Q: Lucille made an agreement with her mom that she would earn six cents for every weed she pulled in her mom's garden. There are eleven weeds in the flower bed, fourteen in the vegetable patch, and thirty-two in the grass around the fruit trees. Lucille weeded the flower bed, the vegetable patch, and half the grass before she took a break. She bought a soda for 99 cents on her break with some of her earnings. How many cents does Lucille have left?
A: Lucille weeded half the grass, so she pulled 32 / 2 = 16 weeds around the fruit frees. She pulled 11 + 14 + 16 = 41 weeds before her break. From that, she earned 41 * 6 = 246 cents. After buying her soda, Lucille has 246 - 99 = 147 cents left. The answer is 147.
Question: Alina and her best friend Lucia like to chat a lot. On a particular day, Alina sent 20 fewer messages than her friend Lucia, who sent 120 messages. The next day, Lucia sent 1/3 of the messages she sent the previous day, while Alina doubled the messages she sent on the first day. If they sent the same number of messages on the third day as the first day, what is the total number of messages they sent in those three days?
Answer: On the first day, Alina sent 120 - 20 = 100 messages. The total number for the first day is 100 + 120 = 220 messages. On the second day, Lucia sent 1 / 3 * 120 = 40 messages. Alina sent 100 * 2 = 200 messages on the second day. The total for the second day is 40 + 200 = 240 messages. For the three days, they sent 220 + 220 + 240 = 680 messages. The answer is 680.
[Question]The population of Port Perry is seven times as many as the population of Wellington. The population of Port Perry is 800 more than the population of Lazy Harbor. If Wellington has a population of 900, how many people live in Port Perry and Lazy Harbor combined?
[Answer]Population of Port Perry is 900 * 7 = 6,300. Population of Lazy Harbor is 6,300 - 800 = 5,500. Combined population is 6,300 + 5,500 = 11,800. The answer is 11800.
Q: Bob and Johnny have a leaf raking business. They charge $4 for each bag of leaves they rake. On Monday they raked 5 bags of leaves. On Tuesday they raked 3 bags of leaves. On Wednesday, they counted their money and found they had $68 for all three days. How many bags of leaves did they rake on Wednesday?
A: Combining Monday and Tuesday, they raked 5 + 3 = 8 bags of leaves. They earned 8 * $4 = $32 for the first two days. O for Wednesday's work they earned $68 - $32 = $36. Thus, they raked $36 / $4 = 9 bags of leaves on Wednesday. The answer is 9.
Question: Delaney has to catch a bus that leaves at 8:00. a.m to school every day. He always takes 30 minutes to reach the pick-up point from his home. One day he woke up late and left his home at 7:50. How much time did he miss the bus by when he reached the pick-up point?
Answer: If he left his home at 7:50 a.m. and the distance to the pick - up point is 30 minutes away, he arrived at the pick - up point at 7:50 + 30 minutes = 8:20 a.m. If the bus leaves at 8:00 a.m. every day, then Delaney was 8:20 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. = 20 minutes late when the bus had already left. The answer is 20.
Q: Mr. John jogs for 1 hour 30 minutes in the morning every day. How much time (in hours) will he have spent jogging after two weeks?
A:
There are 60 minutes in an hour so 1 hour 30 minutes is equivalent to [1 + (30 / 60)] hours = 1.5 hours. There are 7 days in a week so he spends 1.5 * 7 = 10.5 hours jogging every week. After 2 weeks he will have spent 2 * 10.5 = 21 hours jogging. The answer is 21.