Q: Kaiden is collecting cans of soup for the local soup kitchen. He collects 158 cans during his first week and 259 during the second week. If his goal is to collect 500 cans how many more cans of soup does he need to collect?
A: Kaiden collects 158 cans his first week and 259 cans during the second week. 158 + 259 = 417 cans of soup. Kaiden wants to collect a total of 500 cans, so he still needs 500 - 417 = 83 cans of soup. The answer is 83.
Question: A singer is planning on releasing 3 songs in a month. If he worked on one song for 10 hours a day, and each song took 10 days to be completed, calculate the total number of hours he took to complete the 3 songs.
Answer: If he worked on a song for 10 hours a day, the total number of hours he takes to complete one song is 10 * 10 = 100 hours. If one song took 100 hours to complete, the total number of hours the three songs took to be completed is 3 * 100 = 300 hours. The answer is 300.
[Question]Antoine is having a dinner party and his butcher recommends 1/2 pound of meat per person. If he's inviting 6 people over and the beef tenderloin is $15.00 a pound, how much will this cost him?
[Answer]He's inviting 6 people over and needs 1 / 2 pound of meat for each so that's 6 * .5 = 3 pounds of meat. The beef tenderloin is $15.00 a pound and he needs 3 pounds so that's 15 * 3 = $45.00 for dinner. The answer is 45.
Q: Pauline is buying school supplies. The total amount of all the items she wants to buy add up to $150 before sales tax. Sales tax is 8% of the total amount purchased. How much will Pauline spend on all the items, including sales tax?
A: Sales tax is 8 / 100 x $150 = $12. Therefore, Pauline wil spend $150 + $12 = $162, including sales tax. The answer is 162.
Question: At a people counting station, the number of people counted on the first day was twice the total number counted on the second day. If 500 people were counted on the second day, how many people were counted on the two days?
Answer: There were 2 * 500 = 1000 people at the counting station who were counted on the first day. In the two days, 1000 + 500 = 1500 were counted at the station. The answer is 1500.
Q: It takes 7 years for an apple tree to bear fruit. If Lydia planted a tree when she was 4 years old and is now 9 years old, how old would she be when she gets to eat an apple from her tree for the first time?
A:
The tree has been planted for 9 - 4 = 5 years. It will take another 7 - 5 = 2 years for it to bear fruit. Lydia will be 9 + 2 = 11 years old. The answer is 11.