Question: Haley is making cider. It takes 20 golden delicious apples and 40 pink lady apples to make one pint of cider. Each of her 6 farmhands can pick 240 apples per hour and will work 5 hours today. How many pints of cider can Haley make with the apples gathered today, provided that the ratio of golden delicious apples to pink lady apples gathered is 1:2?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: First figure out how many apples total are needed for one pint of cider: 20 golden delicious / pint + 40 pink lady / pint = 60 apples / pint. Then multiply that number by 8 to find the number of apples needed for a gallon of cider: 60 apples / pint * 8 pints / gallon = 480 apples / gallon. Now find how many apples per hour all 8 farmhands pick: 240 apples / hour / farmhand * 6 farmhands = 1440 apples / hour. Then multiply that amount by the number of hours worked to find the total number of apples gathered: 1440 apples / hour * 5 hours = 7200 apples. Divide the total number of apples gathered by the number of apples used by gallon to find the number of gallons of cider made: 7200 apples / 480 apples / gallon = 15 gallons. Since there are 8 pints in a gallon, the final answer is 15 gallons * 8 pints / gallon = 120 pints.
So the answer is 120.


Question: The price of two kilograms of sugar and five kilograms of salt is $5.50. If a kilogram of sugar costs $1.50, then how much is the price of three kilograms of sugar and a kilogram of salt?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Two kilograms of sugar is priced at $1.50 x 2 = $3. Three kilograms of sugar is priced at $1.50 x 3 = $4.50. So five kilograms of salt is priced at $5.50 - $3 = $2.50. Thus, a kilogram of salt is priced at $2.50 / 5 = $0.50. Hence, three kilograms of sugar and a kilogram of salt.s price is $4.50 + $0.50 = $5.
So the answer is 5.


Question: A beadshop earns a third of its profit on Monday, a quarter of its profit on Tuesday and the rest of its profit on Wednesday. The shop makes a total profit of $1,200. How much profit, in dollars, was made on Wednesday?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
On Monday, 1200 / 3 = 400 dollars were made. On Tuesday, 1200 / 4 = 300 dollars were made. On Wednesday, 1200 - 400 - 300 = 500 dollars were made.
So the answer is 500.