[Question]Jackson has 5 times more money than Williams. Together, they have $150. How much money, in dollars, does Jackson have?
[Answer]Let x be the amount of money Williams has. Jackson has 5 * x dollars. 5 * x + x = 150. 6 * x = 150. x = 25. Jackson has 25 * 5 = 125 dollars. The answer is 125.
Q: James earns $10 per week as an allowance. After saving all his money for four weeks, he spends half of it on a new video game. He then spends a quarter of what is left to buy a new book. How much money does he have left?
A: He starts out with $10 * 4 = $40. James spend $40 / 2 = $20 on the video game. After buying the game, he has $40 - $20 = $20 left. He spent $20 / 4 = $5 on the book. He has $20 - $5 = $15 left. The answer is 15.
Question: Allen ordered five boxes of pizza, which cost $7 each box. He then gave a tip which amounts to 1/7 of the total cost of his order. If he gave the delivery man $100, how much change did he receive?
Answer: The total cost of five boxes of pizza is $7 x 5 = $35. He gave $35 x 1 / 7 = $5 tip to the delivery man. He spent a total of $35 + $5 = $40 for the pizza and the tip. The change that he received is $100 - $40 = $60. The answer is 60.
[Question]Joshua bought 25 oranges for $12.50. If he sells each one for 60c, how much profit in cents will he make on each orange?
[Answer]$1 is equivalent to 100 cents so $12.50 is equivalent to 100 * 12.50 = 1250 cents. He bought 25 oranges for 1250 cents so each orange cost 1250 / 25 = 50 cents each. If he sells each orange for 60 cents, he is making a profit of 60 - 50 = 10 cents on each one. The answer is 10.
Q: In the baking contest, three times as many people voted for the unicorn cake compared to the witch cake, and the number of votes for the dragon cake was 25 more than the number of votes for the witch cake. If 7 people voted for the witch cake, how many votes were cast total?
A: First find the number of votes for the unicorn cake: 7 votes * 3 = 21 votes. Then find the number of votes for the dragon cake: 25 votes + 7 votes = 32 votes. Then add the number of votes for each cake to find the total number of votes: 21 votes + 32 votes + 7 votes = 60 votes. The answer is 60.
Question: Cilia wants to buy a multi-level dumbbell system. The first pair of dumbbells are 3 lb weights, the second pair is 5 lb weights and the third is 8 lb pounds. How much does the entire system weigh?
Answer:
The first pair of weights weighs 3 lb each so all total they weigh 2 * 3 = 6 lbs. The second pair of weights weigh 5 lbs each so they weigh 2 * 5 = 10 lbs. The third pair of weights weigh 8 lbs each so they weigh 2 * 8 = 16lbs. All total, the entire system of weights weigh 6 + 10 + 16 = 32 lbs. The answer is 32.