[Question]Leila eats cake almost every week. Last week, she ate 6 cakes on Monday, 9 cakes on Friday, and on Saturday, she ate triple the number of cakes she ate on Monday. How many cakes does Leila eat?
[Answer]Combining Monday and Friday, Leila ate 6 + 9 = 15 cakes. On Saturday, she ate 6 * 3 = 18 cakes. Altogether, Leila ate 15 + 18 = 33 cakes. The answer is 33.
Q: Javier spends 30 minutes outlining his speech, 28 more minutes writing than outlining, and half as much time practicing as writing. How much time does he spend on his speech in total?
A: First find the total time Javier spends writing: 30 minutes + 28 minutes = 58 minutes. Then divide that amount of time by 2 to find how much time he spends practicing: 58 minutes / 2 = 29 minutes. Then add the time he spends outlining, writing and practicing to find his total time spent: 29 minutes + 58 minutes + 30 minutes = 117 minutes. The answer is 117.
Question: For every loaf of bread that Ted buys, he needs an additional 2 packs of sandwich meat and 2 packs of sliced cheese to make 10 sandwiches. The bread costs $4.00, the sandwich meat costs $5.00 per pack and the cheese costs $4.00 per pack. He has a $1.00 off coupon for one pack of cheese and an additional $1.00 coupon for one pack of meat. How much does each sandwich cost?
Answer: He buys 2 packs of sandwich meat at $5.00 a pack so 2 * 5.00 = $10.00. He buys 2 packs of cheese at $4.00 a pack so 2 * 4.00 = $8.00. The loaf of bread cost $4.00 plus $10.00 for meat and $8.00 for cheese so his total is 4 + 10 + 8 = $22.00. He has coupons to use a checkout so his new total is 22 - 1 - 1 = $20.00. He can make 10 sandwiches from his purchase and his purchase total is $20 so 20 / 10 = $2.00. The answer is 2.
[Question]A newspaper subscription costs $10/month. If you purchase an annual subscription you obtain a 20% discount on your total bill. How much do you end up paying if you go with the annual subscription?
[Answer]A year has 12 months. If 1 month costs $10, then a year will cost $12 * 10 = $120 per year without an annual subscription. If the annual subscription has a 20% discount then you would pay $120 * (1 - 20%) = $96 for the annual subscription. The answer is 96.
Q: At peak hours, 11 am - 1 pm and 5 pm - 6 pm, the local fast-food restaurant serves 12 cars every 15 minutes. Off-peak times, they serve 8 cars every 15 minutes. From 4 pm - 6 pm, how many customers do they serve?
A: 5 pm - 6 pm is one hour and they measure service in 15 - minute blocks so 60 / 15 = 4 15 min blocks. At peak times, they serve 12 cars every 15 minutes so they serve 12 * 4 = 48 cars in 60 minutes. Off peak times, 4pm - 5 pm, they serve 8 cars every 15 minutes so they serve 8 * 4 = 32 cars in 60 minutes. From 4pm - 5 pm they serve 32 cars and from 5pm - 6 pm they serve 48 cars so they serve 32 + 48 = 80 cars. The answer is 80.
Question: Bob buys nose spray. He buys 10 of them for a "buy one get one free" promotion. They each cost $3. How much does he pay?
Answer:
He got 10 / 2 = 5 paid. That means he paid 5 * 3 = $15. The answer is 15.