[Question]Mason opens the hood of his car and discovers that squirrels have been using his engine compartment to store nuts. If 2 busy squirrels have been stockpiling 30 nuts/day and one sleepy squirrel has been stockpiling 20 nuts/day, all for 40 days, how many nuts are in Mason's car?
[Answer]First find the number of nuts the two busy squirrels gather per day: 2 squirrels * 30 nuts / day / squirrel = 60 nuts / day. Then add the number the sleepy squirrel gathers each day: 60 nuts / day + 20 nuts / day = 80 nuts / day. Then multiply the number of nuts gathered daily by the number of days to find the total number of nuts gathered: 80 nuts / day * 40 days = 3200 nuts. The answer is 3200.
Q: MIlle is making snack packs for her kindergarten class. She's going to divide 64 pretzels, four times as many goldfish, and 32 suckers into baggies for the 16 kids in the class. How many items does each baggie have?
A: First find the total number of goldfish Millie adds: 64 pretzels * 4 goldfish / pretzel = 256 goldfish. Then add the number of each kind of snack to find the total: 256 goldfish + 64 pretzels + 32 suckers = 352 snacks. Then divide the total number of snacks by the number of baggies to find the number of snacks per baggie: 352 snacks / 16 baggies = 22 snacks / baggie. The answer is 22.
Question: The card shop has two boxes of cards. The first box contains cards that cost $1.25 each. The second box contains cards that cost $1.75 each. A boy then comes in and buys 6 cards from each box. What was the total cost, in dollars, of the cards he bought?
Answer: The cost of one card from each box in total is 1.25 + 1.75 = 3 dollars. The total cost of cards the boy bought is 3 * 6 = 18 dollars. The answer is 18.
[Question]Kurt's old refrigerator cost $0.85 a day in electricity. He recently bought a new energy-efficient refrigerator that only cost $0.45 a day in electricity. How much money does Kurt save in a 30-day month with his new refrigerator?
[Answer]The old refrigerator costs $0.85 a day so for 30 days it costs .85 * 30 = $25.50. The new refrigerator costs $0.45 a day so for 30 days it costs .45 * 30 = $13.50. Over 30 days, Kurt saves 25.50 - 13.50 = $12.00 a month with his new refrigerator. The answer is 12.
Q: Monika went out for the day and spent some money. She went to the mall and spent $250. Then, she went to the movies and watched 3 movies back to back that each cost $24. Then she stopped by the farmer's market on her way home and got 20 bags of beans at $1.25/bag. How much money did Monika spend throughout her day?
A: Monika spent 24 * 3 = 72 dollars at the movies. Monika spent 20 * 1.25 = 25 dollars at the farmers market. Throughout her day, Monika spent 250 + 72 + 25 = 347 dollars. The answer is 347.
Question: Mark started the day with 14 buttons. His friend Shane gave him 3 times that amount of buttons. Then his other friend Sam asked if he could have half of Mark’s buttons. How many buttons did Mark end up with?
Answer:
Shane gave Mark 14 * 3 = 42 buttons. After that Mark had 42 + 14 = 56 buttons. Then Mark gave 56 / 2 = 28 buttons to Shane. Which left Mark with 28 buttons. The answer is 28.