[Question]To make a shed in his backyard, Tom needs 1000 bricks. He can buy half of the bricks for 50% off of $.50. The other Half he needs to pay full price. How many dollars does Tom spend?
[Answer]Tom can buy 1000 / 2 = 500 for half price. He will spend $.50 / 2 = $.25 on the half - priced bricks. Thus, he will spend 500 * $.25 = $125 on the half - priced bricks. He will spend 500 * $.50 = $250 on the full - priced bricks. Thus, he will spend $125 + $250 = $375 total. The answer is 375.
Q: Kyle is 5 years older than Julian. Julian is 20 years younger than Frederick. Frederick is 2 times older than Tyson. If Tyson is 20, how old is Kyle?
A: Frederick is 20 * 2 = 40 years old. Julian is 40 - 20 = 20 years old. Kyle is 20 + 5 = 25 years old. The answer is 25.
Question: Ittymangnark and Kingnook are an Eskimo couple living in the most northern region of the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they live with their child, Oomyapeck. Every day Ittymangnark catches enough fish for the three of them to eat for the day and they split the fish equally between the three of them. But after they have split the fish, they give Oomyapeck all of the eyes, who gives two of the eyes to his dog and eats the rest himself. How many fish will each of them be given to eat if Oomyapeck eats 22 eyes in a day?
Answer: If the dog eats two eyes and Oomyapeck eats 22 eyes, then there are a total of 2 + 22 = 24 eyes. With 2 eyes per fish, 24 eyes represent 24 / 2 = 12 fish. If they split that number of fish equally amongst the three of them, then each of them will be given 12 / 3 = 4 fish to eat. The answer is 4.
[Question]Brandon sold 86 geckos last year. He sold twice that many the year before. How many geckos has Brandon sold in the last two years?
[Answer]Last year: 86 geckos. 2 years ago: 86(2) = 172. Total number of geckos sold 86 + 172 = 258 geckos. The answer is 258.
Q: 3 families of 4 people shared a vacation rental for 7 days. Everyone uses 1 oversized beach towel a day before getting a new one. The washing machine can hold 14 oversized beach towels per load. How many loads of laundry will it take to wash all the oversized beach towels?
A: There are 3 families of 4 meaning there are 3 * 4 = 12 people in the vacation rental. They all use 1 oversized beach towel a day so they use 1 * 12 = 12 towels a day. They use 12 towels a day for 7 days so in one week they use 12 * 7 = 84 beach towels. The washing machine can only hold 14 towels and they have 84 towels to wash which means there are 84 / 14 = 6 loads of laundry. The answer is 6.
Question: As a freelancer, Katherine takes 20 hours to develop a website for her clients. Her junior, Naomi, takes 1/4 times more time to complete creating a similar website. If many clients required her to build their websites in a particular year, and she gave her junior 30 websites to develop, calculate the total number of hours Katherine's junior took to create the 30 websites.
Answer:
Katherine's junior takes 1 / 4 * 20 = 5 more hours to build a similar website as Katherine. The total number of hours Katherine's junior takes to build a website is 20 + 5 = 25 hours. If Katherine gave her junior 30 websites to build, her junior spent 30 * 25 = 750 hours on building the 30 websites. The answer is 750.