Reasoning and answer: 4 hours and 30 minutes is the same as 4 * 60 + 30 = 270 minutes. At 90 minutes per movie, Grandpa could watch a total of 270 / 90 = 3 entire movies in 4 hours and 30 minutes. On Wednesday, he watched 2 * 3 = 6 movies. Thus, during these two days, he could have watched as many as 3 + 6 = 9 movies.
The answer: 9
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Question: Grandpa Lou enjoys watching movies on the Hallmark channel, where every movie lasts 90 minutes. If, on Tuesday, he watched several full-length movies on the Hallmark channel for a total of 4 hours and 30 minutes, and then on Wednesday he watched on the same channel twice as many movies as he did on Tuesday. What is the maximum number of full-length movies Grandpa could have watched during these two days?
In mid - June, the river is 5 + 10 = 15 feet deep. In mid - July, the river is 15 * 3 = 45 feet deep.
The answer: 45
Reverse engineering the question: In mid-May, the river flowing through Moreland is five feet deep. By mid-June, the river is 10 feet deeper than mid-May. By mid-July, the river is three times deeper than mid-June. How many feet deep is the river by mid-July?
Reasoning and answer: A quarter is worth five nickels because .25 / .05 = 5. She gets 100 nickels from the bank because 20 x 5 = 100. 20 of the nickels are iron nickels because 100 x .20 = 20. 80 of the nickels are regular because 100 - 20 = 80. The iron nickels are worth $60 because 20 x 3 = 60. The regular nickels are worth $4 because 80 x .05 = 4. Her money is now worth $64 because 60 + 4 = 64.
The answer: 64
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Question: Alice has 20 quarters. She wants to exchange them for nickels and so she goes to the bank. After getting back from the bank, she discovers that 20% of the nickels are iron nickels worth $3 each. What is the total value of her money now?
The kitchen took 4 * .5 = 2 hours longer than the bedrooms. So the kitchen took 4 + 2 = 6 hours. The bedrooms took 3 * 4 = 12 hours. So the kitchen and bedrooms combined took 12 + 6 = 18 hours. The living room took 18 * 2 = 36 hours. So everything took a total of 18 + 36 = 54 hours.
The answer: 54
Reverse engineering the question: Tom decides to renovate a house. There are 3 bedrooms and each bedroom takes 4 hours to renovate. The kitchen takes 50% longer than each bedroom. The living room took twice as much time as everything else combined. How long did everything take?
Reasoning and answer: She needs 2 sets of guest towels that are $40.00 each so that's 2 * 40 = $80.00. She needs 4 sets of master bath towels that are $50.00 each so that's 4 * 50 = $200.00. Together, the towels will cost 80 + 200 = $280.00. The store is offering 20% off of her $280.00 towels so that's 280 * .20 = $56.00 discount. Her $280.00 towels have a $56.00 discount making them 280 - 56 = $224.00.
The answer: 224
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Question: Bailey needs to buy 2 new sets of towels for the guest bathroom and 4 new sets for her master bathroom. The set of towels for the guest bathroom are $40.00 each and the master bathroom set is $50.00 each. The store is currently offering 20% off so how much will Bailey spend on towel sets?
Reasoning and answer: Let's assume the total amount of money that Jane has is m. Since Jean has 3 times as much money as Jane, he has 3 * m = 3m. Combined, Jean and Jane have a total of m + 3m = $76. This evaluates to 4m = $76. The total amount of money that Jane has, represented by m, is m = $76 / 4. Jane has m = $19. Since Jean has three times as much money as Jane, Jean has 3 * $19 = $57.
The answer: 57
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Question:
Jean has three times as much money as Jane. They have a combined total of $76. How much money does Jean have?