Question: Bronson is an apple dealer. He buys apples from farmers and then transports them to the grocery stores and sells them for profit. He buys individual apples from farmers at a cost of $12 per bushel, and sells them to the stores at a price of $0.40 per apple. If each bushel contains 48 apples, then how much profit, in dollars, does he make after selling 100 apples?
Answer: At a cost of $12 per bushel, and with 48 apples per bushel, then each apple costs Bronson $12 / 48 = $0.25. If he sells the apples to the stores at $0.40 per apple, then he makes a profit of $0.40 - $0.25 = $0.15 per apple. After selling 100 apples to the store, his profit would be 100 * $0.15 = $15. The answer is 15.
[Question]Jame gets 20 singing lessons. He gets the first lesson free and after the first 10 paid lessons he only needs to pay for every other lesson. Each lesson is $5. His uncle pays for half. How much does James pay?
[Answer]The first lesson is free. The lessons 2 to 11 cost 10 * $5 = $50. He then had 9 remaining lessons where he had to pay for every other one. So he pays for lessons 13,15,17&19 = 4 lessons. Those lessons cost 4 * $5 = $20. So in total, the cost was $50 + $20 = $70. So he paid $70 / 2 = $35. The answer is 35.
Q: Maddy is in college for 8 semesters. She needs 120 credits to graduate. If each class is 3 credits, how many classes does she need to take per semester?
A: 120 credits / 3 credits is 40. 40 credits / 8 semester = 5 classes per semester. Maddy needs to take 5 classes per semester. The answer is 5.
Question: On a construction site, a mason has to build 6 courses of a wall, each having 10 bricks per course. He has to build 4 such walls and realized he won't be able to finish two courses of the last wall because there were not enough bricks. What's the total number of bricks that he has used?
Answer: If he has to build 4 walls, each having 6 courses, the total number of courses to be built is 4 * 6 = 24 courses. If each course has 10 bricks, then the total of bricks for the courses is 24 * 10 = 240 bricks. The total number of bricks missing to finish the last wall is 2 * 10 = 20 bricks. The total number of used bricks is 240 - 20 = 220 bricks. The answer is 220.
[Question]To raise funds for her local soup kitchen, Didi enlisted the help of her family, friends, and neighbors. They donated 10 same-size cakes that she sliced into 8 slices per cake and started selling a slice for $1. A local business owner was so impressed by Didi's efforts that she offered to donate 50 cents for each slice Didi sold. A second business owner also offered to donate a quarter for each slice sold. If Didi sold all the slices, how much money did she raise?
[Answer]All the cakes yielded 10 * 8 = 80 slices. Since Didi was selling each slice for $1, it means she sold everything for 80 * 1 = 80 dollars. The first business owner donated 50 / 100 * 80 = 40 dollars. The second business owner donated 25 / 100 * 80 = 20 dollars. Adding both amounts gives 80 + 40 + 20 = 140 dollars. The answer is 140.
[Question]A man intends to complete a journey of 24 km in 8 hours. If he travels at a speed of 4km/hr for the first four hours, at what speed does he need to travel for the remainder of the journey to be right on time?
[Answer]
He covers 4km / hr * 4hrs = 16km in the first 4 hours. He has 24 - 16 = 8km left to cover. He has 8 - 4 = 4 hours to cover the remaining 8km. He has to travel at a speed of 8km / 4hrs = 2km / hr to be right on time. The answer is 2.