[Question]Ludwig works 7 days a week and he usually works half of the day during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If his daily salary is $10, how much does he earn every week?
[Answer]Ludwig earns a total of $10 x 4 = $40 from Monday to Thursday. He earns $10 / 2 = $5 per day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. So, his total salary for Friday, Saturday, Sunday is $5 x 3 = $15. Therefore, his total weekly salary is $40 + $15 = $55. The answer is 55.
Q: Meadow has a business that sells baby diapers to her local townspeople. She orders 30 boxes of diapers containing 40 packs weekly, with each pack having 160 diapers. She sells each diaper for $5. How much money is Meadow making from selling all her diapers?
A: When she orders 30 boxes, the total number of packs in the boxes is 30 * 40 = 1200 packs. If a pack has 160 diapers, 1200 packs contain 1200 * 160 = 192000 diapers. After selling all the diapers, Meadow gets 192000 * $5 = $960000. The answer is 960000.
Question: The Super Soup franchise had 23 stores in 2018. In 2019, the business opened 5 new stores, but closed the 2 that performed the worst. And in 2020, they opened 10 new stores, closing the 6 worst-performing. How many stores did Super Soup have at the end of 2020?
Answer: The number of stores opened is 5 + 10 = 15. The number closed is 2 + 6 = 8. There were 23 + 15 - 8 = 30 stores open. The answer is 30.
[Question]Patricia is growing her long very long to donate it to a charity that makes wigs for cancer survivors. Her hair is 14 inches long. She needs to donate 23 inches to make a wig. She wants her hair to be 12 inches long after the donation. How much longer does she have to grow her hair?
[Answer]Her hair needs to be 35 inches long when she cuts it because 23 + 12 = 35. She needs to grow it 21 more inches because 35 - 14 = 21. The answer is 21.
Q: Evan owns 40 fewer books than the number he had 2 years ago. Evan will have 60 more than five times as many books as he owns now in five years. If Evan had 200 books two years ago, calculate the total number of books he will have in five years.
A: If Evan had 200 books two years ago, he currently has 200 - 40 = 160 books. In five years, Evan will have 60 more than 160 * 5 = 800 books which is the number he has now. This means Evan will have 800 + 60 = 860 books in five years. The answer is 860.
Question: Nala found 5 seashells at the beach. The next day, she found another 7, and the following day, she found twice the number she got from the first two days. How many seashells does Nala have?
Answer:
On the first and second days, Nala found 5 + 7 = 12 seashells. On the third day, she found 12 x 2 = 24 seashells. Altogether, she found 12 + 24 = 36 seashells. The answer is 36.