Question: Vicente bought 5 kilograms of rice and 3 pounds of meat. Each kilogram of rice is $2 and a pound of meat is $5. How much did Vicente spend in total?
Answer: Vicente spent 5 x $2 = $10 for 5 kilograms of rice. He spent 3 x $5 = $15 for 3 pounds of meat. Therefore, the total amount he spent was $15 + $10 = $25. The answer is 25.
[Question]One-half of a pound of mangoes costs $0.60. How many pounds can Kelly buy with $12?
[Answer]One pound of mangoes cost $0.60 x 2 = $1.20. So Kelly can buy $12 / $1.20 = 10 pounds of mangoes. The answer is 10.
Q: In the garden, the gecko eats 12 bugs. The lizard eats half as many bugs as the gecko. The frog eats 3 times as many bugs as the lizard. The toad eats 50% more bugs than the frog. How many bugs are eaten in total by all of them?
A: Lizard eats 12 / 2 = 6 bugs. Frog eats 6 x 3 = 18 bugs. Toad eats 18 x 1.50 = 27 bugs. The lizard, frog and toad eat 6 + 18 + 27 = 51 bugs. Adding what the gecko eats, a total of 12 + 51 = 63 bugs are eaten. The answer is 63.
Question: Sadie has 140 math homework problems for the week. 40 percent are Algebra problems, and half of the Algebra problems are solving linear equations. How many solving linear equations problems does Sadie have to solve?
Answer: Algebra:140(.40) = 56 problems. Linear:56 / 2 = 28 problems. The answer is 28.
[Question]Mitch is baking a cake and needs 3 cups of flour and two cups of sugar. He doesn't have a one cup scoop, only a 1/3 cup scoop. How many total scoops will he need?
[Answer]He needs 9 scoops of flour because 3 / (1 / 3) = 9. He needs 6 scoops of sugar because 2 / (1 / 3) = 6. He needs 15 total scoops because 9 + 6 = 15. The answer is 15.
[Question]Julia is performing in her high school musical this weekend and her family wants to come to the show. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children. If her mom, dad, grandma, and three little sisters come to the show, how much will the total be for their tickets?
[Answer]
The cost will for 3 adults will be $12 / adult x 3 adults = $36. The cost for 3 children will be $10 / child x 3 children = $30. The total cost will be $36 + $30 = $66. The answer is 66.