[Question]Allen ordered five boxes of pizza, which cost $7 each box. He then gave a tip which amounts to 1/7 of the total cost of his order. If he gave the delivery man $100, how much change did he receive?
[Answer]The total cost of five boxes of pizza is $7 x 5 = $35. He gave $35 x 1 / 7 = $5 tip to the delivery man. He spent a total of $35 + $5 = $40 for the pizza and the tip. The change that he received is $100 - $40 = $60. The answer is 60.
Q: Sandra has a box of apples that weighs 120 pounds. She's going to use half the weight in apples to make applesauce. The rest will be used to make apple pies. She needs 4 pounds of apples per pie. How many pies will she be able to make?
A: The box weighs 120 pounds and she's going to use half of it to make applesauce so she'll use 120 / 2 = 60 pounds for applesauce. The box weighs 120 pounds and she'll use 60 pounds for applesauce so that leaves 120 - 60 = 60 pounds of apples. She has 60 pounds of apples and she needs 4 pounds to make a pie so she can make 60 / 4 = 15 pies. The answer is 15.
Question: A candy store sold 20 pounds of fudge for $2.50/pound, 5 dozen chocolate truffles for $1.50 each and 3 dozen chocolate-covered pretzels at $2.00 each. How much money did the candy store make?
Answer: 20 pounds of fudge at $2.50 / pounds is 20 * 2.50 = $50.00. The 5 dozen truffles were sold in individual units so a dozen is equal to 12 so 5 * 12 = 60. 60 chocolate truffles, at $1.50 each sold for 60 * 1.50 = $90.00. The 3 dozen chocolate pretzels sold in individual units so a dozen is equal to 12 so 3 * 12 = 36. 36 chocolate pretzels sold for $2.00 each sold for 36 * 2 = $72.00. All total, the store made 50 + 90 + 72 = $212.00 from candy sales. The answer is 212.
[Question]Billy can spit a watermelon seed 30 inches. Madison can spit a watermelon seed 20% farther than Billy. Ryan can spit a watermelon seed 50% shorter than Madison. How far can Ryan spit a watermelon seed?
[Answer]Madison can spit a seed 20% farther than Billy's 30 inches so that's .20 * 30 = 6 inches farther. Billy spits a seed 30 inches and Madison can spit 6 inches farther for a total of 30 + 6 = 36 inches. Ryan can spit a seed 50% shorter than Madison's 36 inches for a total of .50 * 36 = 18 inches. The answer is 18.
Q: Hermione, Luna, and Celestia combined have 83 spelling badges. If Hermione has 14 and Luna has 17, how many spelling badges does Celestia have?
A: Combining Hermione and Luna has 14 + 17 = 31 spelling badges. Removing their spelling badges from the total, Celestia has 83 - 31 = 52 spelling badges. The answer is 52.
Question: Sasha made 30 chocolate muffins for her school bake sale fundraiser. Melissa made 4 times as many muffins as Sasha, and Tiffany made half of Sasha and Melissa's total number of muffins. If one muffin sold for $4, how much money did Sasha, Melissa, and Tiffany contribute to the fundraiser?
Answer:
Melissa made 30 x 4 = 120 muffins. Together, Melissa and Sasha made 30 + 120 = 150 muffins. Tiffany made 150 / 2 = 75 muffins. Altogether, they made 150 + 75 = 225 muffins. They contributed 225 x $4 = $900 to the fundraiser. The answer is 900.