Q: Ruth is counting the number of spots on her cow. The cow has 16 spots on its left side and three times that number plus 7 on its right side. How many spots does it have total?
A: First multiply the number of spots on the left side by 3: 16 spots * 3 = 48 spots. Then add 7 to find the number of spots on the right side: 48 spots + 7 spots = 55 spots. Then add the number of spots on each side to find the total number of spots: 55 spots + 16 spots = 71 spots. The answer is 71.
Question: Candy baked four trays with 24 cookies in each tray. She then divided the cookies equally into eight packs. How many cookies did Candy place in each pack?
Answer: Cand baked a total of 4 x 24 = 96 cookies. Therefore, Candy placed 96 / 8 = 12 cookies in each pack. The answer is 12.
[Question]The Eat "N Go Mobile Sausage Sandwich Shop specializes in the sale of spicy sausage sandwiches served on a toasted bun. Each sausage sandwich comes with four strips of jalapeno pepper, one sausage patty, and a tablespoon of Stephen's famous special sauce. If a single jalapeno pepper makes 8 slices, and the Sandwich Shop serves a sandwich every 5 minutes, how many jalapeno peppers are required by the Sandwich Shop to serve all customers during an 8-hour day?
[Answer]If each sandwich comes with 4 strips of pepper, and each pepper makes 8 slices, then each sandwich uses 4 / 8 = 0.5 pepper. If the Sandwich Shop serves a sandwich every 5 minutes, then per hour the Shop serves 60 / 5 = 12 sandwiches. Thus, per hour, the Shop uses 12 * 0.5 = 6 jalapeno peppers. And in an 8 - hour day, the Sandwich Shop uses 8 * 6 = 48 jalapeno peppers. The answer is 48.
Q: Nina wants to buy a new video game with her allowance money. The game cost 50 dollars. Nina also has learned that there is a 10 percent sales tax. She receives 10 dollars a week as an allowance, and thinks she can save half of that. How many weeks will it take for Nina to be able to buy the new video game with her savings?
A: The 10 percent tax on 50 dollars will be 10 / 100 x 50 = 5 dollars. The cost of the game and the tax will be 50 + 5 = 55 dollars. Nina will save half of her allowance every week, or 10 / 2 = 5 dollars per week. The total cost of the game and tax, divided by Nina's weekly savings is 55 / 5 = 11 weeks. The answer is 11.
Question: Ben has 8 apples more than Phillip does. Tom has three eighths as many apples at Ben has. If Phillip has 40 apples, how many apples does Tom have?
Answer: Ben has 40 + 8 = 48 apples. There are 48 / 8 = 6 apples in every eighth. Tom has 6 * 3 = 18 apples. The answer is 18.
Q: Tim used to run 3 times a week but decided to add an extra 2 days a week. She runs 1 hour in the morning and 1 in the evening every day she runs. How many hours a week does she run now?
A:
He now runs 3 + 2 = 5 times a week. Each day he runs for 1 + 1 = 2 hours. So he runs 2 * 5 = 10 hours a week. The answer is 10.