Question: James gets a fleet of gas transportation vans. He gets 6 vans. 2 of them are 8000 gallons. 1 of them is 30% less than that. The remaining trucks are 50% larger than the 2 trucks. How many gallons can he transport?
Answer: His smaller truck is 8000 * .3 = 2400 gallons smaller. So it can transport 8000 - 2400 = 5600 gallons. There are 6 - 2 - 1 = 3 of the very large trucks. Those trucks are each 8000 * .5 = 4000 gallons larger. So they can transport 8000 + 4000 = 12000 gallons. So in total they transport 3 * 12000 = 36000. The 8000 - gallon trucks can transport 8000 * 2 = 16000 gallons. So in total he can transport 5600 + 16000 + 36000 = 57600 gallons. The answer is 57600.
[Question]To get to work, Ryan bikes one day a week takes the bus three times a week and gets a ride from a friend once a week. It takes him thirty minutes to bike to work. The bus takes ten minutes longer since it stops at every bus stop for other passengers. His friend driving him is the fastest and cuts two-thirds off his biking time. How many minutes does he spend every week commuting to work?
[Answer]The bus to Ryan's work takes 10 minutes longer than his bike ride, so it takes 10 + 30 = 40 minutes. Ryan takes the bus 3 times a week, so the bus rides take 40 * 3 = 120 minutes a week. His friend cuts two - thirds off his biking time, which is 2 / 3 * 30 = 20 minutes a week. This means his friend takes 30 - 20 = 10 minutes to drive him. Therefore, Ryan spends 120 + 10 + 30 = 160 minutes every week commuting to work. The answer is 160.
Q: James visits 20 houses to try and make a sale. He manages to sell something in every house. The next day he visits twice as many houses but only sold to 80% of houses. If he sold two things at each house in each of the two days, how many items did he sell?
A: The second day he visited 20 * 2 = 40 houses. So he sold things at 40 * .8 = 32 houses. So in total he sold things at 20 + 32 = 52 houses. That means he sold 52 * 2 = 104 things. The answer is 104.
Question: It takes 2.5 hours to groom a dog and 0.5 hours to groom a cat. What is the number of minutes it takes to groom 5 dogs and 3 cats?
Answer: 2.5 * 5 = 12.5 hours. 0.5 * 3 = 1.5 hours. 12.5 + 1.5 hours = 14 hours. 14 hours = 14 * 60 = 840 minutes. It would take 840 minutes to groom 5 dogs and 3 cats. The answer is 840.
[Question]Marcus has received a commission for as many paintings as possible. Marcus plans out his drawings so that his client can receive some of the paintings as soon as possible but it is still going to take a long time. On the first day, he paints 2 paintings. He then paints every day and each day, he paints twice as many paintings as he painted the day before. If he paints for 5 days, how many paintings will he have painted in total?
[Answer]If Marcus creates 2 paintings on the first day, then he can paint 2 paintings * 2 = 4 paintings on the 2nd day. So he paints 4 paintings * 2 = 8 paintings on the 3rd day. He then paints 8 paintings * 2 = 16 paintings on the 4th day. And finally paints 16 paintings * 2 = 32 paintings on the 5th day. Marcus therefore has painted a total of 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 62 paintings. The answer is 62.
[Question]Mark buys a loaf of bread for $4.20 and some cheese for $2.05. He gives the cashier $7.00. If the cashier only has 1 quarter and 1 dime in his till, plus a bunch of nickels, how many nickels does Mark get in his change?
[Answer]
First subtract the cost of Mark's groceries from the amount he gives the cashier to find how much he gets in change: $7.00 - $4.20 - $2.05 = $0.75. Then subtract the value of a quarter in cents (25) and the value of a dime in cents (10) from the change amount to find how much Mark gets paid in nickels: $0.75 - $0.25 - $0.10 = $0.40. Now divide the amount Mark gets in nickels by the value per nickel in cents (5) to find how many nickels Mark gets: $0.40 / $0.05 / nickel = 8 nickels. The answer is 8.