Question: Shelly makes braided keychains for her friends at school. Each keychain takes 12 inches of thread to braid. This year, she made six friends in classes and half that number from after-school clubs. She wants to make each of them a keychain. How many inches of thread does Shelly need?
Answer: Shelly made 6 / 2 = 3 friends from after - school clubs. She made 6 + 3 = 9 new friends at school this year. Shelly will need 9 * 12 = 108 inches of thread to make each friend a keychain. The answer is 108.
[Question]Carrie works for $8 an hour and 35 hours a week at her job. It’s been a month since she started working there. She has saved up all of her money because she wants to buy a bike for $400. How much money will she have left over after she buys her bike?
[Answer]It will be easy to solve the problem by first calculating how much money she makes in a week at her job by multiplying her hourly rate by the number of hours she works in a week: $8 * 35 = $280 in a week. The weekly earnings need to be multiplied by the number of weeks in a month to get how much she made in a month: $280 * 4 = $1120. The bike’s cost must be subtracted from her earnings made in a month to get how much money is left over after purchasing the bike: $1120 - $400 = $720 is left over after purchasing her bike. The answer is 720.
Q: Liam is teaching art to a group of 10 students. He has 20 art kits that he hands out to the students to share, 1 art kit for 2 students. From those art kits half the students make 3 artworks each and half the students make 4 artworks each. How many artistic works does the whole class create?
A: There are 10 students in Liam's art class and 1 / 2 of them make a different amount of artworks than the other half, 1 / 2 x 10 = 5 students. 5 students make 3 artworks each, 5 x 3 = 15 artworks. The other 5 students make 4 artworks each, 5 x 4 = 20 artworks. Combined, the students in the class make 15 + 20 = 35 artworks. The answer is 35.
Question: A piece of wire 5 feet 4 inches long was divided into 4 equal parts. How long was each part in inches if 1 foot is equal to 12 inches?
Answer: Five feet is equal to 5 feet x 12 inches / foot = 60 inches. So, the total length of the wire was 60 inches + 4 inches = 64 inches. Hence, each part is 64 inches / 4 parts = 16 inches / part. The answer is 16.
[Question]Caleb and his dad went fishing at the lake. Caleb caught 2 trouts and his dad caught three times as much as Caleb. How many more trouts did his dad catch compared to Caleb?
[Answer]Caleb’s dad caught 2 x 3 = 6 trouts. His dad caught 6 - 2 = 4 more trouts than Caleb. The answer is 4.
[Question]Randy has $200 in his piggy bank. He spends 2 dollars every time he goes to the store. He makes 4 trips to the store every month. How much money, in dollars, will be in his piggy bank after a year?
[Answer]
Randy spends 2 * 4 = 8 dollars every month. Randy spends 8 * 12 = 96 dollars in a year. Randy will have 200 - 96 = 104 dollars in his piggy bank after a year. The answer is 104.