[Question]Julie, Letitia and Anton decided to have dinner together at a nearby restaurant. Julie orders $10 worth of food, Letitia orders $20 worth of food, and Anton orders $30 worth of food. How much should each pay in tips if they want to split a 20% tip for the whole meal evenly?
[Answer]First, we need to determine how much the entire meal costs before we can determine the tip. We perform 10 + 20 + 30 = 60 dollars worth of food. Now we need to find out how much the total tip to be paid is, by multiplying 60 * .2 = 12 dollars in tips. Since they want to split this evenly amongst three people, this works out to 12 / 3 = 4 dollars in tips per person. The answer is 4.
Q: John decides to take up illustration. He draws and colors 10 pictures. It takes him 2 hours to draw each picture and 30% less time to color each picture. How long does he spend on all the pictures?
A: The coloring takes 2 * .3 = .6 hours less than the drawing. So it takes 2 - .6 = 1.4 hours per picture. So it takes him 2 + 1.4 = 3.4 hours per picture. That means it takes 3.4 * 10 = 34 hours. The answer is 34.
Question: Thomas is 6 years old. His older sister, Shay, is 13 years older than him and 5 years younger than their older brother, James. How old will James be by the time Thomas reaches his current age?
Answer: Shay is 6 + 13 = 19 years old. James is 19 + 5 = 24 years old. Thomas will be 24 in 24 - 6 = 18 years. James will be 24 + 18 = 42 years old. The answer is 42.
[Question]Last week, a farmer shipped 10 boxes of pomelos which had 240 pomelos in all. This week, the farmer shipped 20 boxes. How many dozens of pomelos did the farmer ship in all?
[Answer]There were 240 / 10 = 24 pomelos in a box. This means that each box has 24 / 12 = 2 dozens of pomelos since 1 dozen is equal to 12. The farmer shipped a total of 10 + 20 = 30 boxes. Thus, the farmer shipped a total of 30 x 2 = 60 dozens of pomelos. The answer is 60.
Q: Mimi picked up 2 dozen seashells on the beach. Kyle found twice as many shells as Mimi and put them in his pocket. Leigh grabbed one-third of the shells that Kyle found. How many seashells did Leigh have?
A: Mimi has 2 x 12 = 24 sea shells. Kyle has 24 x 2 = 48 sea shells. Leigh has 48 / 3 = 16 sea shells. The answer is 16.
Question: Mark has 30 candies, Peter has 25 candies, and John has 35 candies. They decided to combine their candies together and share them equally. How many candies will each one of them have?
Answer:
The total number of the candies is 30 + 25 + 35 = 90. When the candies are shared equally each one will get 90 / 3 = 30. The answer is 30.