[Question]Maddie watches 8 episodes of a TV show this week. Each episode is about 44 minutes long. If she watches 138 minutes of the show on Monday. She does not watch any TV on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday, she watches 21 minutes. On Friday, she watches 2 episodes. How many more minutes did she watch over the weekend?
[Answer]Maddie watches a total of 8 * 44 = 352 minutes of the TV show during the week. On Friday, she watches 2 * 44 = 88 minutes. On Monday, Thursday, and Friday, she watches 138 + 21 + 88 = 247 minutes. Thus, on the weekend she watches 352 - 247 = 105 minutes of the TV show. The answer is 105.
Q: Harper needs to buy teacher appreciation gifts for her children's teachers. Her son has 3 different teachers and her daughter has 4. If she spent $70 on gifts, how much did each gift cost?
A: Her son has 3 teachers and her daughter has 4, so together they have 3 + 4 = 7 teachers. Harper has already spent $70 on 7 gifts, so she spent $70 / 7 = $10 per gift. The answer is 10.
Question: A supermarket receives a delivery of 15 cases of tins of beans. Each case contains 24 tins. If 5% of the tins are damaged and thrown away, how many tins of beans are left?
Answer: The supermarket has 15 cases 24 tins / case = 360 tins of beans delivered to them. There are 360 tins 0.05 = 18 tins that are damaged and unsellable. So in the end, there are 360 tins - 18 tins = 342 tins of beans that are left. The answer is 342.
[Question]A gecko lays 30 eggs per year. 20 percent of them are infertile, and a third of the remaining eggs will not hatch due to calcification issues. How many eggs actually hatch?
[Answer]Infertile:30(.20) = 6. 30 - 6 = 24 eggs remain. Calcification Issues:24(1 / 3) = 8. 24 - 8 = 16 eggs that will hatch. The answer is 16.
Q: Mitzel spent 35% of her allowance. If she spent $14, how much money is left in her allowance?
A: If 35% represents 14, then 100 - 35 = 65 represents the amount left of her allowance. The amount she didn't use is 65 * 14 / 35 = 26. The answer is 26.
Question: There were 15 males and 10 more girls at the party. Each attendee received 2 cans of soft drinks. If Mary bought several boxes of soft drinks where a box contains 8 cans and is priced at $5 for each box, how much did Mary spend on soft drinks?
Answer:
There were 10 + 15 = 25 girls in the party. So, there were a total of 15 + 25 = 40 attendees. 40 x 2 = 80 cans of soft drinks are needed. So, Mary bought 80 / 8 = 10 boxes of soft drinks. Therefore, Mary spent 10 x $5 = $50 on soft drinks. The answer is 50.