[Question]When all her clothes are washed and in her closet, Brie has 12 blouses, 6 skirts, and 8 slacks. Today in her hamper, she has 75% of her blouses, 50% of her skirts, and 25% of her slacks. How many pieces of clothing will she need to put in the washer?
[Answer]In her hamper, Brie has 12 x 75% = 9 blouses. In her hamper, she has 6 x 50% = 3 skirts. In the hamper, she has 8 x 25% = 2 slacks. She will need to wash 9 + 3 + 2 = 14 pieces of clothes. The answer is 14.
Q: Five food companies sponsored a local food bank. Foster Farms donated 45 dressed chickens; American Summits donated twice the number of bottled water than the number of dressed chicken donated by Foster Farms; Hormel donated three times the number of dressed chickens that Foster Farms donated; Boudin Butchers donated one-third of the number of dressed chickens that Hormel donated; Del Monte Foods donated 30 fewer bottles of water than American Summits. How many food items did the companies donate in total?
A: American Summits donated 45 x 2 = 90 bottled waters. Hormel donated 45 x 3 = 135 spams. Boudin Bakery donated 135 x 1 / 3 = 45 sourdoughs. Del Monte Foods donated 90 - 30 = 60 canned fruits. Therefore, a total of 45 + 90 + 135 + 45 + 60 = 375 different food. The answer is 375.
Question: A company has 200 employees. 60% of the employees drive to work. Of the employees who don't drive to work, half take public transportation. How many more employees drive to work than take public transportation?
Answer: Drive to work:200(.60) = 120. Don't Drive to work:200 - 120 = 80. Public Transportation:80(.50) = 40 employees. 80 - 40 = 40 employees. The answer is 40.
[Question]Building one birdhouse requires 7 planks and 20 nails. If 1 nail costs $0.05, and one plank costs $3, what is the cost, in dollars, to build 4 birdhouses?
[Answer]The cost of the planks for one birdhouse is 7 * 3 = $21. And the nails are a cost of 20 * 0.05 = $1 for each birdhouse. So to build one birdhouse one will need 21 + 1 = $22. So the cost of building 4 birdhouses is at 4 * 22 = $88. The answer is 88.
Q: At peak hours, 11 am - 1 pm and 5 pm - 6 pm, the local fast-food restaurant serves 12 cars every 15 minutes. Off-peak times, they serve 8 cars every 15 minutes. From 4 pm - 6 pm, how many customers do they serve?
A: 5 pm - 6 pm is one hour and they measure service in 15 - minute blocks so 60 / 15 = 4 15 min blocks. At peak times, they serve 12 cars every 15 minutes so they serve 12 * 4 = 48 cars in 60 minutes. Off peak times, 4pm - 5 pm, they serve 8 cars every 15 minutes so they serve 8 * 4 = 32 cars in 60 minutes. From 4pm - 5 pm they serve 32 cars and from 5pm - 6 pm they serve 48 cars so they serve 32 + 48 = 80 cars. The answer is 80.
Question: Jerry has an interesting novel he borrowed from a friend to read over the weekend. The book has 93 pages. On Saturday, he reads 30 pages. On Sunday, he goes to church and comes back, sits down, and reads 20 pages of the book. How many pages are remaining before Jerry can finish the book?
Answer:
When Jerry reads 30 pages on Saturday, he would be remaining with 93 - 30 = 63 pages. After reading an additional 20 pages on Sunday, he would be remaining with 63 – 20 = 43 pages. The answer is 43.