Q: Jerry is trying to cut down on the amount of soda he drinks. Right now, he drinks 48 sodas a week. If he cuts the number of sodas he drinks in half each week, how many weeks will it take him to only drink 6 sodas per week?
A: Figure out how many sodas Jerry drinks after 1 week by dividing the starting number of sodas by 2: 48 sodas / 2 = 24 sodas. Now repeat the process to figure out how many soda he drinks after 2 weeks: 24 sodas / 2 = 12 sodas. Repeat the process one more time to find the number of sodas after 3 weeks: 12 sodas / 2 = 6 sodas. It takes Jerry 3 weeks to get down to 6 sodas. The answer is 3.
Question: Lily types 15 words a minute and takes a 2-minute break every 10 minutes. How long does it take for Lily to type 255 words?
Answer: It would take Lily 255 words / 15 wpm = 17 minutes to type without taking a break. Since Lily takes a break after 10 minutes of typing she takes 17 minutes + 2 minutes = 19 minutes. The answer is 19.
[Question]At A.T. Cross Luxury Pens, a pencil sells at twenty-five cents while a pen sells at fifteen cents. Bowen buys 40 pens and 2/5 times more pencils than pens from A.T. Cross Luxury Pens. Calculate the total amount of money Bowen spends.
[Answer]Bowen bought 2 / 5 * 40 pens = 16 more pencils than pens. The total number of pencils that he bought is 40 pencils + 16 pencils = 56 pencils. If each pencil costs twenty - five cents, the total amount of money he spent on pencils is 56 pencils * $0.25 / pencil = $14. On pens, Bowen spent $0.15 / pen * 40 pens = $6. The total amount of money Bowen spent is $14 + $6 = $20. The answer is 20.
Q: John commissions an artist to make him a 9 by 13 drawing. A black and white drawing that size would cost $160. He wants a color drawing so that is 50% more expensive. How much did he pay?
A: The extra cost for coloring is 160 * .5 = $80. So the total cost was 160 + 80 = $240. The answer is 240.
Question: Claudia offers art classes to kids and charges $10.00 for her one-hour class. If 20 kids attend Saturday's class and half that many attend Sunday's class, how much money does she make?
Answer: Sunday's class is half the size of Saturday's class with 20 kids so Sunday has 20 / 2 = 10 kids. She has 20 kids on Saturday and 10 kids on Sunday for a total of 20 + 10 = 30 kids. She charges $10.00 per kid and teaches 30 kids over the weekend so she makes 10 * 30 = $300.00. The answer is 300.
Q: Sam, Sid, and Steve brought popsicle sticks for their group activity in their Art class. Sam has thrice as many as Sid, and Sid has twice as many as Steve. If Steve has 12 popsicle sticks, how many popsicle sticks can they use for their Art class activity?
A:
Sid has 12 x 2 = 24 sticks. Sam has 24 x 3 = 72 sticks. Thus, they have 24 + 72 + 12 = 108 popsicle sticks. The answer is 108.