Q: Bill milked his cow and got 16 gallons of milk. He turned 1/4 into sour cream, 1/4 into butter, and kept the rest as whole milk. It takes 4 gallons of milk to make one gallon of butter and 2 gallons of milk to make 1 gallon of sour cream. If Bill sells butter for $5/gallon, sour cream for $6/gallon, and whole milk for $3/gallon, how much money does he make?
A: First find how much milk Bill turned into sour cream and butter: 16 gallons * 1 / 4 = 4 gallons. Then find how many gallons of butter he makes out of 4 gallons of milk: 4 gallons milk / 4 gallons milk / 1 gallon butter = 1 gallon butter. Then find how many gallons of sour cream he makes out of 4 gallons of milk: 4 gallons milk / 2 gallons milk / 1 gallon sour cream = 2 gallon sour cream. Then subtract the amount of milk turned into butter and sour cream to find the remaining amount of whole milk: 16 gallons - 4 gallons - 4 gallons = 8 gallons. Then multiply the number of gallons of milk by the price of milk to find the total cost of the milk: 8 gallons * $3 / gallon = $24. Then multiply the number of gallons of sour cream by the price of sour cream to find the total cost of the sour cream: 2 gallons * $6 / gallon = $12. Then add the cost of the butter, sour cream and milk to find the total amount of money Bill earns: $24 + $12 + $5 = $41. The answer is 41.
Question: Every day Janet spends 8 minutes looking for her keys and another 3 minutes complaining after she finds them. If Janet stops losing her keys, how many minutes will she save every week?
Answer: First find the total time Janet spends looking for her key and complaining each day: 8 minutes / day + 3 minutes / day = 11 minutes / day. Then multiply that number by the number of days in a week to find the weekly time spent: 11 minutes / day * 7 days / week = 77 minutes. The answer is 77.
[Question]When Herman's team is busy working on large projects he stops at the drive-through 5 days, every week to buy a breakfast combo for himself and 3 members of his team. Each meal costs $4.00. This current project will last 16 weeks. How much will Herman spend on breakfast?
[Answer]Herman buys himself and 3 team members breakfast 5 days a week so that's 4 * 5 = 20 breakfast combo meals. Each combo meals costs $4.00 and he buys 20 of them a week so that's 4 * 20 = $80.00. Over a 16 week period he spends 16 * 80 = $1,280.00 on breakfast. The answer is 1280.
Q: Jim reads at a rate of 40 pages an hour. He reads a total of 600 pages per week. He increases his reading speed to 150% of its former speed but reads 4 hours less per week. How many pages does he read a week now?
A: He read 600 / 40 = 15 hours per week. So now he reads 15 - 4 = 11 hours per week. She now reads 40 * 1.5 = 60 pages per hour. So she reads 11 * 60 = 660 pages per week. The answer is 660.
Question: Matt has six cats and half of them are female. If each female cat has 7 kittens, and Matt sells 9 of them, what percentage of his remaining cats are kittens (rounded to the nearest percent)?
Answer: First find the number of cats that are females: 6 cats / 2 = 3 cats. Then find the total number of kittens born: 7 kittens / cat * 3 cats = 21 kittens. Then subtract the 9 kittens that were sold: 21 kittens - 9 kittens = 12 kittens. Then add the number of kittens to the number of adult cats to find the total number of cats: 12 kittens + 6 cats = 18 cats. Then divide the number of kittens by the total number of cats and multiply by 100% to find the percentage of cats that are kittens: 12 kittens / 18 cats * 100% = 66.666...%, which rounds up to 67%. The answer is 67.
Q: Mike and Ted planted tomatoes. In the morning, Mike planted 50 tomato seeds while Ted planted twice as much as Mike. In the afternoon, Mike planted 60 tomato seeds while Ted planted 20 fewer tomato seeds than Mike. How many tomato seeds did they plant altogether?
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Ted planted 2 x 50 = 100 tomato seeds. So, Mike and Ted planted 50 + 100 = 150 tomato seeds in the morning. In the afternoon, Ted planted 60 - 20 = 40 seeds. Thus, Mike and Ted planted 60 + 40 = 100 tomato seeds in the afternoon. Therefore, they planted 150 + 100 = 250 tomato seed altogether. The answer is 250.