[Question]A farmer has 46 chickens. Each chicken gives him 6 eggs a week. If he sells a dozen eggs for $3, how much money would he make in 8 weeks?
[Answer]The farmer gets 46 x 6 = 276 eggs a week. That gives him 276 / 12 = 23 dozen eggs. In one week, he makes 23 x 3 = $69. In 8 weeks, he makes $69 x 8 = $552. The answer is 552.
Q: Mia is buying Christmas gifts for her family. She has spent $30 on each of her 3 siblings, and the rest of her spending was for her parents. If Mia spent a total of $150 on Christmas gifts and each of her parents received gifts of equal value, how much money, in dollars, did she spend on each parent’s gift?
A: Mia spent a total of $30 per siblings * 3 siblings = $90 on her siblings. She therefore spent $150 total spending - $90 spending on her siblings = $60 on her parents. As each parent received an equal amount, each parent’s gift cost $60 total spending on parents / 2 = $30. The answer is 30.
Question: Erin works in the school cafeteria serving soup. Each bowl of soup has 10 ounces, and Erin can serve 5 bowls per minute. If the pot of soup has 6 gallons of soup, how long will it take Erin to serve all the soup, rounded to the nearest minute? (There are 128 ounces to a gallon.)
Answer: First find the number of ounces Erin serves per minute: 10 ounces / bowl * 5 bowls / minute = 50 ounces / minute. Then find the number of ounces in the pot: 6 gallons * 128 ounces / gallon = 768 ounces. Then divide the total amount of soup by the amount of soup Erin serves per minute: 768 minutes / 50 ounces / minute = 15.36 minutes, which rounds down to 15 minutes. The answer is 15.
[Question]A box holds 2 dozen doughnuts. If the family ate 8 doughnuts, how many doughnuts are left?
[Answer]Two dozens of doughnuts are equal to 2 x 12 = 24 doughnuts. Since 8 doughnuts were eaten, therefore 24 - 8 = 16 doughnuts are left. The answer is 16.
Q: Rebecca runs a hair salon. She charges $30 for haircuts, $40 for perms, and $60 for dye jobs, but she has to buy a box of hair dye for $10 to dye every head of hair. Today, she has four haircuts, one perm, and two dye jobs scheduled. If she makes $50 in tips, how much money will she have in dollars at the end of the day?
A: Rebecca will make 30 * 4 = $120 from haircuts today. She will make 60 * 2 = $120 from dye jobs. She will spend 10 * 2 = $20 on hair dye. With the $40 perm and tips, at the end of the day, Rebecca will have 120 + 120 + 40 - 20 + 50 = $310. The answer is 310.
Question: Bob and Kate went to a restaurant for dinner. After they were done eating the waitress gave a $30 bill to Bob and a $25 bill to Kate, but told them they were eligible for special discounts; 5% for Bob, 2% for Kate. Considering the discounts, how much do they have to pay in total?
Answer:
5% of $30 is (5 / 100) * 30 = $1.5. The dollar amount of Bob's discount is $1.5 so he will pay $30 - $1.5 = $28.5. 2% of $25 is (2 / 100) * $25 = $0.5. The dollar amount of Kate's discount is $0.5 so she will pay $25 - $0.5 = $24.5. Altogether they will pay $28.5 + $24.5 = $53. The answer is 53.