[Question]Every ten minutes during sunset, the sky changes to a new color. How many colors did the sky turn over the two hours of a long summer sunset if each hour is sixty minutes long?
[Answer]At 60 minutes per hour, the sunset was 2 * 60 = 120 minutes long. The sky changes color every 10 minutes, so it turned 120 / 10 = 12 colors over the summer sunset. The answer is 12.
Q: Sarah is buying Christmas presents for her family. She starts her shopping with a certain amount of money. She buys 2 toy cars for $11 each for her sons. She buys a scarf for $10 for her mother. Then she buys a beanie for $14 for her brother. If she has $7 remaining after purchasing the beanie, how much money did she start with?
A: Before purchasing the beanie, Sarah has $7 + $14 = $21. Before purchasing the scarf, Sarah has $21 + $10 = $31. The total cost of the toy cars is 2 * $11 = $22. Before purchasing the toy cars, Sarah has $31 + $22 = $53. The answer is 53.
Question: Pauly is making ice cubes. He needs 10 pounds of cubes. He knows that 2 ounces of water make 1 cube and each cube weighs 1/16th of a pound. It takes him 1 hour to make 10 cubes. Every hour his ice maker run costs $1.50. Every ounce of water costs $0.10. How much will it cost to make all the ice?
Answer: He needs 160 ice cubes because 10 / (1 / 16) = 160. It will take him 16 hours because 160 / 10 = 16. His ice maker will cost $24 to run because 16 x 1.5 = 24. He will need 320 ounce of water because 160 x 2 = 320. This will cost him $32 because 320 x .1 = 32. It will cost in total $56 to make all the ice because 24 + 32 = 56. The answer is 56.
[Question]Miranda is stuffing feather pillows. She needs two pounds of feathers for each pillow. A pound of goose feathers is approximately 300 feathers. Her goose has approximately 3600 feathers. How many pillows can she stuff after she plucks the goose?
[Answer]Miranda will have 3600 / 300 = 12 pounds of feathers from her goose. Thus, Miranda can stuff about 12 / 2 = 6 feather pillows after she plucks the goose. The answer is 6.
Q: Cory has $20.00 and she wants to buy two packs of candies that cost $49.00 each. How much money does Cory need so she will be able to buy the pack of candies?
A: The two packs of candy cost $49 x 2 = $98. Therefore, Cory needs $98 - $20 = $78 to be able to buy two packs of candy. The answer is 78.
Question: Andrew holds a bake sale to fundraise for charity. The bake sale earns a total of $400. Andrew keeps $100 to cover the cost of ingredients. He donates half of the remaining total to the local homeless shelter, and the other half to the local food bank. Andrew also decides to donate $10 from his own piggy bank to the local homeless shelter. How much money in total does Andrew donate to the homeless shelter?
Answer:
After paying off the cost of ingredients, Andrew has $400 - $100 = $300. Since half of the money goes to the homeless shelter, the shelter receives $300 / 2 = $150. After contributing some of his own money, Andrew donates $150 + $10 = $160 to the shelter. The answer is 160.