Question: 2 tablespoons of popcorn kernels will make 4 cups of popcorn. For movie night, Joanie wants 3 cups of popcorn, Mitchell wants 4 cups of popcorn, Miles and Davis said they would split 6 cups of popcorn and Cliff said he would only eat 3 cups. How many tablespoons of popcorn kernels will they need?
Answer: If Joanie wants 3 cups, Mitchell wants 4 cups, Miles & Davis want 6 cups and Cliff wants 3 cups then they want 3 + 4 + 6 + 3 = 16 cups of popcorn. Every 2 tablespoons makes 4 cups and they want 16 cups so 16 / 4 = 4 groups of 2 tablespoons are needed. Thus they need 4 * 2 = 8 tablespoons in total. The answer is 8.
[Question]Mike decides to do more pull-ups to increase his strength for climbing. He uses the greasing the groove technique where every time he goes into a certain room he does 2 pull-ups. He decides to use his office. He goes in there 5 times a day every day. How many pull-ups does he do a week?
[Answer]He does 5 * 2 = 10 pull - ups a day. So he does 10 * 7 = 70 pull - ups a week. The answer is 70.
Q: In a factory, there are 3 machines working 23 hours a day. The owner decided to buy a fourth machine, which works only 12 hours a day. One machine can produce 2 kg of material every hour. The factory sells the produced material for $50 per 1 kg. How much can this factory earn in one day?
A: The total runtime for the first three machines is 3 machines * 23 hours / day / machine = 69 hours / day. So these machines could produce 69 hours / day * 2 kg / hour = 138 kg / day. The fourth machine could produce 12 hours / day * 2 kg / hour = 24 kg / day of material. In total all the machines would produce 138 kg / day + 24 kg / day = 162 kg / day of material. The factory would therefore earn 162 kg / day * $50 / kg = $8100 / day. The answer is 8100.
Question: There are 8 men at a yoga studio with an average weight of 190 pounds and 6 women with an average weight of 120 pounds. What is the average weight of all 14 men and women?
Answer: The total weight for the 8 men is 8 men * 190 pounds per man = 1520 pounds. The total weight for the 6 women is 6 women * 120 pounds per woman = 720 pounds. The total weight for 14 men and women is 1520 pounds + 720 pounds = 2240 pounds. The average weight per person is 2240 pounds / 14 men and women = 160 pounds. The answer is 160.
[Question]James decides to buy two suits. The first is an off-the-rack suit which costs $300. The second is a tailored suit that costs three as much plus an extra $200 for tailoring. How much did he pay for both suits?
[Answer]The second suit cost 300 * 3 = $900. After tailoring the second suit cost 900 + 200 = $1100. So the total cost was 1100 + 300 = $1400. The answer is 1400.
[Question]During a unit on probability, a teacher surveys her class asking her students two questions. The first question was whether they prefer dogs or cats, and the second question was whether they movies or video games. Of the 30 students in her class, 50% chose dogs and video games as their two answers, while 10% chose dogs and movies as their two answers. In total, how many students in this teacher's class prefer dogs over cats?
[Answer]
The 50% of the class that chose dogs and video games amounts to 30 * 0.5 = 15 students who prefer dogs over cats. Similarly, the 10% that chose dogs and movies amount to 30 * 0.1 = 3 students who prefer dogs over cats. Because these are the only two ways that a student could indicate their preference for dogs, and because these groups do not overlap, a total of 15 + 3 = 18 students favor dogs over cats in this teacher's class. The answer is 18.