Herman likes to feed the birds in December, January and February. He feeds them 1/2 cup in the morning and 1/2 cup in the afternoon. How many cups of food will he need for all three months?

December has 31 days, January has 31 days and February has 28 days for a total of 31+31+28 =

<<31+31+28=90>>90 days He feeds them 1/2 cup in the morning and 1/2 cup in the afternoon for a total of 1/2+1/2 = <<1/2+1/2=1>>1 cup per day If he feeds them 1 cup per day for 90 days then he will need 1*90 = <<1*90=90>>90 cups of birdseed #### 90 John works a job that offers performance bonuses. He makes $80 a day and works for 8 hours. He has the option of working hard to earn the performance bonus of an extra $20 a day, but the extra effort results in a 2-hour longer workday. How much does John make per hour if he decides to earn the bonus? First, we need to determine the length of John's workday if he decides to earn the bonus. We do this by performing 8+2= <<8+2=10>>10 hours for his workday. Next, we need to determine his overall pay. We do this by performing 80+20=<<80+20=100>>100 dollars a day. We then determine John's hourly rate by dividing his pay by the number of hours worked, performing 100/10= <<100/10=10>>10 dollars an hour. #### 10 Sally and Bob have made plans to go on a trip at the end of the year. They both decide to work as babysitters and save half of what they've earned for their trip. If Sally makes $6 per day and Bob makes $4 per day, how much money will they both have saved for their trip after a year? Saly saves 1/2 * $6/day = $<<1/2*6=3>>3/day. Since each year have 365 days, the total amount of money Sally will save in a year is $3/day * 365 days/year = $<<3*365=1095>>1095/year Bob saves 1/2 * $4/day = $<<1/2*4=2>>2/day. The total amount of money Bob will have saved in a year is $2/day * 365 days/year = $<<2*365=730>>730/year In total, Sally and Bob would have saved $730 + $1095 = $<<730+1095=1825>>1825 #### 1825 John orders food for a massive restaurant. He orders 1000 pounds of beef for $8 per pound. He also orders twice that much chicken at $3 per pound. How much did everything cost? The beef cost $8 * 1000 = $<<8*1000=8000>>8000 He buys 1000 * 2 = <<1000*2=2000>>2000 pounds of chicken So the chicken cost 2000 * $3 = $<<2000*3=6000>>6000 So the total cost is $8000 + $6000 = $<<8000+6000=14000>>14,000 #### 14000 John writes 20 pages a day. How long will it take him to write 3 books that are 400 pages each? He wants to write 3*400=<<3*400=1200>>1200 pages So it will take him 1200/20=<<1200/20=60>>60 days #### 60 Alice has 20 quarters. She wants to exchange them for nickels and so she goes to the bank. After getting back from the bank, she discovers that 20% of the nickels are iron nickels worth $3 each. What is the total value of her money now? A quarter is worth five nickels because .25 / .05 = <<.25/.05=5>>5 She gets 100 nickels from the bank because 20 x 5 = <<20*5=100>>100 20 of the nickels are iron nickels because 100 x .20 = <<100*.20=20>>20 80 of the nickels are regular because 100 - 20 = <<100-20=80>>80 The iron nickels are worth $60 because 20 x 3 = <<20*3=60>>60 The regular nickels are worth $4 because 80 x .05 = <<80*.05=4>>4 Her money is now worth $64 because 60 + 4 = <<60+4=64>>64 #### 64 James has a rainwater collection barrel. For each inch of rain he collects 15 gallons. On Monday it rained 4 inches and on Tuesday it rained 3 inches. He can sell water for $1.2 per gallon. How much money did he make from selling all the water? It rained 3+4=<<3+4=7>>7 inches So he collected 7*15=<<7*15=105>>105 gallons So he makes 105*1.2=$<<105*1.2=126>>126 from selling the water #### 126 Nancy, the librarian, is shelving books from the cart. She shelved 12 history books, 8 romance books, and 4 poetry books from the top section of the cart. Half the books on the bottom section of the cart were mystery books, which she quickly put back into place. Then, she shelved the remaining books from the bottom of the cart, including 5 Western novels and 6 biographies. How many books did she have on the book cart when she started? Half of the books on the bottom section of the cart are mystery books, which means they are the same as the number of Western novels and biographies put together. So there are 5 + 6 = <<5+6=11>>11 mystery novels. Add them all together, and there are 12 history + 8 romance + 4 poetry + 11 mystery + 5 Western + 6 biographies = <<12+8+4+11+5+6=46>>46 books total #### 46 Hector purchased a container of gumballs. He gave 4 to Todd, then he gave twice as many as he had given Todd to Alisha, and then he gave 5 less than four times as many to Bobby as he had given to Alisha. If Hector had 6 gumballs remaining, what is the total number of gumballs that Hector purchased? Hector gave to Alisha twice as many as he had given Todd, for a total of 4*2=<<4*2=8>>8 gumballs, Hector gave 5 less than four times as many to Bobby as he had given to Alisha, or a total of (8*4)-5=<<8*4-5=27>>27 gumballs. If Hector had 6 gumballs remaining, he originally purchased 4+8+27+6=<<4+8+27+6=45>>45 gumballs. #### 45 Gail has two fish tanks. The first tank is twice the size of the second tank. There are 48 gallons of water in the first tank. She follows the rule of one gallon of water per inch of fish. If she keeps two-inch fish in the second tank and three-inch fish in the first tank, how many more fish would Gail have in the first tank than the second tank if one of the first tank fish eats another? The second tank is 48 / 2 = <<48/2=24>>24 gallons. Following her rule, Gail keeps 24 / 2 = <<24/2=12>>12 two-inch fish in the second tank. She keeps 48 / 3 = <<48/3=16>>16 fish in the first tank. If one fish in the first tank ate another, she would have 16 - 1 = <<16-1=15>>15 fish in the first tank. Thus, Gail would have 15 - 12 = <<15-12=3>>3 more fish in the first tank. #### 3