[Question]Randy feeds his pigs 10 pounds of feed per pig per day. If Randy has 2 pigs, how many pounds of pig feed will Randy's pigs be fed per week?
[Answer]2 pigs fed for 7 days is a total of 7 * 2 = 14 feedings. At 10 pounds per feeding, this amounts to a total of 10 * 14 = 140 pounds of pig feed per week. The answer is 140.
Q: Sue works in a factory and every 30 minutes, a machine she oversees produces 30 cans of soda. How many cans of soda can one machine produce in 8 hours?
A: Since there are 2 sets of 30 minutes in an hour, then in 8 hours there are 8 x 2 = 16 sets of 30 minutes. Hence, a machine that Sue oversees can produce 30 cans x 16 = 480 cans of soda in 8 hours. The answer is 480.
Question: Rose bought her mother one dozen flowers. Two of the flowers are daisies. Three-fifths of the remaining flowers are tulips and the rest are sunflowers. How many sunflowers are there?
Answer: One dozen of flowers is equal to 1 x 12 = 12 flowers. There are 12 - 2 = 10 flowers that are not daisies. So, 10 x 3 / 5 = 6 of the flowers are tulips. Therefore, there are 10 - 6 = 4 sunflowers. The answer is 4.
[Question]Jeffrey owns a poultry farm with 12 hens. For every 3 hens, there is 1 rooster. Each hen has 5 chicks. How many chickens are there in all?
[Answer]Jeffrey's poultry farm has 12 / 3 = 4 roosters. There are 12 * 5 = 60 chicks. Thus, there are 12 + 4 + 60 = 76 chickens on the poultry farm. The answer is 76.
Q: John buys 20 bars of soap each weighing 1.5 pounds for $.5 per pound. How much money did he spend on soap?
A: He bought 20 * 1.5 = 30 pounds of soap. That cost 30 * .5 = $15. The answer is 15.
Question: John buys a vacuum cleaner for $250 and a dishwasher for $450. She has a $75 off coupon. How much did he spend?
Answer:
The combined price was 250 + 450 = $700. So he paid 700 - 75 = $625. The answer is 625.