Q: Every day Tom drinks 5 12-oz cans of soda plus 64 ounces of water. How many ounces of fluid does he drink a week?
A: He drinks 12 * 5 = 60 ounces of soda a day. So he drinks 60 + 64 = 124 ounces of liquid a day. So in total he drinks 124 * 7 = 868 ounces of liquid a week. The answer is 868.
Question: Nicholas bought six times as much fabric as Kenneth. If Kenneth paid $40 for an oz of fabric and bought 700oz, calculate the amount of money that Nicholas paid more than Kenneth for the fabric he bought.
Answer: If Kenneth bought 700oz of fabric at $40 per oz, he spent a total of 700 * 40 = $28000. Nicholas bought six times as much fabric as Kenneth, meaning Nicholas bought 6 * 700 = 4200oz of fabric. If an oz of fabric is sold at $40, Nicholas paid 4200 * $40 = $168000 for the 4200oz of fabric. The amount of money that Nicholas paid more than Kenneth for the fabric he bought is $168000 - 28000 = $140000. The answer is 140000.
[Question]Farmer Randy has 1700 acres of cotton he needs to have planted in 5 days. With a crew of 2 tractors working for 2 days and then a crew of 7 tractors working for another 3 days, how many acres of cotton per day does each tractor need to plant to meet their planting deadline?
[Answer]With 2 tractor teams working for 2 days, this is like 2 * 2 = 4 days worth of work by a single tractor, which they call tractor days. With 5 tractor teams working for 4 days, this is 7 * 3 = 21 tractor days. In total, the effort of all the tractor teams is 4 + 21 = 25 tractor days. If they need to plant 1700 acres with their 25 tractor days, then each tractor team needs to plant 1700 / 25 = 68 acres of cotton per day. The answer is 68.
Q: For the gala luncheon planning committee, Margaret wants to serve chicken salad sandwiches using mini croissants. She wants there to be enough food that each person on the committee can have 2 sandwiches each. Her bakery offers 12 minis croissants for $8.00. There are 24 people on the committee. How much will she spend on croissants?
A: There are 24 people on the committee and she wants 2 sandwiches per person so that's 24 * 2 = 48 sandwiches. She can buy the croissants by the dozen and she needs 48 croissants so she needs 48 / 12 = 4 dozen croissants. A dozen croissants cost $8.00 and she needs 4 dozens so that will costs 8 * 4 = $32.00. The answer is 32.
Question: Jerry is making cherry syrup. He needs 500 cherries per quart of syrup. It takes him 2 hours to pick 300 cherries and 3 hours to make the syrup. How long will it take him to make 9 quarts of syrup?
Answer: First find how many cherries Jerry can pick in one hour: 300 cherries / 2 hours = 150 cherries / hour. Then multiply the number of quarts of syrup by the number of cherries per quart to find the total number of quarts Jerry needs: 500 cherries / quart * 9 quarts = 4500 cherries. Then divide the total number of cherries by the number of cherries he picks per hour to find the number of hours the cherry - picking takes: 4500 cherries / 150 cherries / hour = 30 hours. Then add the time it takes him to make the syrup to find the total time: 30 hours + 3 hours = 33 hours. The answer is 33.
Q: A casino table pays 3:2 if you get a blackjack with your first 2 cards. If you scored a blackjack and were paid $60, what was your original bet?
A:
The payout for blackjack is 3:2 or 3 / 2 = 1.5 times my bet. If my original bet was X then I won 1.5 * X my bet. Given that I was paid $60 we know $60 = 1.5X. X = $60 / 1.5. X = $40 was my original bet. The answer is 40.