Question: Mason, Noah and Jacob want to have an eating contest but can't agree on what food to eat. Mason wants hot dogs, Noah insists on burgers, and Jacob thinks they should eat pies. They finally agree that everyone can eat whatever they want and they'll use the weight of the food to determine who wins. A hot dog weighs 2 ounces, a burger weighs 5 ounces, and a pie weighs 10 ounces. Jacob eats three fewer pies than Noah eats burgers. Mason eats 3 times as many hotdogs as the number of pies consumed by Jacob. If Noah ate 8 burgers, what is the total weight of the hotdogs that Mason ate?
Answer: Jacob ate 8 – 3 = 5 pies. Noah ate 5 * 3 = 15 hotdogs. The total weight of the hotdogs was 15 * 2 ounces = 30 ounces. The answer is 30.
[Question]Barney can perform 45 sit-ups in one minute. Carrie can do twice as many sit-ups per minute as Barney can. And Jerrie can do 5 more sit-ups per minute than Carrie can do. If Barney does sit-ups for 1 minute, and Carrie does sit-ups for two minutes, and Jerrie does sit-ups for three minutes, what would be the combined total number of sit-ups performed?
[Answer]Carrie can do 2 * 45 = 90 sit - ups per minute. Jerrie can do 90 + 5 = 95 sit - ups per minute. In two minutes, Carrie would perform 90 * 2 - 180 sit - ups. And in three minutes, Jerrie would perform 3 * 95 = 285 sit - ups. Thus, in the scenario described, in total, the three would perform 45 + 180 + 285 = 510 sit - ups. The answer is 510.
Q: A store sells pencils and erasers. It has a rule that for every pencil you buy, you must buy 2 erasers which cost 1/2 the price of the pencils. If they sold 20 pencils and earned $80, how much do erasers cost?
A: They sold 40 erasers because 20 x 2 = 40. Therefore 20(Pencil Price) + (1 / 2)(40 x Pencil Price) = 80. Therefore 40(Pencil Price) = 80. Therefore (Pencil Price) equals 2 because 80 / 40 = 2. An eraser costs $1 because 2 / 2 = 1. The answer is 1.
Question: Bob buys 50 feet of rope. He uses a 5th of it to make a small piece of art. He takes the rest and gives half of it to the friend. After that, he cuts 2-foot sections. How many sections does he get?
Answer: He cuts off 50 / 5 = 10 feet. So he has 50 - 10 = 40 feet left. He gives half away which means he has 40 / 2 = 20 feet. So he has 20 / 2 = 10 sections. The answer is 10.
[Question]The rate for mowing a lawn is $14 per hour. David mowed for 2 hours a day for a week. He then spent half of the money he made from mowing a lawn on a pair of shoes and gave half of the remaining money to his mom. How much money did he have left?
[Answer]David got $14 / hour x 2 hours / day = $28 per day from mowing. So in a week, he had $28 / day x 7 days = $196. A pair of shoes cost $196 / 2 = $98. David gave his mom $98 / 2 = $49. The total amount he spent and gave is $98 + $49 = $147. David is left with $196 - $147 = $49. The answer is 49.
[Question]Jonathan eats 2500 calories every day except for Saturday, when he consumes an extra 1000 calories. He burns 3000 calories every day. What is his weekly caloric deficit?
[Answer]
He consumes 2500 + 1000 = 3500 calories on Saturday. He consumes 2500 * 6 + 3500 = 18500 calories in the week. He burns 3000 * 7 = 21000 calories in the week. His caloric deficit is 21000 - 18500 = 2500 calories per week. The answer is 2500.