Question: Jerry is cutting up wood for his wood-burning stove. Each pine tree makes 80 logs, each maple tree makes 60 logs, and each walnut tree makes 100 logs. If Jerry cuts up 8 pine trees, 3 maple trees, and 4 walnut trees, how many logs does he get?
Answer: First find the total number of pine logs by multiplying the number of trees by the number of logs per tree: 80 logs / pine * 8 pines = 640 logs. Then do the same thing for the maple trees: 60 logs / maple * 3 maples = 180 logs. And do the same thing for the walnut trees: 100 logs / walnut * 4 walnuts = 400 logs. Finally, add up the number of logs from each type of tree to find the total number: 640 logs + 180 logs + 400 logs = 1220 logs. The answer is 1220.
[Question]Jolene wants to raise some money to buy a bicycle. She babysits for 4 families for $30 each. She also washes 5 neighbors' cars for $12 each. How much did she raise so far?
[Answer]For babysitting, Jolene raises 4 x $30 = $120. For car washing, she raises 5 x $12 = $60. So far, she has raised $120 + $60 = $180. The answer is 180.
Q: Christine figures it would take a pint of paint to paint the front and back of 1 door in her house. She has 8 doors to paint. At the paint store, she can either buy 8 separate pints of paint for $8.00 a pint or a gallon of paint (which is the same as 8 pints) for a flat $55.00 How much money will she save if she buys the gallon of paint instead of 8 pints?
A: 8 pints of paint cost $8.00 each so they would cost her 8 * 8 = $64.00. 8 pints of paint cost $64.00 or she could buy a gallon of paint for $55.00. If she buys a gallon, she will save 64 - 55 = $9.00. The answer is 9.
Question: Kyle can lift 60 more pounds this year, which is 3 times as much as he could lift last year. How many pounds can Kyle lift in all?
Answer: Since Kyle can lift 60 more pounds and that is 3 times what he could do before, that means that last year Kyle could lift 60 pounds / 3 = 20 pounds. Kyle can now lift 60 pounds + 20 pounds he could lift last year = 80 pounds. The answer is 80.
[Question]Verna weighs 17 pounds more than Haley, and Verna weighs half as much as Sherry. If Haley weighs 103 pounds, how many pounds do Verna and Sherry weigh together?
[Answer]Verna weighs 103 + 17 = 120 pounds. Sherry weighs 120 * 2 = 240 pounds. Verna and Sherry weigh 120 + 240 = 360 pounds together. The answer is 360.
[Question]There were sweets on the table. Jack came and took half of all the candies and 4 more candies. Then Paul came and took the remaining 7 sweets. How many sweets were on the table at first?
[Answer]
Jack took 4 more candies than the half, and Paul took the rest, which means 7 + 4 = 11 candies were half of all candies. That means at first there were 11 * 2 = 22 candies. The answer is 22.