[Question]Blake needs to prime and paint 5 rooms in his house. Each room will require a gallon of primer and a gallon of paint. Currently the primer is $30.00 a gallon and they are offering 20% off. The paint costs $25.00 a gallon and is not on sale. How much will he spend on paint and primer?
[Answer]The primer is $30.00 with 20% off so that's 30 * .20 = $6.00 off. The primer is $30.00 and the discount is for $6.00 off so the sale price is 30 - 6 = $24.00 per gallon. Blake needs 5 gallons of primer that is $24.00 a gallon so that's 5 * 24 = $120.00. He needs 5 gallons of paint that cost $25.00 a gallon so that's 5 * 25 = $125.00. The primer is $120.00 and the paint is $125.00 so all total, he will spend 120 + 125 = $245.00 on paint and primer. The answer is 245.
Q: The post office receives 60 letters and 20 packages per day. How many pieces of mail does it handle in six months if all the months have 30 days?
A: First find the total number of pieces of mail the post office receives per day: 60 letters + 20 packages = 80 pieces of mail. Then multiply the daily amount of mail by the number of days per month: 80 pieces / day * 30 days / month = 2400 pieces / month. Then multiply that number by 6 to find the total number of pieces of mail handled: 2400 pieces / month * 6 months = 14400 pieces. The answer is 14400.
Question: Mike decides to do more pull-ups to increase his strength for climbing. He uses the greasing the groove technique where every time he goes into a certain room he does 2 pull-ups. He decides to use his office. He goes in there 5 times a day every day. How many pull-ups does he do a week?
Answer: He does 5 * 2 = 10 pull - ups a day. So he does 10 * 7 = 70 pull - ups a week. The answer is 70.
[Question]It takes Jennifer 20 minutes to groom each of her 2 long hair dachshunds. If she grooms her dogs every day, how many hours does she spend grooming her dogs in 30 days?
[Answer]She has 2 dogs and it takes 20 minutes to groom just 1 dog so it takes her 2 * 20 = 40 minutes per day to groom 2 dogs. In 30 days, she will have spent 30 * 40 = 1,200 minutes grooming her dogs. There are 60 minutes in an hour so she spends 1200 / 60 = 20 hours grooming her dogs. The answer is 20.
Q: An artist uses 3 ounces of paint for every large canvas they cover, and 2 ounces of paint for every small canvas they cover.  They have completed 3 large paintings and 4 small paintings.  How many ounces of paint have they used?
A: The large paintings have used 3 * 3 = 9 ounces. The small paintings have used 2 * 4 = 8 ounces. In total, all the paintings have used 9  + 8 = 17 ounces. The answer is 17.
Question: There are 20 boys and 11 girls in the second grade and twice that number in the third grade. How many students are in grades 2 and 3?
Answer:
There are 20 + 11 = 31 students in second grade. There are 31 x 2 = 62 students in third grade. In total, there are 31 + 62 = 93 students. The answer is 93.