Q: Violet is planning a hike through the desert with her dog. Violet needs 800 ml of water per hour hiked and her dog needs 400 ml of water per hour. If Violet can carry 4.8 L of water, how many hours can she and her dog spend hiking?
A: First find the total amount of water Violet and her dog consume per hour: 800 ml + 400 ml = 1200 ml. Then divide that amount by 1000 ml / L to convert it to liters: 1200 ml / 1000 ml / L = 1.2 L. Then divide Violet's carrying capacity by the amount of water they drink per hour to find how many hours she can hike: 4.8 L / 1.2 L / hour = 4 hours. The answer is 4.
Question: Jimmy is at the candy store and buys 2 candy bars for $.75 each. He then buys 4 lollipops that cost $.25 each. He spent 1/6 of the money he earned from shoveling snow. If he charges $1.5 per driveway, how many driveways did he shovel?
Answer: Jimmy spent $1.5 on candy bars because 2 x .75 = 1.5. He spent $1 on lollipops because 4 x .25 = 1. He spent $2.5 in total because 1.5 + 1 = 2.5. He earned $15 shoveling driveways because 2.5 / (1 / 6) = 15. He shoveled 10 driveways because 15 / 1.5 = 10. The answer is 10.
[Question]Rikki is writing and selling poetry. He sells his poems for $.01 a word. He can write 25 words of poetry in 5 minutes. If he has 2 hours to write poetry, how much can he expect to earn?
[Answer]He will write for 120 hours because 2 x 60 = 120. He will write for 24 units of five minutes each because 120 / 5 = 24. He can write 600 words because 24 x 25 = 600. He can earn $6 because 600 x .01 = 6. The answer is 6.
Q: John eats 10 potato chips that have a total of 60 calories. He then eats 6 cheezits that each have 1/3 more calories than a chip. How many total calories did he eat?
A: The chips each have 60 / 10 = 6 calories. That means the cheezits have 6 / 3 = 2 calories more than each chip. So they have 6 + 2 = 8 calories each. That means they have 6 * 8 = 48 total calories. So in total, he ate 60 + 48 = 108 calories. The answer is 108.
Question: The bakery makes 3 batches of baguettes a day. Each batch has 48 baguettes. After the first batch came out, he sold 37. After the second batch, he sold 52. After the third batch he sold 49. How many baguettes are left?
Answer: He makes 3 batches of baguettes a day, 48 per batch so he makes 3 * 48 = 144. He sells 37, then 52 then 49 baguettes for a total of 37 + 52 + 49 = 138. He had 144 to sell and he sold 138 so he has 144 - 138 = 6 left over. The answer is 6.
Q: I bought a TV for $1700 excluding tax. What is the price of the television when calculating 15% of the value-added tax?
A:
The value - added tax is 1700 * 15% = 255. The price of the television including tax 1700 + 255 = $1955. The answer is 1955.