Question: Bobby needs to buy a new pair of fancy shoes. He decides to go to a cobbler and get them handmade. The cobbler charges $250 to make the mold. He then charges $75 an hour for 8 hours to make the shoes. The cobbler agrees to only charge 80% of the cost for work to make the shoes, since it is his first pair of shoes. How much did Bobby pay?
Answer: The cost of labor is 75 * 8 = $600. So Bobby pays 600 * .8 = $480. So that means Bobby pays 480 + 250 = $730. The answer is 730.
[Question]Kiarra is twice as old as Bea. Job is 3 times older than Bea. Figaro is 7 years older than Job. Harry is half as old as Figaro. If Kiarra is 30, how old is Harry?
[Answer]Bea is 30 / 2 = 15 years old. Job is 15 * 3 = 45 years old. Figaro is 45 + 7 = 52 years old. Harry is 52 / 2 = 26 years old. The answer is 26.
Q: When Betty makes cheesecake, she sweetens it with a ratio of one part sugar to four parts cream cheese, and she flavors it with one teaspoon of vanilla for every two cups of cream cheese. For every one teaspoon of vanilla, she uses two eggs. She used two cups of sugar in her latest cheesecake. How many eggs did she use?
A: Betty used 2 cups of sugar in her cheesecake, so she used 2 * 1 = 2 times her ratio. Thus, she used 2 * 4 = 8 cups of cream cheese. She uses 1 teaspoon of vanilla for 2 cups of cream cheese, so she used 8 / 2 = 4 teaspoons of vanilla. For each teaspoon of vanilla, she uses 2 eggs, so she used 2 * 4 = 8 eggs. The answer is 8.
Question: Annabelle collected a weekly allowance of $30. She spent a third of it buying junk food, then spent another $8 on sweets. Out of guilt she decides to save the rest. How much did she save?
Answer: A third of $30 is $30 * (1 / 3) = $10. She spent $10 from $30 leaving $30 - $10 = $20. She spent another $8 leaving $20 - $8 = $12 which she saved. The answer is 12.
[Question]A clothing store has an inventory of 34 ties, 40 belts, 63 black shirts, and 42 white shirts. The number of jeans in the store is two-thirds of the sum of black and white shirts, and the number of scarves is half the number of the sum of ties and belts. How many more jeans are there than scarves?
[Answer]The sum of black and white shirts is 63 + 42 = 105. The number of jeans in the store is (2 / 3) x 105 = 70. The sum of ties and belts is 34 + 40 = 74. The number of scarfs in the store is 74 / 2 = 37. There are 70 - 37 = 33 more jeans than scarfs in the store. The answer is 33.
[Question]When Jayson is 10 his dad is four times his age and his mom is 2 years younger than his dad. How old was Jayson's mom when he was born?
[Answer]
When Jayson is 10 his dad is 10 x 4 = 40 years old. His mom is 40 - 2 = 38 years old. When Jayson is born, his mom is 38 - 10 = 28 years old. The answer is 28.