Question: Richard can clean his room in 22 minutes. Cory takes 3 minutes more than Richard to clean her room while Blake can clean his room 4 minutes more quickly than Cory. If they have to clean their rooms twice a week, how many minutes do all three spend cleaning their rooms each week?
Answer: Cory takes 22 + 3 = 25 minutes to clean her room. Blake takes 25 - 4 = 21 minutes to clean his room. The three of them can clean their room in 22 + 25 + 21 = 68 minutes in all. In a week, they spend 68 x 2 = 136 minutes cleaning their rooms. The answer is 136.
[Question]Alberto spent $2457 on a new engine for his car. Samara spent $25 on oil, $467 on tires and $79 on detailing for her car. How many more dollars did Alberto spend on his car?
[Answer]Samara = 25 + 467 + 79 = $571. 2457 - 571 = $1886. Alberto spent $1886 more on his car. The answer is 1886.
Q: There are 6 boxes of crayons that hold 8 orange crayons. There are 7 boxes of crayons that have 5 blue crayons. There is 1 box of 11 red crayons. How many crayons are there in total?
A: 6 * 8 = 48 orange crayons. 7 * 5 = 35 blue crayons. 11 red crayons. 48 + 35 + 11 = 94. There are a total of 94 crayons. The answer is 94.
Question: Before Cameron broke his right arm, he was able to type 10 words per minute on his phone. After he broke his arm, he had to use his left hand for a while, and he could only type 8 words per minute. What is the difference between the number of words he could type in 5 minutes before and after he broke his arm?
Answer: Before Cameron broke his hand he could type 5 10 = 50 words in 5 minutes. After he broke his hand he could only type 5 8 = 40 words in 5 minutes. The difference between the number of words he could type in 5 minutes before and after he broke his arm is 50 - 40 = 10 words. The answer is 10.
[Question]Ben's hockey team is 60% boys and the rest are girls. Half the girls are juniors and the other half are seniors. If the team has 50 players, how many junior girls are there?
[Answer]The team is 40% girls because 100 - 60 = 40. The team has 20 girls because 50 x .4 = 20. The team has 10 junior girls because 20 / 2 = 10. The answer is 10.
[Question]Cassy packs 12 jars of jam in 10 boxes while she packs 10 jars of jam in 30 boxes. If she has 500 jars of jams, how many jars of jam will she have left when all the boxes are full?
[Answer]
Cassy can pack 12 x 10 = 120 jars of jam in the 10 boxes. She can also pack 10 x 30 = 300 jars of jam in the 30 boxes. A total of 300 + 120 = 420 jars of jam can be packed in the boxes. So, 500 - 420 = 80 jars of jam will be left unpacked. The answer is 80.