Q: A reporter is paid by the word and per article. She earns $.1 per word. She earns $60 per article. She has to finish three stories in the next 4 hours. She averages 10 words a minute. How much can she expect to earn per hour if she writes the entire time?
A: She has 240 minutes to write because 4 x 60 = 240. She will write 2,400 words because 240 x 10 = 2,400. She will earn $240 for the words because 2,400 x .1 = 240. She will earn $180 from the articles because 3 x 60 = 180. She will earn $420 in total because 240 + 180 = 420. She will average $105 an hour because 420 / 4 = 105. The answer is 105.
Question: A family just bought a newborn puppy that must eat a special type of dog food until it is 1 year old. The puppy needs to eat 2 ounces of this special dog food per day during the first 60 days of its life. After that, it needs to eat 4 ounces per day of the special food until it is old enough to eat regular dog food. If the special dog food is only sold in 5-pound bags, and there are 16 ounces in a pound, how many bags will the family need to buy to feed the puppy until it is old enough to eat regular dog food?
Answer: The puppy will consume 60 * 2 = 120 ounces of the special dog food in the first 60 days. This leaves 365 - 60 = 305 days where the puppy will consume 4 ounces of food per day, or 305 * 4 = 1220 ounces of the special food. Thus, the puppy requires a total of 120 + 1220 = 1340 ounces of food before it is 1 year old. Each 5 - pound bag contains 5 * 16 = 80 ounces of special dog food. Therefore, the puppy will need to eat 1340 / 80 = 16.75 bags of the special dog food, meaning the family will need to buy 17 bags. The answer is 17.
[Question]There are 2,000 kids in camp. If half of the kids are going to soccer camp, and 1/4 of the kids going to soccer camp are going to soccer camp in the morning, how many kids are going to soccer camp in the afternoon?
[Answer]There are 2000 / 2 = 1000 kids going to soccer camp. There are 1000 / 4 = 250 kids going to soccer camp in the morning. There are 250 * 3 = 750 kids going to soccer camp in the afternoon. The answer is 750.
Q: Mr. Salazar had seven dozen oranges. He reserved 1/4 of it for his friend and was able to sell 3/7 of the remaining yesterday. Today, he saw four rotten oranges. How many oranges are left to be sold today?
A: Mr. Salazar had 7 x 12 = 84 oranges. He reserved 84 x 1 / 4 = 21 oranges for his friend. Ha had 84 - 21 = 63 oranges to be sold yesterday. But only 63 x 3 / 7 = 27 oranges were sold yesterday. So, he had 63 - 27 = 36 oranges left. Since four oranges are rotten, then only 36 - 4 = 32 oranges are left to be sold today. The answer is 32.
Question: Tabitha adds 1 serving of honey per cup of tea in the evening. She usually has 2 cups of tea before bed. She buys her honey in a 16-ounce container. If there are 6 servings of honey per ounce, how many nights will she be able to enjoy honey in her tea before bed?
Answer: She has 1 serving of honey per cup of tea and she has 2 teas at night so she needs a total of 1 * 2 = 2 servings per night. There are 6 servings in 1 ounce and she has a 16 - ounce jar of honey so that's 6 * 16 = 96 servings of honey. Her jar has 96 servings and she has 2 servings a night so 1 jar will last her 96 / 2 = 48 nights. The answer is 48.
Q: Estevan has 24 blankets. One-third of the blankets have polka-dots. For his birthday, his mother gives him 2 more polka-dot print blankets. How many polka-dot blankets does Estevan have in total?
A:
Before his birthday, Estevan has 24 / 3 = 8 polka - dot blankets. After his birthday, Estevan has 8 + 2 = 10 polka - dot blankets. The answer is 10.