Q: Faith is getting paid $13.50 per hour. She normally works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, plus 2 hours of overtime per day. How much will she earn by the end of the week?
A: Faith earns $13.50 x 8 = $108 per day. Since she works 5 days a week, she earns 5 x $108 = $540 per week. She gets an additional 2 x $13.50 = $27 per day for the overtime pay. She earns a total of $27 x 5 = $135 additional pay for her weekly overtime. Therefore, Faith earns $540 + $135 = $675 per week. The answer is 675.
Question: Emma is 7 years old. If her sister is 9 years older than her, how old will Emma be when her sister is 56?
Answer: Emma’s sister is 7 + 9 = 16 years old. In this many years, Emma’s sister will be 56 years old: 56 - 16 = 40 years. When her sister is 56 years old, Emma will be 7 + 40 = 47 years. The answer is 47.
[Question]Sarah's age is equal to three times Mark's age minus 4. Mark is four years older than Billy. Billy is half Ana's age. If Ana will be 15 in 3 years, how old is Sarah?
[Answer]First figure out how old Ana is right now by subtracting 3 from 15: 15 - 3 = 12. Next, figure out how old Billy is by dividing Ana's age by 2: 12 / 2 = 6. Now figure out how old Mark is by adding 4 to Billy's age: 6 + 4 = 10. Now, to figure out Sarah's age, first multiply Mark's age by 3: 10 * 3 = 30. Finally, subtract 4 from triple Mark's age to find Sarah's age: 30 - 4 = 26. The answer is 26.
Q: Linda is repainting her bedroom. The wall area is 600 sq. ft. If a gallon of paint can cover 400 sq. ft., how many gallon cans of paint will Linda have to buy if she wants to do two coats?
A: Linda wants to do two coats, so the total area she will be painting is 2 coats * 600 sq. ft. / coat = 1200 sq. ft. A gallon of paint will cover 400 sq. ft., so Linda will need 1200 sq. ft. / 400 sq. ft. per can = 3 cans of paint. The answer is 3.
Question: If a basket is capable of holding 40 fruit altogether, and there are 3 times as many apples as oranges, how many oranges are there?
Answer: Since the ratio of apples to oranges is 3:1, that means for every 3 apples there is 1 orange. The size of this group is therefore 3 + 1 = 4. We then divide this group size into the total amount of fruit the basket is holding at this time, which is 40. This means there are 40 / 4 = 10 of these groups in total. Since there are 10 of these groups in total, that means there are 10 * 1 = 10 oranges in the basket. The answer is 10.
Q: Chandra is going on a monster hunt. After a big storm, there have been lost monsters all around the castle grounds for the last 5 days. Chandra wants to rope them all up and return them to the swamps where they will be the most comfortable. On the first day she saw 2 monsters near the castle walls. Every day after that she saw double the amount as the day before. After 5 days how many monsters does she need to lead back to the swamps?
A:
On the first day Chandra saw 2 monsters and on day 2 she saw twice that amount, 2 x 2 = 4 monsters seen on day 2. On day 3 she saw double that amount of monsters, 4 x 2 = 8. On day 4 she saw double that amount of monsters, 8 x 2 = 16. On day 5 she saw double that amount of monsters, 16 x 2 = 32. Altogether Chandra saw 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 lost monsters = 62 total lost monsters that Chandra needs to lead back to the swamps. The answer is 62.