Q: On each of 7 Mondays, it rained 1.5 centimeters. On each of 9 Tuesdays it rained 2.5 centimeters. How many more centimeters did it rain on Tuesdays than Mondays?
A: Mondays: 7 * 1.5 = 10.5. Tuesdays: 9 * 2.5 = 22.5. 22.5 - 10.5 = 12 cm. It rained 12 centimeters more on Tuesdays than on Mondays. The answer is 12.
Question: In a math test, Mark scored twice as much as the least score. If the highest score is 98 and the range of the scores is 75, what was Mark's score?
Answer: The range of scores is the difference between the highest and the least score so 75 = 98 - least score. Then the least score = 98 - 75 = 23. Mark scored twice as much as the least score which is 2 * 23 = 46. The answer is 46.
[Question]Bella bought stamps at the post office. Some of the stamps had a snowflake design, some had a truck design, and some had a rose design. Bella bought 11 snowflake stamps. She bought 9 more truck stamps than snowflake stamps, and 13 fewer rose stamps than truck stamps. How many stamps did Bella buy in all?
[Answer]The number of truck stamps is 11 + 9 = 20. The number of rose stamps is 20 13 = 7. Bella bought 11 + 20 + 7 = 38 stamps in all. The answer is 38.
Q: Janeth bought 5 bags of round balloons with 20 balloons in each bag. She also bought 4 bags of long balloons with 30 balloons in each bag. While blowing up the balloons, 5 round balloons burst. How many balloons are left?
A: Janeth bought 5 x 20 = 100 round balloons. She bought 4 x 30 = 120 long balloons. So, she has a total of 100 + 120 = 220 balloons. Since 5 round balloons burst, then there are only 220 - 5 = 215 balloons left. The answer is 215.
Question: Steven, Stephanie, and Sonya went ice skating. Steven only fell down 3 times, but Stephanie had 13 more falls than Steven. If Sonya fell down 2 times less than half the number of times Stephanie fell, how many times did Sonya fall?
Answer: Stephanie fell 13 + 3 = 16 times. Half the number of times Stephanie fell is 16 / 2 = 8 times. Sonya fell down 8 - 2 = 6 times. The answer is 6.
Q: Bobby needs to buy a new pair of fancy shoes. He decides to go to a cobbler and get them handmade. The cobbler charges $250 to make the mold. He then charges $75 an hour for 8 hours to make the shoes. The cobbler agrees to only charge 80% of the cost for work to make the shoes, since it is his first pair of shoes. How much did Bobby pay?
A:
The cost of labor is 75 * 8 = $600. So Bobby pays 600 * .8 = $480. So that means Bobby pays 480 + 250 = $730. The answer is 730.