Question: Tom weighs 150 kg. He manages to hold 1.5 times his weight in each hand while wearing a weight vest weighing half his weight. How much total weight was he moving with?
Answer: He was carrying 150 * 1.5 = 225 kg in each hand. So he had 225 * 2 = 450 kg in his hands. The weight vest weighed 150 * .5 = 75 kg. So he had a total of 450 + 75 = 525 kg he was moving. The answer is 525.
[Question]The Super Soup franchise had 23 stores in 2018. In 2019, the business opened 5 new stores, but closed the 2 that performed the worst. And in 2020, they opened 10 new stores, closing the 6 worst-performing. How many stores did Super Soup have at the end of 2020?
[Answer]The number of stores opened is 5 + 10 = 15. The number closed is 2 + 6 = 8. There were 23 + 15 - 8 = 30 stores open. The answer is 30.
Q: A taco truck buys 100 pounds of beef. They use .25 pounds of beef per taco. If they sell each taco for $2 and each taco takes $1.5 to make how much profit did they make if they used all the beef?
A: They made 100 / .25 = 400 tacos. Each taco gives a profit of 2 - 1.5 = $.5. So they made a profit of 400 * .5 = $200. The answer is 200.
Question: Aaron, Henry's brother, is 15 years old. Henry's sister is three times as old as Aaron. Henry is four times as old as his sister. What's the combined age of the siblings?
Answer: If Aaron is 15 years old, and his sister is 3 times as old as him, then the sister is 3 * 15 = 45 years old. Together, Aaron and his sister have a total age of 45 + 15 = 60 years. Henry is four times as old as the sister, meaning he is 45 * 4 = 180 years old. The three siblings together have a total age of 60 + 180 = 240 years. The answer is 240.
[Question]Scott wants to make and freeze a large batch of ratatouille. At the farmers' market he buys 5 pounds of eggplants and 4 pounds of zucchini at $2.00 a pound. He needs 4 pounds of tomatoes that are $3.50 a pound. The onions are $1.00 a pound and he needs 3 pounds. Then he needs a pound of basil which is sold for $2.50 per half pound. If this yields 4 quarts, how much does each quart cost?
[Answer]He buys 5 pounds of eggplants and 4 pounds of zucchini so he buys 5 + 4 = 9 pounds of produce. These 9 pounds are $2.00 a pound for a total of 9 * 2 = $18.00. He needs 4 pounds of tomatoes that are $3.50 a pound for a total of 4 * 3.50 = $14.00. He needs 3 pounds of onions that are $1.00 a pound so that's 3 * 1 = $3.00. The basil is sold by the half - pound and he needs a full pound so that's 2.50 * 2 = $5.00. The eggplants and zucchinis cost $18.00, the tomatoes are $14.00, the onions are $3.00 and the basil is $5.00 for a total of 18 + 14 + 3 + 5 = $40.00. This recipe makes 4 quarts and the total price of the vegetables was $40.00 so each quart costs 40 / 4 = $10.00. The answer is 10.
[Question]Rita is reading a five-chapter book with 95 pages. Each chapter has three pages more than the previous one. How many pages does the first chapter have?
[Answer]
Let P be the number of pages in the first chapter. The second chapter has P + 3 pages. The third chapter has P + 3 + 3 = P + 6 pages. The fourth chapter has P + 6 + 3 = P + 9 pages. The fifth chapter has P + 9 + 3 = P + 12 pages. The whole book has P + 3 + P + 6 + P + 9 + P + 12 = 5P + 30 = 95 pages. Thus, without the 30 extra pages from additional chapters, 5P = 95 - 30 = 65 pages. Therefore, the first chapter had P = 65 / 5 = 13 pages. The answer is 13.