Q: Mary is trying to get Zoom set up for the first time. She spent 10 minutes downloading the Mac version, only to realize she needed the Windows version, which took three times as long to download. During her first call, the audio glitched twice for 4 minutes each time and the video glitched once for 6 minutes. She spent twice as long talking without glitches as with glitches. How much time did Mary spend downloading Zoom and talking total?
A: First find the time Mary spent downloading the Windows version: 10 minutes * 3 = 30 minutes. Then find the total time the audio glitches took: 4 minutes / glitch * 2 glitches = 8 minutes. Then add the video glitch time to find the total glitch time: 8 minutes + 6 minutes = 14 minutes. Then double that time to find the total glitch - free time: 14 minutes * 2 = 28 minutes. Then add the talking time to the download time to find the total time: 30 minutes + 10 minutes + 14 minutes + 28 minutes = 82 minutes. The answer is 82.
Question: James started a food fight in his school's cafeteria, and the school administration is making him work off the cost of all the food he wasted at minimum wage ($8). James has to pay for 20 wasted pounds of meat at $5/pound, 15 wasted pounds of fruits and vegetables at $4/pound, 60 wasted pounds of bread products at $1.50/pound, and 10 hours of time-and-a-half pay for the janitorial staff, who normally make $10/hour. How many hours will James have to work to pay for everything?
Answer: First find the total cost of the wasted meat: $5 / pound * 20 pounds = $100. Then find the total cost of the wasted vegetables: $4 / pound * 15 pounds = $60. Then find the total cost of the wasted bread products: $1.50 / pound * 60 pounds = $90. Then find the time - and - a - half rate for the janitors: $10 / hour * 1.5 = $15 / hour. Then multiply that by the number of hours to find the total janitorial cost: $15 / hour * 10 hours = $150. Then add up all the costs to find the total cost of everything: $100 + $60 + $90 + $150 = $400. Then divide the total James owes by his hourly wage to find how many hours he needs to work: $400 / $8 / hour = 50 hours. The answer is 50.
[Question]If Alice purchased 3600 acorns for nine times the price Bob paid, and Bob paid $6000 for his acorns, how much money did Alice pay for each acorn?
[Answer]Nine times the price Bob paid for his acorns is 9 * $6000 = $54000. If Alice purchased 3600 acorns for nine times the price Bob paid, she paid $54000 / 3600 = $15 for each acorn. The answer is 15.
Q: A craftsman makes 16 jars. This is exactly twice the number of clay pots he made. If each jar has 5 marbles and each clay pot has three times as many, how many marbles are there?
A: 16 jars are exactly twice the number of clay pots made by the craftsman, meaning there are 16 / 2 = 8 clay pots. If each jar has 5 marbles, the total number of marbles in the jars is 5 * 16 = 80. Each of the clay pots also has 3 * 5 = 15 marbles. The total number of marbles in the 8 clay pots is 15 * 8 = 120. There are a total of 120 + 80 = 200 marbles. The answer is 200.
Question: Bob is building raised beds for his vegetable garden. Each bed is 2 feet high, 2 feet wide, and 8 feet long. The sides are going to be built of 1-foot wide planks. If Bob buys his lumber in 8-foot-long boards, planning to cut some of them for the shorter lengths he'll need, how many 8-foot long planks will he need to construct 10 raised beds?
Answer: Each raised bed is 8 feet long, the same as the planks, so the long sides of the beds will each be 1 plank long. Each raised bed is 2 feet wide, or 2 / 8 = 1 / 4 the length of the planks, so the short sides will each be 1 / 4 plank long. Each bed is 2 feet tall, and the planks are 1 foot wide, so each side will need 2 pieces of lumber of the same length. So each bed will require 2 * 2 * 1.25 = 4 * 1.25 = 5 planks of wood. Bob wants to build 10 raised beds, so he will need 10 * 5 = 50 planks of lumber. The answer is 50.
Q: Michael has $42. Michael gives away half the money to his brother. His brother then buys 3 dollars worth of candy. If his brother has $35 left, how much money, in dollars, did his brother have at first?
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Michael gives away 42 / 2 = 21 dollars. Before buying candy, his brother has 35 + 3 = 38 dollars. His brother had 38 - 21 = 17 dollars at first. The answer is 17.