In a certain country store, there are three kinds of bottled drinks. A cola, which costs $3, a juice for $1.5, and water for $1 per bottle. One day the store was able to sell 15 bottles of cola, 25 bottles of water, and 12 bottles of juice. How much did the shop earn?
Let's think: 15 bottles of cola is a cost of 15 * 3 = $45. 12 bottles of juice make up to 12 * 1.5 = $18. As each of the 25 sold water bottles was $1, the shop made a total of 45 + 18 + 25 = $88.. The answer is: 88.

A vegan restaurant serves three kinds of protein: seitan, beans, and lentils. There are ten dishes on their menu. Two have beans and lentils, and two have beans and seitan. The remaining dishes only have one kind of protein in them. Half of the remaining dishes have only beans, and there are three times as many dishes with only beans as with only seitan. How many dishes include lentils?
Let's think: The vegan restaurant serves 10 - 2 - 2 = 6 dishes with only one kind of protein. There are 6 / 2 = 3 dishes with only beans. There is 3 / 3 = 1 dish with only seitan. Thus, there are 6 - 3 - 1 = 2 dishes with only lentils. There are also 2 dishes with beans and lentils, so there are 2 + 2 = 4 dishes that include lentils.. The answer is: 4.

Jake's neighbors hire him to mow their lawn and plant some flowers. Mowing the lawn takes 1 hour and pays $15. If Jake wants to make $20/hour working for the neighbors, and planting the flowers takes 2 hours, how much should Jake charge (in total, not per hour) for planting the flowers?
Let's think: First figure out how many hours total Jake works by adding the time spent mowing the lawn to the time spent planting flowers: 1 hour + 2 hours = 3 hours. Then figure out how much money Jake makes if he earns $20 / hour for three hours by multiplying the time spent by the pay rate: $20 / hour * 3 hours = $60. Then subtract the money Jake gets paid for mowing the lawn from the total to find how much he should charge in total for planting the flowers: $60 - $15 = $45.. The answer is: 45.

Sheena is sewing the bridesmaid’s dresses for her sister’s wedding. She can sew one dress in 12 hours. There are 5 bridesmaids in the wedding. If Sheena sews the dresses 4 hours each week, how many weeks will it take her to complete them?
Let's think:
It will take Sheena 12 hours x 5 bridesmaids = 60 hours to sew the dresses. It will take her 60 hours / 4 hours = 15 weeks.. The answer is: 15.