Question: Clarissa is responsible for getting 10 copies of a manuscript printed and having each copy bound. The printers charge $0.05 per page to copy it and $5.00 per manuscript to have it bound. If the manuscript is 400 pages, how much will it cost to have it copied and bound 10 times?
Answer: The manuscript is 400 pages and the printers charge $0.05 per page for a total of 400 * .05 = $20.00 per manuscript. She needs 10 copies made and it costs $20.00 per manuscript so that's 10 * 20 = $200.00. She also needs each of the 10 copies to be bound, which is $5.00 per manuscript so that's 5 * 10 = $50.00. It will cost $200.00 to have them printed and $50.00 to have them bound for a total of 200 + 50 = $250.00. The answer is 250.
[Question]On Monday Samson ate 3 sandwiches at lunch and ate twice as many at dinner. The next morning, he felt sick from eating all those sandwiches, so he only ate one sandwich for breakfast. How many more sandwiches in total did Samson eat on Monday than Tuesday?
[Answer]Samson ate 3 sandwiches x 2 = 6 sandwiches at dinner on Monday. He ate 3 sandwiches + 6 sandwiches = 9 sandwiches total on Monday. Therefore, he ate 9 sandwiches - 1 sandwich = 8 more sandwiches on Monday than Tuesday. The answer is 8.
Q: James takes up dancing for fitness. He loses twice as many calories per hour as he did when he was walking. He dances twice a day for .5 hours each time and he does this 4 times a week. He burned 300 calories an hour walking. How many calories does he lose a week from dancing?
A: He burns 2 * 300 = 600 calories an hour. He dances for .5 * 2 = 1 hour per day. So he burns 600 * 1 = 600 calories per day. So he burns 600 * 4 = 2400 calories per week. The answer is 2400.
Question: Lard decides to share a pizza with his friend Jelly. He takes a whole, uncut pepperoni pizza and cuts it in half. He then cuts these halves in half and gives one of the slices to Jelly. Assuming the pizza started with 40 evenly spread slices of pepperoni, how many slices of it are on the slice Lard gives Jelly if 1 of them falls off the slice when Lard picks it up?
Answer: First, we need to determine how many slices the pizza was cut into. To do this, we start by performing 1 * 2 = 2 slices after the pizza was cut in half once. Each of these slices was cut in half again, yielding 2 * 2 = 4 slices in total. Next, we divide the total amount of pepperoni slices by the number of pizza slices, as the pepperoni was spread evenly. We find there are 40 / 4 = 10 slices of pepperoni per pizza slice. Since 1 slice of pepperoni fell off Jelly's slice, this means there are 10 - 1 = 9 slices left on her slice. The answer is 9.
[Question]Harris feeds his dog 1 large organic carrot over the course of 1 day. There are 5 carrots in a 1 pound bag and each bag costs $2.00. In one year, how much will Harris spend on carrots?
[Answer]His dog gets 1 carrot a day and there are 365 days in a year, so his dog eats 1 * 365 = 365 carrots. There are 5 carrots per bag and he will need 365 carrots, so that's 365 / 5 = 73 bags of carrots. The bags cost $2.00 and he will need 73 bags so that's $2 * 73 = $146.00 worth of organic carrots. The answer is 146.
[Question]Anna goes trick-or-treating in a subdivision where she gets 14 pieces of candy per house. Her brother Billy goes trick-or-tricking in a neighboring subdivision where he gets 11 pieces of candy per house. If the first subdivision has 60 houses and the second subdivision has 75 houses, how many more pieces of candy does Anna get?
[Answer]
First find the total number of pieces of candy Anna gets: 14 pieces / house * 60 houses = 840 pieces. Then find the total number of pieces of candy Billy gets: 11 pieces / house * 75 houses = 825 pieces. Then subtract the number of pieces Billy gets from the number Anna gets to find the difference: 840 pieces - 825 pieces = 15 pieces. The answer is 15.