[Question]John reads his bible every day. He reads for 2 hours a day and reads at a rate of 50 pages an hour. If the bible is 2800 pages long how many weeks will it take him to read it all?
[Answer]He reads 2 * 50 = 100 pages a day. So he reads 7 * 100 = 700 pages a week. So it takes 2800 / 700 = 4 weeks. The answer is 4.
Q: Lizzy has to ship 540 pounds of fish that are packed into 30-pound crates. If the shipping cost of each crate is $1.5, how much will Lizzy pay for the shipment?
A: There are 540 pounds / 30 pounds / crate = 18 crates of fish needed. Hence, the total cost for the shipment is $1.5 / crate x 18 crates = $27. The answer is 27.
Question: Claire won a $100 gift card to her favorite coffee shop. She wants to treat herself to a latte that cost $3.75 and a croissant for $3.50 every morning for a week. She also plans to buy 5 cookies that cost $1.25 each. How much money will be left on her card after a week of coffee and pastry?
Answer: Every day she buys $3.75 latte and $3.50 croissant for a total of 3.75 + 3.50 = $7.25 per day. If she spends $7.25 a day for 7 days she will spend 7.25 * 7 = $50.75 in one week. If she buys 5 cookies at $1.25 each she will spend 5 * 1.25 = $6.25. Her gift card is for $100 and she spends $50.75 and an additional $6.25 that will leave her with 100 - 50.75 - 6.25 = $43.00 on her gift card. The answer is 43.
[Question]It takes 3 men an hour to complete a job. If they are hired to work on 5 such similar jobs by a company that pays each of them $10 per hour, calculate the total amount of money the three will earn when they complete the jobs?
[Answer]Since they are paid $10 each per hour of work and can complete a job in one hour, they earn a total of $10 * 3 = $30 together for an hour of work. If they earn together $30 for one job, for the five jobs, they'll earn $30 * 5 = $150. The answer is 150.
Q: Daniel works for a sports stadium filling water bottles for athletes. He filled 254 water bottles this season. The football team had 11 players that wanted 6 bottles each. The soccer team had him fill 53 bottles. The lacrosse team needed 12 more bottles than the football team. Each team coach during the season also wanted two bottles apiece. How many bottles did he fill for the rugby team during the final game he worked this season?
A: Let R be the number of water bottles Daniel refilled for the rugby team. Daniel filled 11 * 6 = 66 bottles for the football team. He filled 66 + 12 = 78 bottles for the lacrosse team. He got water bottles for four teams, so the team coaches wanted 2 * 4 = 8 bottles. In all, he filled 66 + 53 + 78 + 8 + R = R + 205 = 254 bottles in all. Thus, he filled R = 254 - 205 = 49 bottles for the rugby team this season. The answer is 49.
Question: Going into the final game, Duke is so close to breaking the school's record for most points scored in a basketball season. He only needs 17 more points to tie the record. By the end of the game, Duke breaks the record by 5 points. The old record was 257 points. In the final game Duke made 5 free throws (worth one point), and 4 regular baskets (worth two points), and some three-pointers. Normally, he scores 2 three-pointers a game. How many more three-pointers did he score in the final game compared to his normal amount?
Answer:
Duke scored 22 points in the final game because 17 + 5 = 22. He scored 5 points of free - throws, because 5 x 1 = 5. He scored 8 points of regular baskets because 4 x 2 = 8. He made 9 points of three - pointers because 22 - 5 - 8 = 9. He scored 3 three - pointers in the final game because 9 / 3 = 3. Duke scored 1 more than normal because 3 - 2 = 1. The answer is 1.