Q: Matt orders 15 pounds of beef. He cuts that into 12-ounce steaks. How many steaks does he get?
A: He buys 15 * 16 = 240 ounces of steak. That means he buys 240 / 12 = 20 steaks. The answer is 20.
Question: Sweet Hope hosts a casino with 3 roulette tables labeled A, B, and C. At 6:00 pm, Table B had twice as much money on it as table C, which had $20 more than table A. If there was $40 on table A, how much money was there on all the tables?
Answer: If table C had $20 more than table A, then table C had $20 + $40 = $60. Roulette tables A and C had $60 + $40 = $100. Table B had twice as much money on it as table C, meaning table B had $60 * 2 = $120. Together, the three roulette tables had $120 + $100 = $220. The answer is 220.
[Question]John is laying the foundation for 3 homes. Each home needs a slab of concrete that is 100 feet by 100 feet by .5 feet. Concrete has a density of 150 pounds per cubic foot. A pound of concrete cost $.02 per pound. How much does the foundation cost?
[Answer]The volume of the slab is 100 * 100 * .5 = 5000 cubic feet. So it weighs 5000 * 150 = 750000 pounds. That means the cost is 750000 * $0.02 = $15,000 per house. So the total cost for all 3 houses is $15000 * 3 = $45,000. The answer is 45000.
Q: Kenny plans to mow lawns all summer, and then use the profits to buy video-games and books. He charges $15 per lawn. The video-games are $45 each. The books are $5 each. At the end of the summer he has mowed 35 lawns. There are 5 video-games he really wants, and then he will use the rest for books. How many books can he buy?
A: Kenny earns $525 because 35 x 15 = 525. He spends $225 on video games because 5 x 45 = 225. He has $300 left because 525 - 225 = 300. He can buy 60 books because 300 / 5 = 60. The answer is 60.
Question: Roy spends 2 hours on sports activities in school every day. He goes to school 5 days a week. If he missed 2 days within a week, how many hours did he spend on sports in school that week?
Answer: He goes to.school 5 days a week so if he misses 2 days within the week he was present for 5 - 2 = 3 days. He spends 2 hours every day for a total of 2 * 3 = 6 hours. The answer is 6.
Q: While Greg was camping with his family for a week, it rained for 3 days. When he looked at the weather records, he saw that the amount of rain was 3 mm, 6 mm, and 5 mm on the three days. During the same week, it rained 26 mm at his house. How much less rain did Greg experience while camping?
A:
While camping there was 3 + 6 + 5 = 14 mm of rain in 3 days. Greg experienced 26 14 = 12 mm less rain at the campsite. The answer is 12.