Question: Alice made 52 friendship bracelets over spring break to sell at school. It only cost her $3.00 in materials to make these bracelets. During the break, she gave 8 of her bracelets away. Back at school, she sells all of the remaining bracelets at $0.25 each. How much profit did she make (money earned after paying initial costs) on the sale of her bracelets?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: She made 52 bracelets but gave 8 away so she had 50 - 8 = 44 bracelets left. She sold 44 bracelets at $0.25 each for a total of 44 * .25 = $11.00. She made $11.00 but she spent $3.00 on the supplies. So her profit would be 11 - 3 = $8.00.
So the answer is 8.

Question: The number of soldiers on opposite sides of a war each needs 10 pounds of food every day to continue fighting effectively. However, soldiers in the second are each given 2 pounds less food than the first side. If the first side has 4000 soldiers and the other side 500 soldiers fewer than the first side, what's the total amount of pounds of food both sides are eating altogether every day?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The first side with 4000 soldiers is eating 4000 * 10 = 40000 pounds of food every day. Since the other side has 500 soldiers fewer than the first side, there are 4000 - 500 = 3500 soldiers on the second side. Soldiers on the second side are each given 10 - 2 = 8 pounds of food. The total amount of food the second side eats is 8 * 3500 = 28000. Altogether, the two sides eat 28000 + 40000 = 68000 pounds of food every day.
So the answer is 68000.

Question: The average GPA for 6th graders is 93, the 7th graders is 2 more than the 6th graders and the 8th graders average GPA is 91. What is the average GPA for the school?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The 7th graders average GPA is 2 more than the 6th graders GPA of 93 so 93 + 2 = 95. If you combine the GPA for all three grades then they have 93 + 95 + 91 = 279. The average GPA for the school is 279 / 3 = 93.
So the answer is 93.

Question: Marcus spends 20 minutes giving his dog a bath and half as long blow-drying her. Then he takes her for a walk along a 3-mile trail. If Marcus walks at 6 miles per hour, how much time does he spend with his dog total?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the total amount of time Marcus spends blow - drying his dog: 20 minutes / 2 = 10 minutes. Then find the time Marcus spends walking: 3 miles / 6 miles / hour = .5 hours. Then convert that time to minutes: .5 hours * 60 minutes / hour = 30 minutes. Then add up the time Marcus spends washing, drying and walking to find the total time: 10 minutes + 20 minutes + 30 minutes = 60 minutes.
So the answer is 60.