Q: Trevor needs to go downtown for a restaurant date. An Uber ride downtown costs $3 more than a Lyft ride. A Lyft ride costs $4 more than a taxi ride. The Uber ride costs $22. If Trevor takes a taxi downtown and tips the taxi driver 20% of the original cost of the ride, what is the total cost of the ride downtown?
A: The cost of the Lyft ride is $22 - $3 = $19. The original cost of the taxi ride is $19 - $4 = $15. Trevor tips the taxi driver $15 * 0.20 = $3. The total cost of the ride downtown is $15 + $3 = $18. The answer is 18.
Question: Tom needs to lower a rope down 6 stories. One story is 10 feet. The only rope being sold is 20 feet long but you lose 25% when lashing them together. How many pieces of rope will he need to buy?
Answer: He needs 10 * 6 = 60 feet. He loses 20 * .25 = 5 feet each time. So he gets 20 - 5 = 15 feet from each piece. That means he needs 60 / 15 = 4 pieces of rope. The answer is 4.
[Question]Jack goes hunting 6 times a month. The hunting season lasts for 1 quarter of the year. He catches 2 deers each time he goes hunting and they weigh 600 pounds each. He keeps half the weight of deer a year. How much deer does he keep in pounds?
[Answer]The hunting season last 12 / 4 = 3 months. So he goes hunting 3 * 6 = 18 times a year. That means he gets 18 * 2 = 36 deers per year. So he catches 36 * 600 = 21,600 pounds of deer a year. That means he keeps 21600 / 2 = 10,800 pounds of deer a year. The answer is 10800.
Q: Ryanne is 7 years older than Hezekiah. Together Ryanne's and Hezekiah's ages equal 15 years. How many years old is Hezekiah?
A: Let H = Hezekiah's age. Ryanne = H + 7. 2H + 7 = 15. 2H = 8. H = 4. Hezekiah is 4 years old. The answer is 4.
Question: Sabrina went to the library and found a historical series novel called The Rangers Apprentice. There are 14 books in the series, and each book has 200 pages. She read four books in a month and half the number of books remaining in the second month. What's the total number of pages Sabrina has to read to finish the whole series?
Answer: The total number of pages in the series is 14 books * 200 pages / book = 2800 pages. Sabrina read 4 books * 200 pages / book = 800 pages in the first month. She still has 14 books - 4 books = 10 books after reading four books. In the second month, she read 1 / 2 * 10 books = 5 books. The total number of pages she read is 5 books * 200 pages / book = 1000 in the second month. In total, Sabrina 1000 pages + 800 pages = 1800 pages in two months. Sabrina has to read 2800 pages - 1800 pages = 1000 more pages to complete the total series. The answer is 1000.
Q: James buys 5 packs of beef that are 4 pounds each. The price of beef is $5.50 per pound. How much did he pay?
A:
He bought 5 * 4 = 20 pounds of beef. So he paid 20 * 5.5 = $110. The answer is 110.