Question: While Greg was camping with his family for a week, it rained for 3 days. When he looked at the weather records, he saw that the amount of rain was 3 mm, 6 mm, and 5 mm on the three days. During the same week, it rained 26 mm at his house. How much less rain did Greg experience while camping?
Answer: While camping there was 3 + 6 + 5 = 14 mm of rain in 3 days. Greg experienced 26 – 14 = 12 mm less rain at the campsite. The answer is 12.
[Question]Ayla has a customer care job whose primary role is to hear complaints from customers and advise them on the best way to solve their problems. She talks with each customer for a limited amount of time, and each phone call is charged five cents per minute. If each call lasts 1 hour, what's the phone bill at the end of the month if she manages to talk to 50 customers a week?
[Answer]An hour has 60 minutes. If each call lasts an hour, the total amount of money charged is 60 * .05 = $3 for 1 customer. When she talks to 50 clients in a week, the total amount of money charged is 50 * 3 = $150. In a month of 4 weeks, the phone bill is 150 * 4 = $600. The answer is 600.
Q: Joe plays a soccer tournament with his team. Matches won score 3 points for the winning team and tied matches score 1 point for both teams. Joe and his team won 1 game and drew 3. The first-place team has won 2 games and tied 2. By how many points did the first-place team beat Joe's team?
A: For 1 match won, Joe's team scored 1 * 3 = 3 points. For 3 tied games, Joe's team scored 3 * 1 = 3 points. In total, Joe's team scored 3 + 3 = 6 points. For 2 games won, the first - place team scored 2 * 3 = 6 points. For 2 tied games, the first - place team scored 2 * 1 = 2 points. In total, the first - place team scored 6 + 2 = 8 points. The first - place team outscored Joe's team by 8 - 6 = 2 points. The answer is 2.
Question: Chance boarded a plane departing from London to New York at 6:00 a.m. ET on Monday. He arrived in New York 18 hours later. If he took another plane flying to Cape town the day he arrived in New York and arrived in Cape town at 10:00 a.m ET on Tuesday, calculate the number of hours his flight took from New York to cape town.
Answer: Eighteen hours later, after departing from London, Chance arrived in New York at 6:00 + 18 hours = 00:00 on Tuesday. If he arrived in cape town at 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, his flight took 10:00 - 00:00 = 10 hours. The answer is 10.
[Question]The centerpieces at Glenda’s wedding reception include a fishbowl containing 2 fish, except for one table that has 3 fish. There are 32 tables. How many fish are there?
[Answer]There are 32 tables with 2 fish in a bowl on each, so 32 tables x 2 fish = 64 fish. One table has an additional fish, so 64 fish + 1xtra fish = 65 fish. The answer is 65.
[Question]Caleb bought 10 cartons of ice cream and 4 cartons of frozen yoghurt. Each carton of ice cream cost $4 and each carton of frozen yoghurt cost $1. How much more did Caleb spend on ice cream than on frozen yoghurt?
[Answer]
The cost of the ice cream is 10 × $4 = $40. The cost of the frozen yoghurt is 4 × $1 = $4. Caleb spent $40 − $4 = $36 more on ice cream than on frozen yogurt. The answer is 36.