Q: Violet is trying to figure out whether she should buy a family pass to the aquarium for $120 or pay for tickets separately. If adult tickets cost $35 and children's tickets cost $20, and Violet's family has 1 adult and 6 children, how much will she pay if she buys separate tickets?
A: First find the total cost of the children's tickets: 6 children * $20 / child = $120. Then add the cost of the adult ticket to find the total cost: $120 + $35 = $155. The answer is 155.

Q: Mary Anne drinks 1/5 of a bottle of sparkling water every night at dinner. If each bottle costs her $2.00, how much does she spend on sparkling water every year?
A: She drinks 1 / 5 of a bottle of sparkling water every night so over an entire year she drinks .2 * 365 = 73 bottles of sparkling water. Every bottle costs $2.00 and she drinks 73 bottles a year so she spends 2 * 73 = $146.00 a year on sparkling water. The answer is 146.

Q: Eve wants to buy her 3 nieces cooking gear that's made for kids. The hand mitts cost $14.00 and the apron is $16.00. A set of 3 cooking utensils is $10.00 and a small knife is twice the amount of the utensils. The store is offering a 25% off sale on all cooking gear. How much will Eve spend on the gifts?
A:
A small knife is twice the amount of the utensils that costs $10.00 so the knife costs 2 * 10 = $20.00. All total, each little kit will costs $14.00 for mitts, $16.00 for an apron, $10.00 for utensils and $20.00 for a knife for a total of 14 + 16 + 10 + 20 = $60.00. Each kit costs $60.00 and they are currently 25% off so that's a savings of 60 * .25 = $15.00. The kits are $60.00 and they are $15.00 off so they now cost 60 - 15 = $45.00. She needs to buy 3 kits and each kit costs $45.00 so that's 3 * 45 = $135.00. The answer is 135.