[Question]Ginger owns a flower shop, where she sells roses, lilacs, and gardenias. On Tuesday, she sold three times more roses than lilacs, and half as many gardenias as lilacs. If she sold 10 lilacs, what is the total number of flowers sold on Tuesday?
[Answer]With 10 lilacs sold, three times more roses than lilacs is 3 * 10 = 30 roses. Half as many gardenias as lilacs is 10 / 2 = 5 gardenias. In total, there were 10 + 30 + 5 = 45 flowers sold on Tuesday. The answer is 45.
Q: There are 10 bags with 30 oranges each on a truck. A total of 50 pieces of oranges are rotten. Thirty pieces of oranges will be kept for making orange juice and the rest will be sold. How many pieces of oranges will be sold?
A: There are a total of 10 x 30 = 300 pieces of oranges in a truck. A total of 50 + 30 = 80 pieces of oranges will not be sold. Thus, 300 - 80 = 220 pieces of oranges will be sold. The answer is 220.
Question: A club opens up and charges $20 to enter. James buys 2 rounds for his 5 friends. He also buys 6 drinks for himself. Drinks cost $6 each. He decides to eat some food so he orders some fried chicken which costs $14. He leaves a 30% tip on everything he orders. How much did he spend for the night?
Answer: He buys 2 * 5 = 10 drinks for his friends. So he orders 10 + 6 = 16 total drinks. The cost of the drinks was 16 * 6 = $96. So his order came out to 96 + 14 = $110. The tip came out to 110 * .3 = $33. So his order cost 110 + 33 = $143. Adding in the cover charge means it cost 143 + 20 = $163. The answer is 163.
[Question]Sheila, Purity, and Rose want to rent a house. Sheila has offered to pay five times Purity's share of the rent. Rose can only afford thrice what Purity pays. If Rose's share is $1,800, what is the total house rent?
[Answer]Purity will pay a third of Rose's share, which translates to 1800 / 3 = 600 dollars. Sheila has offered to pay 5 * 600 = 3000 dollars. Combining everyone's share of the rent will give a total of 600 + 3000 + 1800 = 5400 dollars. The answer is 5400.
Q: Sarah makes 5 times more money per hour than Connor does. If Connor earns $7.20 per hour, how much does Sarah make in an 8-hour day?
A: Sarah makes $7.2 * 5 = $36 per hour. Sarah makes $36 * 8 = $288 per day. The answer is 288.
Question: Larry and Barry want to pick apples out of the tree, but neither is tall enough to reach the apples. Barry can reach apples that are 5 feet high. Larry is 5 feet tall, but his shoulder height is 20% less than his full height. If Barry stands on Larry's shoulders, how high can they reach?
Answer:
Larry's shoulder height is 20% less than 5 feet, or 0.2 * 5 = 1 foot less than 5 feet. One foot less than 5 feet is 5 - 1 = 4 feet. If Barry stands on Larry's shoulders, they can reach 4 + 5 = 9 feet. The answer is 9.