Question: Mr. McNeely takes a register of the total number of students present in class every day. On a particular week, the number of students in the class on the second day was 40 more than the first day. The number of students who didn't turn up for the class on the second day was twice the number of students who didn't turn up on the third day. On the third day, 1/7 of the total number of students of the class called in sick. If the total number of students in the class is 280, calculate the number of absent students in the three days.
Answer: On the third day, 1 / 7 * 280 = 40 students called in sick. If the number of students absent on the second day was twice the number on the third day, then 2 * 40 = 80 students didn't show up for the class on the second day. The total number of students present in the class on the second day was 280 - 80 = 200. If 40 fewer students showed up for the class on the first day than on the second day, then 200 - 40 = 160 students showed up for the class on the first day. The number of students absent on the first day is 280 - 160 = 120. In the three days, the total number of absentees is 120 + 80 + 40 = 240. The answer is 240.
[Question]Johnny makes his signature crab dish 40 times a day. It uses 1.5 pounds of crab meat. Crab meat sells for $8 per pound. How much does he spend in a week if he is closed 3 days a week?
[Answer]He uses 40 * 1.5 = 60 pounds of crab meat per day. That cost 60 * 8 = $480 per day. He is open 7 - 3 = 4 days a week. So he spends 480 * 4 = $1920 a week. The answer is 1920.
Q: The tornado picked up the Smith's car and transported it 200 feet in the air before dropping it into the neighbors' pool. Also in the pool was a lawn chair that had been blown twice as far as the car had been transported. And the pool also contained a birdhouse that had flown through the air three times farther than the lawn chair had been blown. How far, in feet, far had the birdhouse flown?
A: The lawn chair was blown twice as far as the car, or 2 * 200 = 400 feet. The birdhouse had flown 3 times farther than the lawn chair had been blown, or 3 * 400 = 1200 feet. The answer is 1200.
Question: Susan is taking a two week vacation. She works five days a week and has six days of paid vacation. The rest of her workdays will be unpaid vacation time. She gets paid $15 per hour and works 8 hours a day. How much pay will she miss on her vacation?
Answer: Susan works 2 * 5 = 10 days in two weeks. She is taking 10 - 6 = 4 days of unpaid vacation. At $15 per hour, she is paid 15 * 8 = $120 per day. At $120 per day, Susan will miss 120 * 4 = $480 on her vacation. The answer is 480.
[Question]Charley has a bag that contains 51 white beads and 90 black beads. He reaches in the bag and pulls out 1/6 of the black beads and a third of the white beads. How many beads in total did Charley pull out?
[Answer]Charley pulled out 90 / 6 = 15 black beads. Charley pulled out 51 / 3 = 17 white beads. Charley pulled out 15 + 17 = 32 beads in total. The answer is 32.
[Question]Two friends, Hubert and Ian, are planning to have a pizza party. One box of pizza is worth $14, and a can of soda is worth $1.80. Hubert orders eight boxes of pizza and ten cans of soda. Ian buys ten boxes of pizza and fifteen cans of soda. How much do they spend in all?
[Answer]
The number of boxes of pizza is 8 + 10 = 18 boxes. The number of cans of soda is 10 + 15 = 25 cans. The eighteen boxes of pizza cost 18 x $14 = $252. The cost of 25 cans of soda is 25 x $1.80 = $45. Therefore, the total amount they spend is $252 + $45 = $297. The answer is 297.