Q: Judy uses 10 pencils during her 5 day school week. A 30 pack of pencils costs $4. How much will she spend on pencils over 45 days?
A: She uses 2 pencils a day because 10 / 5 = 2. She will use 90 pencils in 45 days because 2 x 45 = 90. She will need 3 packs of pencils because 90 / 30 = 3. She will spend $12 because 3 x 4 = 12. The answer is 12.
Question: On a construction site, the Laker cement factory provided 500 bags of cement sold to Mr. Zander at $10 per bag. Mr. Zander also received twenty lorries of construction sand, each carrying 10 tons of sand, sold at $40 per ton. How much money did Mr. Zander pay for these construction materials?
Answer: The total cost for the sand is 500 * 10 = $5000. Since each lorry was carrying 10 tons of sand, the twenty lorries carried 20 * 10 = 200 tons. At $40 per ton, Mr. Zander paid 200 * $40 = $8000 for the sand that was delivered to his construction site. Altogether, Mr. Zander paid $8000 + $5000 = $13000 for the delivered construction materials. The answer is 13000.
[Question]Tim decides to do a movie marathon. The first movie is 2 hours long. The next movie is 50% longer. And the last movie is 1 hour shorter than the combined time of the previous 2 movies. How long was his movie marathon?
[Answer]The second movie was 2 * .5 = 1' hour longer than the first movie. So the second movie was 2 + 1 = 3 hours long. That means the first two movies had a combined time of 3 + 2 = 5 hours. So the last movie had a length of 5 - 1 = 4 hours. That means the marathon lasted 5 + 4 = 9 hours. The answer is 9.
Q: Cindy can run at 3 miles per hour and walk at 1 mile per hour. If she runs for half a mile and then walks for half a mile, how many minutes will it take her to travel the full mile?
A: It will take her 0.5 miles / 3 mph * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = 10 minutes to run half a mile. It will take her 0.5 miles / 1 mph * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = 30 minutes to walk half a mile. Her total time is 10 + 30 = 40 minutes. The answer is 40.
Question: Hannah is trying to figure out how much she'll get paid this week. She makes $30/hour and works 18 hours per week. Her pay is docked $5 each time she's late. If she was late 3 times this week, how much does she get paid?
Answer: Hannah's total earnings are 18 hours * $30 / hour = $540 a week. Her pay was docked because she was late 3 times, so 3 times * $5 per time = $15 were docked. She gets paid $540 - $15 = $525 at the end of the week. The answer is 525.
Q: Nigel won $45 but gave some away. His mother gave him $80 more. If now Nigel has $10 more than twice the amount he originally had, how much money did he give away?
A:
Twice the amount Nigel originally had is 2 * 45 = 90 dollars. Now, Nigel has 10 dollars more, meaning that he has 10 + 90 = 100 dollars. Before his mother gave him 80 dollars, he had been left with 100 - 80 = 20 dollars. This means that Nigel gave away 45 - 20 = 25 dollars. The answer is 25.