Question: The flowers cost $9, the clay pot costs $20 more than the flower, and the bag of soil costs $2 less than the flower. How much does it cost to plant the flowers?
Answer: The clay pot costs $20 + $9 = $29. The bag of soil costs $9 - $2 = $7. The cost to plant the flowers is $9 + $29 + $7 = $45. The answer is 45.
[Question]Last year Jessica paid $1000 for rent, $200 for food, and $100 for car insurance each month. This year her rent goes up by 30%, food costs increase by 50%, and the cost of her car insurance triples because she was at fault in an accident. How much more does Jessica pay for her expenses over the whole year compared to last year?
[Answer]First find the increase in rent by multiplying last year's rent by 30%: $1000 * .3 = $300. Then find the food cost increase by multiplying last year's costs by 50%: $200 * .5 = $100. Then find the new car insurance price by multiplying last year's price by 3: $100 * 3 = $300. Then subtract the cost of car insurance last year from this year's price to find the increase: $300 - $100 = $200. Now find how much Jessica's monthly expenses increased by adding the increases in each of the three costs: $300 + $100 + $200 = $600. Now multiply the increase per month by the number of months in a year to find the annual increase: $600 / month * 12 months / year = $7200 / year. The answer is 7200.
Q: John has to hire a lawyer. He pays $1000 upfront. He then gets charged $100 per hour. The lawyer has to work 50 hours in court time. It takes 2 times that long in prep time. His brother pays half the fee. How much did John pay?
A: The lawyer worked 50 * 2 = 100 hours out of court. So he worked 100 + 50 = 150 hours total. That means the hourly time cost 150 * 100 = $15000. Adding the upfront cost it was 15000 + 1000 = $16000. His brother paid half so he paid 16000 / 2 = $8000. The answer is 8000.
Question: It takes 7 years for an apple tree to bear fruit. If Lydia planted a tree when she was 4 years old and is now 9 years old, how old would she be when she gets to eat an apple from her tree for the first time?
Answer: The tree has been planted for 9 - 4 = 5 years. It will take another 7 - 5 = 2 years for it to bear fruit. Lydia will be 9 + 2 = 11 years old. The answer is 11.
[Question]Billy is breeding mice for an experiment. He starts with 8 mice, who each have 6 pups. When the pups grow up, all the mice have another 6 pups. Then each adult mouse eats 2 of their pups due to the stress of overcrowding. How many mice are left?
[Answer]First find the number of pups in the first generation: 8 mice * 6 pups / mouse = 48 pups. Then add the number of adult mice to find the total number of mice: 48 pups + 8 mice = 56 mice. Then find the number of pups per mouse that survive from the second generation: 6 pups / mouse - 2 pups / mouse = 4 pups / mouse. Then multiply that number by the number of adult mice to find the number of pups in the second generation: 56 mice * 4 pups / mouse = 224 mice. Then add the number of adult mice to the number of second - generation pups to find the total number of mice: 224 mice + 56 mice = 280 mice. The answer is 280.
[Question]Chad bought 6 packages of cat food and 2 packages of dog food. Each package of cat food contained 9 cans, and each package of dog food contained 3 cans. How many more cans of cat food than dog food did Chad buy?
[Answer]
Chad's cat food total was 6 packages * 9 cans = 54 cans of cat food. Chad's dog food total was 2 packages * 3 cans = 6 cans of dog food. Chad had 54 cans of cat food - 6 cans of dog food = 48 more cans of cat food. The answer is 48.