Question: John has 2 umbrellas in his house and 1 in the car. If they cost $8 each, how much did he pay in total?
Answer: He has 2 + 1 = 3 umbrellas. That means he paid 3 * 8 = $24. The answer is 24.
[Question]A candy store sold 20 pounds of fudge for $2.50/pound, 5 dozen chocolate truffles for $1.50 each and 3 dozen chocolate-covered pretzels at $2.00 each. How much money did the candy store make?
[Answer]20 pounds of fudge at $2.50 / pounds is 20 * 2.50 = $50.00. The 5 dozen truffles were sold in individual units so a dozen is equal to 12 so 5 * 12 = 60. 60 chocolate truffles, at $1.50 each sold for 60 * 1.50 = $90.00. The 3 dozen chocolate pretzels sold in individual units so a dozen is equal to 12 so 3 * 12 = 36. 36 chocolate pretzels sold for $2.00 each sold for 36 * 2 = $72.00. All total, the store made 50 + 90 + 72 = $212.00 from candy sales. The answer is 212.
Q: In a house of 15, 3/5 of the people eat pizza. If Aviana brought pizza with 50 pieces, and each person eating pizza took 4 pieces, calculate the number of pizza pieces that remained.
A: If there are 15 people in the house, the number of people eating pizza is 3 / 5 * 15 = 9 people. If each house member who eats pizza took four pieces to eat, the number of pieces taken is 4 * 9 = 36 pieces. Since the total number of pieces was 50, the number of pieces not taken is 50 - 36 = 14 pieces. The answer is 14.
Question: Ten boys brought 15 popsicle sticks each. Twelve girls brought 12 popsicle sticks each. How many fewer popsicle sticks did the girls bring than the boys?
Answer: The boys brought a total of 10 x 15 = 150 popsicle sticks. The girls brought a total of 12 x 12 = 144 popsicle sticks. Therefore, the girls brought 150 - 144 = 6 fewer popsicle sticks than the boys. The answer is 6.
[Question]Michael is stuck in an elevator that is slowly moving to the bottom floor. The elevator needs to move down 20 floors to reach the bottom. It takes 15 minutes for the elevator to travel down the first half of the floors. The elevator then takes 5 minutes per floor to travel down the next 5 floors. It then takes 16 minutes per floor for the elevator to finish traveling down the final 5 floors. In hours, how long did it take for the elevator to reach the bottom?
[Answer]Over 5 of the floors, it takes the elevator 5 floors * 5 minutes per floor = 25 minutes to lower. Over the final 5 floors, it takes the elevator 5 floors * 16 minutes per floor = 80 minutes to lower. So in total, the elevator takes 15 minutes in the first half + 25 minutes in the next five floors + 80 minutes in the final five floors = 120 minutes to lower to the bottom. This is the same as 120 minutes / 60 minutes per hour = 2 hours. The answer is 2.
[Question]Jerry needs to shingle 3 roofs. Each roof is made of two slanted rectangular sides measuring 20 feet by 40 feet. If he needs 8 shingles to cover one square foot of roof, how many shingles does he need total?
[Answer]
First find the area of one side of a roof: 20 feet * 40 feet = 800 square feet. Then multiply that number by 2 to find the total area of both sides of the roof: 800 square feet / side * 2 sides = 1600 square feet. Then multiply that number by the number of roofs to find the total area of all the roofs: 1600 square feet / roof * 3 roofs = 4800 square feet. Then multiply the total area of the roofs by the number of shingles needed per square foot to find the total number of shingles needed: 4800 square feet * 8 singles / square foot = 38400 shingles. The answer is 38400.