Q: Kennedy grew tomatoes from three plants she had in her backyard. The first tomato plant produced two dozen tomatoes. The second plant produced 5 more than half as many tomatoes as the first plant. And the third plant produced two more tomatoes than the second plant. How many tomatoes did the three plants produce?
A: Half as many as the first plant is 24 / 2 = 12 tomatoes. But the second plant produced 5 more than half as many tomatoes as the first plant., or a total of 12 + 5 = 17 tomatoes. And the third plant produced two more tomatoes than the second plant, or 17 + 2 = 19 tomatoes. In total, the three plants produced 24 + 17 + 19 = 60 tomatoes. The answer is 60.
Question: Nancy takes 3 antacids per day when she eats Indian food, 2 antacids per day when she eats Mexican food, and 1 antacid per day otherwise. If Nancy eats Indian three times a week and Mexican twice a week, how many antacids does she take per month?
Answer: First find the total number of antacids Nancy takes after eating Indian food per week: 3 antacids / day * 3 days / week = 9 antacids / week. Then find the total number of antacids Nancy takes after eating Mexican food per week: 2 antacids / day * 2 days / week = 4 antacids / week. Then find the number of days she doesn't eat Indian food or Mexican food: 7 days / week - 3 days / week - 2 days / week = 2 days / week. Then find the total number of antacids Nancy takes per week: 9 antacids / week + 4 antacids / week + 2 antacids / week = 15 antacids / week. Then multiply her weekly antacid consumption by the number of weeks per month to find her monthly consumption: 15 antacids / week * 4 week / month = 60 antacids / month. The answer is 60.
[Question]Some friends wanted to make a road trip from New York to Los Angeles. They drove at a constant speed of 62 miles/hour, taking breaks of 30 minutes every 5 hours. Once in the city, they looked for the hotel for 30 minutes. If the trip took around 2,790 miles, how many hours will they have to spend to complete the trip to the hotel?
[Answer]At a constant speed of 62 miles / hour, they will drive 2,790 miles / 62 miles / hour = 45 hours in total. Every 5 hours they take a break, they will take 45 hours / 5 hours / break = 9 breaks. Those breaks will be 9 breaks x 30 minutes / break = 270 minutes in total. In hours, the breaks will be in total 270 minutes 60 minutes / hour = 4.5 hours. To find the hotel it took them 30 minutes 60 minutes / hour = 0.5 hours. In total, it will take 45 hours + 4.5 hours + 0.5 hours = 50 hours to complete the trip. The answer is 50.
Q: 3 people run for president. John manages to capture 150 votes. James captures 70% of the remaining vote. If there were 1150 people voting, how many more votes did the third guy get than John?
A: There were 1150 - 150 = 1000 people who didn't vote for John. That means James got 1000 * .7 = 700 votes. So the other candidate got 1000 - 700 = 300 votes. This means he got 300 - 150 = 150 more votes than John. The answer is 150.
Question: Jessie's community built a new hedge. Each section of the hedge used 30 pieces of concrete blocks that cost $2 per piece. The hedge has eight sections. How much did they spend on the concrete blocks?
Answer: They used 30 x 8 = 240 concrete blocks for the eight sections. So, they spent 240 x $2 = $480 on the concrete blocks. The answer is 480.
Q: Dennis collected 10 rocks. He put all of them in his aquarium but his fish ate half of them. He was able to make the fish spit two out. How many of Dennis's rocks are left?
A:
Dennis had 10 / 2 = 5 rocks left after the fish ate them. He made the fish spit two out, which left Dennis with 5 + 2 = 7 rocks. The answer is 7.