Question: John has 25 horses. He feeds each horse twice a day and feeds them 20 pounds of food at each feeding. He buys half ton bags of food. How many of those will he have to buy in 60 days?
Answer: He feeds each horse 2 * 20 = 40 pounds of food a day. So he uses 40 * 25 = 1000 pounds of food a day. That means in 60 days he uses 60 * 1000 = 60000 pounds of food. Each bag of food is 2000 * .5 = 1000 pounds. So he needs to buy 60000 / 1000 = 60 bags of food. The answer is 60.
[Question]Jake's neighbors hire him to mow their lawn and plant some flowers. Mowing the lawn takes 1 hour and pays $15. If Jake wants to make $20/hour working for the neighbors, and planting the flowers takes 2 hours, how much should Jake charge (in total, not per hour) for planting the flowers?
[Answer]First figure out how many hours total Jake works by adding the time spent mowing the lawn to the time spent planting flowers: 1 hour + 2 hours = 3 hours. Then figure out how much money Jake makes if he earns $20 / hour for three hours by multiplying the time spent by the pay rate: $20 / hour * 3 hours = $60. Then subtract the money Jake gets paid for mowing the lawn from the total to find how much he should charge in total for planting the flowers: $60 - $15 = $45. The answer is 45.
Q: Francoise sells pots of lily of the valley to fund humanitarian work. She buys them at 12 each and sells them at a 25% higher cost. How much will she give back to the association by selling 150 pots of lily of the valley?
A: The benefit of selling one pot is 12 * 25 / 100 = 3. So, Francoise will give 150 * 3 = 450 to the association. The answer is 450.
Question: A school bought pencils and pens. A pencil costs $2.50, while a pen costs $3.50. How much do 38 pencils and 56 pens cost?
Answer: The 38 pencils cost $2.5 x 38 = $95. The 56 pens cost $3.5 x 56 = $196. The total cost of 36 pencils and 56 pens is $95 + $196 = $291. The answer is 291.
[Question]Eight people fit in a row on an airplane, and there are 12 rows. Only 3/4 of the seats in each row are allowed to be seated. How many seats will not be occupied on that plane?
[Answer]There a total of 8 x 12 = 96 seats on that plane. Only 8 x 3 / 4 = 6 seats are allowed to be seated in each row. So, only 6 x 12 = 72 seats are allowed to be seated on the plane. Therefore, 96 - 72 = 24 seats will not be occupied. The answer is 24.
[Question]A house's living room, dining room and kitchen take up 1,000 sq ft. The house also has a guest bedroom and a master bedroom suite. If the guest bedroom is a quarter of the size of the master bedroom suite, and the house is 2,300 sq ft total, how large is the master bedroom suite?
[Answer]
The house is 2,300 sq ft and we know the non - bedroom sections take up 1,000 sq ft, so that leaves 2300 - 1000 = 1,300 sq ft for the bedrooms / bathrooms. Let x be the size of the master bedroom suite. Then the guest bedroom is 0.25x. So together the bedrooms are x + 0.25x = 1.25x in size. This means 1.25x = 1300. So x = 1300 / 1.25 = 1040 sq ft. The answer is 1040.