Question: A one-year subscription to a newspaper is offered with a 45% discount. How much does the discounted subscription cost if a subscription normally costs $80?
Answer: We calculate first the discount: 80 * 45 / 100 = $36. So, the discounted subscription amounts to 80 – 36 = $44. The answer is 44.
[Question]Grace is looking to plant some lettuce in her raised bed garden. Her raised bed is comprised of 2 large beds on top with 2 medium beds on the bottom. The top bed can hold 4 rows of lettuce with 25 seeds being sown per row. The medium bed can house 3 rows with 20 seeds being sown per row. How many seeds can Grace plant in all four beds of her raised bed garden?
[Answer]A large bed can hold 4 rows with 25 seeds per row, 4 * 25 = 100 seeds per large bed. 100 seeds per large bed and there are 2 beds, 100 * 2 = 200 seeds needed in total for both large beds. A medium bed can hold 3 rows with 20 seeds sown per row, 3 * 20 = 60 seeds per medium bed. 60 seeds per medium bed and there are 2 medium beds, 60 * 2 = 120 seeds needed in total for both medium beds. 200 seeds needed for the large beds combined with 120 seeds needed for the medium beds comes to 200 + 120 = 320 seeds needed to plant all four beds of the raised garden bed. The answer is 320.
Q: Betty is saving money for a new wallet which costs $100. Betty has only half of the money she needs. Her parents decided to give her $15 for that purpose, and her grandparents twice as much as her parents. How much more money does Betty need to buy the wallet?
A: In the beginning, Betty has only 100 / 2 = $50. Betty's grandparents gave her 15 * 2 = $30. This means, Betty needs 100 - 50 - 30 - 15 = $5 more. The answer is 5.
Question: Johnny TV makes 25 percent more movies than L&J Productions each year. If L&J Productions produces 220 movies in a year, how many movies does the two production companies produce in five years combined?
Answer: Johnny TV makes 25 / 100 * 220 = 55 more movies than L&J Productions each year. The total number of movies that Johnny TV makes in a year is 220 + 55 = 275. Together, Johnny TV and L&J Productions make 275 + 220 = 495 movies in a year. In five years, the two companies make 495 * 5 = 2475 movies. The answer is 2475.
[Question]Tom decides to renovate a house. There are 3 bedrooms and each bedroom takes 4 hours to renovate. The kitchen takes 50% longer than each bedroom. The living room took twice as much time as everything else combined. How long did everything take?
[Answer]The kitchen took 4 * .5 = 2 hours longer than the bedrooms. So the kitchen took 4 + 2 = 6 hours. The bedrooms took 3 * 4 = 12 hours. So the kitchen and bedrooms combined took 12 + 6 = 18 hours. The living room took 18 * 2 = 36 hours. So everything took a total of 18 + 36 = 54 hours. The answer is 54.
[Question]Lee mows one lawn and charges $33. Last week he mowed 16 lawns and three customers each gave him a $10 tip. How many dollars did Lee earn mowing lawns last week?
[Answer]
33 * 16 = $528. 3 * 10 = $30. 528 + 30 = $558. Lee earned $558 mowing lawns last week. The answer is 558.