[Question]In the cafeteria, Athena wants to buy snacks for her friends. She bought 3 sandwiches at $3 each and 2 fruit drinks at $2.5 each. How much did she spend in all?
[Answer]Athena spent 3 x $3 = $9 on sandwiches. She spent 2 x $2.5 = $5 on fruits drinks. Therefore, Athena spent $9 + $5 = $14 in all. The answer is 14.
Q: Bob drove for one and a half hours at 60/mph. He then hit construction and drove for 2 hours at 45/mph. How many miles did Bob travel in those 3 and a half hours?
A: Bob drove for 1.5 hour * 60 / mph = 90 miles. Bod drove for 2 hour * 45 / mph = 90 miles. In total Bob drove 90 + 90 miles = 180 miles. The answer is 180.
Question: Kim is an office manager. Every morning she spends 5 minutes making coffee, 2 minutes per employee getting a status update, and 3 minutes per employee updating payroll records. If there are 9 employees in the office, how long does Kim's morning routine take?
Answer: First find how many minutes Kim spends on each employee: 2 minutes / employee + 3 minutes / employee = 5 minutes / employee. Then multiply that time by the number of employees to find the total time spent on status and payroll updates: 5 minutes / employee * 9 employees = 45 minutes. Finally, add that time to the time spent making coffee to find the total time: 45 minutes + 5 minutes = 50 minutes. The answer is 50.
[Question]Colin ran his first mile in 6 minutes. He ran his next two miles in 5 minutes each and finished his 4th mile in 4 minutes. What was the average time it took him to run a mile?
[Answer]His first mile was in 6 minutes, then 5 minutes, another 5 minutes and his final mile was 4 minutes so it took him 6 + 5 + 5 + 4 = 20 minutes. It took 20 minutes to run 4 miles so his average time was 20 / 4 = 5 minutes per mile. The answer is 5.
Q: A cooler is filled with 24 cans of cherry soda and orange pop. If there are twice as many cans of orange pop as there are of cherry soda, how many cherry sodas are there?
A: There are C cans of cherry soda in the cooler. There are twice as many cans of orange pop, so there are 2C cans of orange pop in the cooler. In all, there are C + 2C = 3C = 24 cans in the cooler. Therefore, there are C = 24 / 3 = 8 cans of cherry soda in the cooler. The answer is 8.
Question: Mary used 15 gallons of fuel this week. Last week she used 20% less. How much fuel did she use in total for the two weeks?
Answer:
Last week, she used 15 gallons * 0.2 = 3 gallons less fuel than she used this week. This means that she used 15 gallons 3 gallons = 12 gallons of fuel last week. In total, Mary used 15 gallons + 12 gallons = 27 gallons of fuel. The answer is 27.