Question: A gift shop sells bracelets at $15 each, a gold heart necklace at $10, and a personalized coffee mug at $20. Raine buys three bracelets, two gold heart necklaces, and one coffee mug for her friends. How much change does Raine get back if she gives a one hundred dollar bill?
Answer: Three bracelets cost 3 x $15 = $45. Two gold necklaces cost 2 x $10 = $20. Thus, the total amount is $45 + $20 + $20 = $85. Therefore, Raine gets a change of $100 - $85 = $15. The answer is 15.
[Question]Eustace is twice as old as Milford. In 3 years, he will be 39. How old will Milford be?
[Answer]Eustace's current age must be 39 years old 3 years = 36 years old. So Milford's current age must be 36 years old / 2 = 18 years old. So in 3 years, Milford will be 18 years old + 3 years = 21 years old. The answer is 21.
Q: It takes 15 mink skins to make a coat. Andy buys 30 minks and each mink has 6 babies, but half the total minks are set free by activists. How many coats can he make?
A: First find the total number of baby minks: 30 minks * 6 babies / mink = 180 minks. Add this to the number of adult minks: 180 minks + 30 minks = 210 minks. Then divide this number in half to find how many aren't set free: 210 minks / 2 = 105 minks. Then divide the remaining number of minks by the number of minks per coat to find the number of coats: 105 minks / 15 minks / coat = 7 coats. The answer is 7.
Question: Jim has a pail with rocks in it. The average weight of a rock is 1.5 pounds. A local rock collector agrees to pay him $4 for every pound of rocks. If he makes $60 off the sale, how many rocks were in the bucket?
Answer: There were 15 pounds of rocks in the bucket because 60 / 4 = 15. There were 10 rocks in the bucket because 15 / 1.5 = 10. The answer is 10.
[Question]A bar of steel weighs twice the mass of a bar of tin. If a steel bar also weighs 20 kgs more than a copper bar and a copper bar weighs 90 kgs, calculate the total weight of a container with 20 bars of each type of metal.
[Answer]The total weight of 20 bars of copper is 20 * 90 = 1800kgs. If a copper bar weighs 90 kgs, and a steel bar weighs 20 kgs more than a copper bar, the weight of a steel bar is 90 + 20 = 110 kgs. If a bar of steel weighs 110 kgs, 20 bars will weigh 20 * 110 = 2200kgs. The total weight of 20 bars of copper and steel is 2200 + 1800 = 4000 kgs. A bar of steel weighs twice the mass of a bar of tin, meaning a bar of tin weighs 110 / 2 = 55 kgs. The total weight of 20 bars of tins is 55 * 20 = 1100 kgs. The total weight of 20 bars of each metal is 4000 + 1100 = 5100 kgs. The answer is 5100.
[Question]Josh gets together with 7 friends. Everyone including him puts 5 dollars into a pot. First place gets 80% of the money. Second and third place split the rest. How much money does third place get?
[Answer]
7 + 1 = 8 people threw money into the pot. So the amount of money in the pot is 8 * 5 = $40. First place gets 40 * .8 = $32. So there is 40 - 32 = $8 left in the pot after first place gets his cut. So third place gets 8 / 2 = $4. The answer is 4.