[Question]Augustus can make 3 milkshakes per hour while Luna can make 7 milkshakes per hour. If Augustus and Luna have been making milkshakes for 8 hours now, how many milkshakes have they made?
[Answer]Augustus and Luna can make a total of 3 + 7 = 10 milkshakes per hour. Therefore, they made a total of 10 x 8 = 80 milkshakes in 8 hours. The answer is 80.
Q: Cheryl ate 7 m&m's after lunch. She ate 5 m&m's after dinner, and she gave some to her sister. If Cheryl had 25 m&m's at the beginning, how many did she give to her sister?
A: Cheryl at 7 + 5 = 12 m&m's. She gave 25 - 12 = 13 m&m's to her sister. The answer is 13.
Question: Several birds were sitting in the branches of a crape myrtle tree. There were three times more cardinals than bluebirds, but half as many swallows as bluebirds. If there were 2 swallows, what is the total number of birds in the crape myrtle tree?
Answer: With half as many swallows as bluebirds, there are 2 * 2 = 4 bluebirds. With three times more cardinals than bluebirds, there are 3 * 4 = 12 cardinals,. If there were 2 swallows, then the total number of birds in the crape myrtle tree is 2 + 4 + 12 = 18 birds. The answer is 18.
[Question]Horatio is a poet composing sonnets for his lady fair. He believes it will take many of his sonnets to win her over. Each sonnet is fourteen lines long. His lady fair tells him to leave her alone after he reads her only seven sonnets, and Horatio is heartbroken over the 70 romantic lines he wrote that she never heard. How many sonnets did Horatio write in all?
[Answer]Horatio never got to read 70 / 14 = 5 sonnets. He read his lady 7 sonnets, so he wrote 7 + 5 = 12 sonnets in all. The answer is 12.
Q: Lizzy had $30. She loaned out $15 to her friend. How much will Lizzy have if her friend returned the money with an interest of 20%?
A: Initially, Lizzy had $30; she loaned out $15 so she has $30 - $15 = $15 left. Her friend is returning the $15 with 20% interest for a total of $15 + ($15 * (20 / 100)) = $18. Lizzy will now have $15 + $18 = $33. The answer is 33.
Question: Frank needs to meet a quota at work for his sales. It's the beginning of the month and in 30 days he needs to have 50 cars sold. The first three days he sold 5 cars each day. Then the next 4 days he sold 3 cars each day. If the month is 30 days long how many cars does he need to sell for the remaining days to meet his quota?
Answer:
On days one, two, and three he sold 5 cars each day so, 5 cars + 5 cars + 5 cars = 15 cars that he sold on those days. On days 4,5,6 and 7 he sold 3 cars each day so, 3 cars + 3 cars + 3 cars + 3 cars = 12 cars that he sold on those days. Now we combine the cars he has already sold, which is 15 cars, and 12 cars, so 15 cars + 12 cars = 27 cars are sold in total. If he needs to sell 50 cars and has already sold 27 cars then 50 cars - 27 cars = 23 cars left to sell to meet his quota. The answer is 23.