Q: Carson needs to mow the lawn and plant some flowers. Carson has to mow 40 lines to cover the whole yard, and it takes him 2 minutes to mow one line. He also needs to plant 8 rows of flowers, each with 7 flowers, and it takes him half a minute to plant each flower. How many minutes will Carson spend gardening?
A: First find the total time Carson spends mowing: 40 lines * 2 minutes / line = 80 minutes. Then find the total number of flowers Carson plants: 8 rows * 7 flowers / row = 56 flowers. Then multiply that number by the time taken to plant each flower to find the total time spent planting flowers: .5 minutes / flower * 56 flowers = 28 minutes. Finally, add that time to the time spent mowing to find the total time spent gardening: 28 minutes + 80 minutes = 108 minutes. The answer is 108.
Question: Nigel won $45 but gave some away. His mother gave him $80 more. If now Nigel has $10 more than twice the amount he originally had, how much money did he give away?
Answer: Twice the amount Nigel originally had is 2 * 45 = 90 dollars. Now, Nigel has 10 dollars more, meaning that he has 10 + 90 = 100 dollars. Before his mother gave him 80 dollars, he had been left with 100 - 80 = 20 dollars. This means that Nigel gave away 45 - 20 = 25 dollars. The answer is 25.
[Question]A baseball team has averaged 15 hits per game over their first 5 games. There are 11 players on the team. Their best player has 25 total hits. If the other players continue their average over the next 6 games, how many hits will each player average across the 6 games in total?
[Answer]The best player averages 5 hits a game because 25 / 5 = 5. The rest of the team averages 10 hits a game because 15 - 5 = 10. The rest of the players average 1 hit a game because 10 / 10 = 1. They will average 6 hits per player over the next 6 games because 6 x 1 = 6. The answer is 6.
Q: There are 235 books in a library. On Tuesday, 227 books are taken out. On Thursday, 56 books are brought back and 35 books are taken out again on Friday. How many books are there now?
A: On Tuesday, 227 books were taken, so there are 235 - 227 = 8 books left. 56 books were brought back on Thursday, so there are 8 + 56 = 64 books in the library. Finally, 35 books are taken out on Friday, leaving 64 - 35 = 29 books available. The answer is 29.
Question: Solomon bought a dining table at a 10% discount and paid the sale price of $450. What was the original price of the dining table?
Answer: Since there was a 10% discount, this means that Solomon only paid 100% - 10% = 90% of the original price. The 90% is represented by $450, so 1% is equal to $450 / 90 = $5. Therefore, the original price of the dining table is $5 x 100 = $500. The answer is 500.
Q: Tom hasn't been sleeping well lately. He figures he has been getting about 5 hours of sleep each weeknight and 6 hours each night on the weekend. If Tom would ideally like to get 8 hours of sleep each night on both weeknights and weekends, how many hours of sleep is Tom behind on from the last week?
A:
Tom ideally wants to sleep 8 hours a night for 7 days, 8 x 7 = 56 hours sleep total for the week. Tom has actually only slept 5 hours each weeknight, 5 x 5 = 25 hours of sleep. Tom has only slept 6 hours each night on the weekend, 6 x 2 = 12 hours of sleep. Total, Tom has gotten 25 + 12 hours = 37 hours sleep. The difference between how many hours Tom would like to sleep, 56, and how many hours he's actually slept, 37, is 56 - 37 = 19 hours of sleep that Tom is behind on. The answer is 19.