the radio, and 1 hour 10 minutes playing games. How many hours does he have left to take a nap?
[Answer]The flight from NY to Hawaii will take 60 x 11 + 20 = 680 minutes. All the activities will take 120 + 240 + 30 + 40 + 70 = 500 minutes. For his nap, he has 680 - 500 = 180 minutes. To convert minutes to hours, he has 180 / 60 = 3 hours. The answer is 3.
Q: Anna used four baking trays to bake cupcakes. Each tray has 20 cupcakes and each cupcake was then sold for $2. If only 3/5 of the cupcakes were sold and the rest were kept, how much did Anna earn from it?
A: Anna baked 4 x 20 = 80 cupcakes. She sold 80 x 3 / 5 = 48 cupcakes. Thus, she earned 48 x $2 = $96 from it. The answer is 96.
Question: A school bought 20 cartons of pencils at the start of school. Pencils come in cartons of 10 boxes and each box costs $2. The school also bought 10 cartons of markers. A carton has 5 boxes and costs $4. How much did the school spend in all?
Answer: The school bought 20 x 10 = 200 boxes of pencils. The pencils cost 200 x $2 = $400. The school bought 10 x 5 = 50 boxes of markers. The markers cost 50 x $4 = $200. Thus, the school spent a total of $400 + $200 = $600. The answer is 600.
[Question]The Early Bird Dinner offered dinner meals at half off the menu price if you eat between 2-4 pm. Curtis ordered the Salisbury Steak that costs $16.00 and Rob ordered the Chicken Fried Steak at $18.00. If they ate at 3 pm, what was the cost of their total bill?
[Answer]Curtis had the Salisbury steak for $16.00 and Rob had the Chicken Fried Steak at $18.00 so their meal cost 16 + 18 = $34.00. They ate 3 pm so their meal is half off so their meal cost 34 / 2 = $17.00. The answer is 17.
Q: Bernie loves eating chocolate. He buys two chocolates every week at the local store. One chocolate costs him $3. In a different store, there is a long-term promotion, during which each chocolate costs only $2. How much would Bernie save in three weeks, if he would buy his chocolates in this store instead of his local one?
A: During three weeks, Bernie buys 3 * 2 = 6 chocolates. In the local store, he pays for them 6 * 3 = $18. If Bernie would buy the same chocolates in the different store, he would pay 6 * 2 = $12. So Bernie would be able to save 18 - 12 = $6. The answer is 6.
Question: Ellie has 8 pairs of shoes. Riley has 3 fewer. How many pairs of shoes do they have in all?
Answer:
Riley has 3 fewer pairs of shoes than Ellie’s 8, so 8 – 3 = 5 pairs of shoes. Together, they have Ellie’s 8 + Riley’s 5 = 13 pairs of shoes. The answer is 13.