Q: There are four lamps in Valerie's room. All of them are burnt out, so she needs to buy new light bulbs. She needs 3 small light bulbs and 1 large light bulb. She has $60 to spend. If small light bulbs cost $8 and large light bulbs cost $12, how much money will Valerie have left over?
A: She will spend 3 * $8 = $24 on small light bulbs. In total she will spend $24 + $12 = $36 on the 4 light bulbs. She will have $60 - $36 = $24 left over. The answer is 24.
Question: It will take Richard and Sarah 3 years to save enough for a down payment on a house at their current rates. If the house's downpayment is $108000, calculate the amount each person saves per month if they share the monthly savings.
Answer: If they are to save every month for three years to reach the target amount, and each year has 12 months, they'll save for 12 * 3 = 36 months. If the house's downpayment is $108000, the total amount they both save per month is $108000 / 36 = $3000 every month. Since they share the monthly savings, each person will pay $3000 / 2 = = $1500. The answer is 1500.
[Question]Mimi has decided to start going to the gym again. Over the weekend, she spent $8,000 on athletic sneakers and clothes. She spent thrice as much on Nike sneakers as she did on Adidas. What she spent on Adidas was 1/5 the cost of Skechers. If Mimi's Adidas sneakers purchase was $600, what amount did she spend on clothes?
[Answer]The Adidas purchase was 1 / 5 that of Skechers, therefore the Skechers cost 5 * 600 = 3000 dollars. Spending three times the cost of Adidas on Nike sneakers translates to 3 * 600 = 1800 dollars. All together, the three athletic - sneaker purchases cost Mimi 600 + 1800 + 3000 = 5400 dollars. Subtracting the amount spent on athletic sneakers from the total spent gives 8000 - 5400 = 2600 dollars. Mimi therefore spent 2600 dollars on clothes. The answer is 2600.
Q: A candy store uses food colouring in various candies. Each lollipop uses 5ml of food colouring, and each hard candy also needs food colouring. In one day, the candy store makes 100 lollipops and 5 hard candies. They do not use food colouring in anything else. The store has used 600ml of food colouring by the end of the day. How much food colouring, in millilitres, does each hard candy need?
A: In total, the lollipops needed 5ml of food colouring * 100 lollipops = 500ml of food colouring. This means that the hard candies needed 600ml total food colouring 500ml food colouring for lollipops = 100ml of food colouring. So each hard candy needed 100ml of food colouring / 5 hard candies = 20 ml of food colouring. The answer is 20.
Question: Olly wants to get shoes to protect his pets' paws. He owns 3 dogs, 2 cats, and a ferret. How many shoes does he need?
Answer: All the animals have 4 legs. His 3 dogs will need 3 * 4 = 12 shoes. His 2 cats will need 2 * 4 = 8 shoes. His ferret will need 1 * 4 = 4 shoes. Olly will need 12 + 8 + 4 = 24 shoes. The answer is 24.
Q: Simeon drinks 64 fluid ounces of filtered water every day. He used to drink this water in 8-ounce-servings. But now, he drinks his water in 16-ounce servings. How many fewer servings per day does it now take Simeon to drink his water than it used to?
A:
In 64 fluid ounces, there are 64 / 8 = 8 eight - ounce servings. Using 16 - ounce servings, Simeon now drinks 64 ounces in 64 / 16 = 4 servings. Thus, Simeon now drinks his water in 8 - 4 = 4 fewer servings per day. The answer is 4.