Question: Jordan decides to start an exercise program when he weighs 250 pounds. For the first 4 weeks, he loses 3 pounds a week. After that, he loses 2 pounds a week for 8 weeks. How much does Jordan now weigh?
Answer: He loses 3 pounds a week for 4 weeks for a total of 3 * 4 = 12 pounds. He loses 2 pounds a week for 8 weeks for a total of 2 * 8 = 16 pounds. All total he has lost 12 + 16 = 28 pounds. Jordan weighed 250 pounds and has lost 28 pounds so he now weighs 250 - 28 = 222 pounds. The answer is 222.
[Question]Janet takes two multivitamins and 3 calcium supplements every day for the first 2 weeks of the month. For the last two weeks of the month, she runs low on calcium supplements and only takes one per day. How many pills does Janet take in that month?
[Answer]First find the number of pills Janet takes every day for the first 2 weeks: 2 pills / day + 3 pills / day = 5 pills / day. Then find the number of days in 2 weeks: 2 weeks * 7 days / week = 14 days. Then multiply that number by the number of pills she takes daily to find the total number of pills she takes in the first 2 weeks: 5 pills / day * 14 days = 70 pills. Then find the number of pills Janet takes every day for the last 2 weeks: 2 pills / day + 1 pill / day = 3 pills / day. Then multiply that number by the number of days in 2 weeks to find the total number of pills she takes in the last 2 weeks: 3 pills / day * 14 days = 42 pills. Then add the number of pills she took in the first and last two weeks to find the total number of pills she took: 42 pills + 70 pills = 112 pills. The answer is 112.
Q: Nina wants to buy a new video game with her allowance money. The game cost 50 dollars. Nina also has learned that there is a 10 percent sales tax. She receives 10 dollars a week as an allowance, and thinks she can save half of that. How many weeks will it take for Nina to be able to buy the new video game with her savings?
A: The 10 percent tax on 50 dollars will be 10 / 100 x 50 = 5 dollars. The cost of the game and the tax will be 50 + 5 = 55 dollars. Nina will save half of her allowance every week, or 10 / 2 = 5 dollars per week. The total cost of the game and tax, divided by Nina's weekly savings is 55 / 5 = 11 weeks. The answer is 11.
Question: Michelle uses 40 beads in making a necklace. She uses 5 blue beads and 2 times as many red beads as blue beads. Then she uses the same number of white beads as the blue and red beads combined. If the rest of the beads she uses are silver, how many silver beads does she use?
Answer: Michelle uses 5 x 2 = 10 red beads. She uses 5 + 10 = 15 white beads. So she uses a total of 5 + 10 + 15 = 30 blue, red, and white beads. Therefore, she uses 40 - 30 = 10 silver beads. The answer is 10.
[Question]A basketball team won 35 out of the 50 games that they have played. They still have 25 games left to play for the season. How many of the remaining games must they win so that their percentage of wins in the entire season is 64%?
[Answer]There are a total of 50 + 25 = 75 games in the entire season. Sixty - four percent of these games is 75 x 64 / 100 = 48. Since they already won 35, then the team needs to win 48 - 35 = 13 more games. The answer is 13.
[Question]Tabitha and her friends were excited to go to the Christmas parade because they knew candy would be thrown to the crowd from the floats. Tabitha caught 22 pieces of candy. Stan caught 13 pieces. Julie caught half the amount of candy as Tabitha caught and Carlos caught twice as much candy as Stan. How many pieces in total did the friends catch?
[Answer]
Julie caught half the amount of Tabitha's 22 pieces so 22 / 2 = 11 pieces of candy caught by Julie. Carlos caught twice the amount of candy as Stan's 13 pieces so 2 * 13 = 26 pieces of candy caught by Carlos. All together, Tabitha caught 22 pieces, Stan had 13, Julie had 11 and Carlos had 26, so there were a total of 22 + 13 + 11 + 26 = 72 pieces of candy. The answer is 72.