[Question]Jerry is writing a script for a skit with three characters. The first character has eight more lines than the second character. The third character only has two lines. The second character has six more than three times the number of lines the third character has. How many lines does the first character in Jerry's skit script have?
[Answer]The second character has 6 + 3 * 2 = 6 + 6 = 12 lines. The first character has 12 + 8 = 20 lines. The answer is 20.
Q: DeShaun always wins the award in English class for reading the most books over the summer. This year is no different. Summer break is 80 days long. When he arrives, he notifies the teacher that he read 60 books over the summer. Each book averaged 320 pages long. The person closest to him read 75% as much as he did. How many pages did the second person read on average each day of break?
A: Deshaun read 19,200 pages because 60 x 320 = 19,200. The person closest to him read 14, 400 pages because 19,200 x .75 = 14,400. They read 180 pages a day because 14, 400 / 80 = 180. The answer is 180.
Question: Mike decides to develop a plot of land. He bought 200 acres for $70 per acre. After development, he sold half of the acreage for $200 per acre. How much profit did he make?
Answer: He bought the land for 200 * 70 = $14000. He sold 200 / 2 = 100 acres. He got 100 * 200 = $20,000 from selling this. So he made a profit of 20,000 - 14,000 = $6,000. The answer is 6000.
[Question]Shelby was having a movie party for her birthday. She and her mom made a dozen bags of buttered popcorn and 10 bags of caramel popcorn. Her brother Alan took 3 bags of buttered popcorn and 1 bag of caramel popcorn for his friends. How many bags of popcorn does Shelby have left for the party?
[Answer]Shelby and her mom made 12 bags of buttered popcorn + 10 bags of caramel popcorn = 22 bags. Of those 22 bags, her brother took 3 bags of buttered popcorn + 1 bag of caramel popcorn = 4 bags. So now Shelby has 22 bags 4 bags = 18 bags of popcorn left. The answer is 18.
Q: A pound of strawberries costs $2.20 and a pound of cherries costs 6 times as much as strawberries. If Briget will buy 5 pounds of strawberries and 5 pounds of cherries, how much will it cost?
A: Five pounds of strawberries cost $2.20 x 5 = $11. A pound of cherries costs $2.20 x 6 = $13.20. Five pounds of cherries cost $13.20 x 5 = $66. Therefore, it will cost Briget a total of $11 + $66 = $77. The answer is 77.
Question: For every 1 year a human ages, a dog ages 7 years. When Max is 3, how much older, in dog years, will his 3-year-old dog be?
Answer:
The 3 - year - old dog ages 7 years to one human year so he will technically be 3 * 7 = 21 years old in dog years. Max's dog will be 21 when Max turns 3 so the age difference is 21 - 3 = 18. The answer is 18.