Question: To make a cherry pie, Veronica needs 3 pounds of pitted cherries. There are 80 single cherries in one pound of cherries. It takes 10 minutes to pit 20 cherries. How many hours will it take Veronica to pit all the cherries?
Answer: There are 80 cherries in a pound and she needs 3 pounds to make a pie so she needs 80 * 3 = 240 cherries. It takes her 10 minutes to pit a unit of 20 cherries. She has 240 / 20 = 12 units of cherries to pit. It takes 10 minutes to pit a unit of cherries and she has 12 units so it will take her 10 * 12 = 120 minutes. 60 minutes are in 1 hour and it takes her 120 minutes so that's 120 / 60 = 2 hours. The answer is 2.
[Question]Chad saves 40% of the money he earns/receives in a year. This year, he made $600 mowing yards and received $250.00 for his birthday/holidays. He also made $150.00 by selling some old video games and another $150.00 doing odd jobs. How much will he save?
[Answer]He made $600.00 mowing yards, $250.00 for his birthday, $150.00 selling items and $150.00 doing odd jobs so he made 600 + 250 + 150 + 150 = $1,150.00. He made $1,150.00 and will save 40% so he saves 1150 * .40 = $460.00. The answer is 460.
Q: Ludwig works 7 days a week and he usually works half of the day during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If his daily salary is $10, how much does he earn every week?
A: Ludwig earns a total of $10 x 4 = $40 from Monday to Thursday. He earns $10 / 2 = $5 per day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. So, his total salary for Friday, Saturday, Sunday is $5 x 3 = $15. Therefore, his total weekly salary is $40 + $15 = $55. The answer is 55.
Question: There are 4 puppies and 3 dogs at a camp. Each dog eats twice as much food as a puppy, but each puppy eats three times as often as a dog. If a dog eats 4 pounds of food three times a day, what would be the total amount of food the dogs and puppies eat in a day?
Answer: Eating three times a day, a dog eats 3 * 4 = 12 pounds of food. Since there are 3 dogs at the camp, the total amount of food they eat is 3 * 12 = 36 pounds of food in a day. If each dog eats twice as much food as a puppy, a puppy will eat 4 / 2 = 2 pounds of food in one meal. Each puppy eats three times as often as a dog, and if a dog eats three times in a day, a puppy will eat 3 * 3 = 9 times in a day. Since a puppy eats 2 pounds of food a day, the total amount of food a puppy will eat in a day is 9 * 2 = 18 pounds of food. Four puppies in the camp eat 18 * 4 = 72 pounds of food every day. Together, the dogs and the puppies eat 72 + 36 = 108 pounds of food in a day. The answer is 108.
[Question]Hash has nine more than half as many toys as Bill has. If Bill has 60 toys, how many total toys do the boys have?
[Answer]First we need to know what half of Bills toys are, 60 toys / 2 = 30 toys. Hash has 9 toys + 30 toys = 39 toys. Together the boys have 60 toys + 39 toys = 99 toys. The answer is 99.
[Question]A group of researchers are studying a colony of penguins. Their results show that the size doubled in the first year they watched the colony, then tripled in the next year. This year, however, harsh conditions meant the colony only gained 129 penguins. The colony has 1077 penguins in it now. Each penguin eats one and a half fish every day. How many fish did the whole colony catch per day to eat at the beginning of the first year?
[Answer]
The colony had 1077 - 129 = 948 penguins in it at the beginning of this year. At the beginning of the second year, the colony had 948 / 3 = 316 penguins in it. At the beginning of the first year, it had 316 / 2 = 158 penguins in it. Thus, at the beginning of the first year, the penguin colony was catching 158 * 1 1 / 2 = 237 fish per day. The answer is 237.