Question: Nurse Missy is attending to the needs of 12 patients in her hospital ward. Most of her patients require standard care, but one-third of her patients have special dietary requirements, which increases the serving time by 20%. At dinner time, she brings each patient their meal. It takes 5 minutes to serve each standard care patient. How long does it take, in minutes, for Missy to serve dinner to all of her patients?
Answer: Nurse Missy has 12 * (1 / 3) = 4 special needs patients. She has 12 - 4 = 8 standard care patients. Special needs patients take 20% longer to serve, which means serving takes 1.2 * 5 = 6 minutes per patient. To serve dinner to all of her standard care patients, it will take 5 * 8 = 40 minutes. To serve dinner to all of her special needs patients, it will take 6 * 4 = 24 minutes. In total, it will take 40 + 24 = 64 minutes to serve dinner to all of her patients. The answer is 64.
[Question]James spends 40 years teaching. His partner has been teaching for 10 years less. How long is their combined experience?
[Answer]His partner has been teaching for 40 - 10 = 30 years. So together they have 40 + 30 = 70 years of experience. The answer is 70.
Q: Seth bought some boxes of oranges. He gave a box to his mother. He then gave away half of the remaining boxes. If Seth has 4 boxes of oranges left, how many boxes did he buy in the first place?
A: After giving a box to his mom, Seth had 4 * 2 = 8 boxes left. Seth bought 8 + 1 = 9 boxes of oranges. The answer is 9.
Question: Max has 8 children and each of his children has the same number of children as he does except for 2 who have 5 children each. How many grandchildren does he have?
Answer: Out of his 8 children, 2 have only 5 children so the rest who have 8 ( the same number as him) are 8 - 2 = 6. 6 of Max's children have 8 children each for a total of 6 * 8 = 48 grandchildren. 2 of Max's children have 5 children each for a total of 5 * 2 = 10 grandchildren. In total he has 48 + 10 = 58 grandchildren. The answer is 58.
[Question]Josh built his little brother a rectangular sandbox. The perimeter of the sandbox is 30 feet and the length is twice the width. What is the width of the sandbox?
[Answer]There are four sides to a rectangle, the width is W and so the length is 2W, and we can put that in this equation: W + W + 2W + 2W = 30 feet. If we add the sides together, we get 6W = 30 feet. To find W, we divide both sides by 6, like this: 6W / 6 = 30 feet / 6, so W = 5 feet. The answer is 5.
[Question]A town is trying to clear litter from its streets. The council pays for adding 14 trash cans to the streets and also pays for adding twice as many trash cans to the back of stores. How many trash cans has the town paid for?
[Answer]
At the back of stores, the town has paid for 14 trash cans on the streets * 2 = 28 trash cans. The town has therefore added 14 trash cans on the streets + 28 trash cans at the back of stores = 42 trash cans. The answer is 42.