Q: Michael has 2 cats and 3 dogs. He needs to pay a friend to watch them, who charges $13 a night per animal. How much does Michael have to pay?
A: Michael has 5 animals because 2 + 3 = 5. Michael has to pay $65 because 5 x $13 = $65. The answer is 65.
Question: Mr. Resty has two identical 4-story buildings. The first floor has 2 apartment units while the rest of the floors have 5 apartment units on each floor. How many apartment units does Mr. Resty have in all?
Answer: In one building, there are 4 - 1 = 3 floors that have 5 apartment units each. Mr. Resty has a total of 3 floors x 5 units = 15 apartment units from the 2nd to 4th floor in one building. So, in one building, there are a total of 15 + 2 = 17 apartment units. Therefore, Mr. Resty has a total of 17 x 2 = 34 apartment units in his 2 buildings. The answer is 34.
[Question]Jane sews 2 dresses a day for 7 days. Then she sews 3 dresses a day for the next 2 days. In the end, she adds 2 ribbons to each dress. How many ribbons does Jane use in total?
[Answer]In 7 days, Jane sews 2 * 7 = 14 dresses. In the next 2 days, Jane sews 3 * 2 = 6 dresses. Jane sews a total of 14 + 6 = 20 dresses. Jane uses a total of 20 * 2 = 40 ribbons. The answer is 40.
Q: Mother made 2 dozen brownies and placed them on the kitchen counter to cool. Father smelled the brownies, came into the kitchen and ate 8 of them. Then, their daughter, Mooney, wandered into the kitchen and ate 4 of the brownies. The next morning, Mother made another two dozen brownies and added them to those remaining from the day before. After that, how many brownies were on the counter?
A: Two dozen brownies is 2 * 12 = 24 brownies. After Father ate his 8, there were 24 - 8 = 16 brownies remaining on the counter. After Mooney ate her 4, there were 16 - 4 = 12 brownies remaining on the counter. Mother made a second batch of two - dozen brownies, or 2 * 12 = 24 brownies. After Mother added the second two - dozen, there were 12 + 24 = 36 brownies on the kitchen counter. The answer is 36.
Question: A convenience store sells 180 gallons of soda a week. They buy syrup boxes that can make 30 gallons of soda, and each box costs $40. How much do they pay for syrup a week?
Answer: They need to buy 180 / 30 = 6 boxes. So the cost is 6 * 40 = $240. The answer is 240.
Q: Summer performs 5 sun salutation yoga poses as soon as she gets out of bed, on the weekdays. How many sun salutations will she perform throughout an entire year?
A:
She performs 5 sun salutations on the weekdays so that's 5 days so that's 5 * 5 = 25 sun salutations a week. There are 52 weeks in a year and she performs 25 sun salutations every week for a total of 52 * 25 = 1,300 sun salutations a year. The answer is 1300.