Carson needs to mow the lawn and plant some flowers. Carson has to mow 40 lines to cover the whole yard, and it takes him 2 minutes to mow one line. He also needs to plant 8 rows of flowers, each with 7 flowers, and it takes him half a minute to plant each flower. How many minutes will Carson spend gardening?

First find the total time Carson spends mowing: 40 lines * 2 minutes/line =

<<40*2=80>>80 minutes Then find the total number of flowers Carson plants: 8 rows * 7 flowers/row = <<8*7=56>>56 flowers Then multiply that number by the time taken to plant each flower to find the total time spent planting flowers: .5 minutes/flower * 56 flowers = <<.5*56=28>>28 minutes Finally, add that time to the time spent mowing to find the total time spent gardening: 28 minutes + 80 minutes = <<28+80=108>>108 minutes #### 108 Lyla, a grocery store owner, bought rice weighing 30 kg less than green beans, which weigh 10 kg more than sugar. While carrying the goods to the store, the bags fell down and 1/3 weight of the rice and 1/5 weight of sugar was lost. If the green beans weighed 60 kgs, then how much did the remaining stock weigh? If rice weighed 30 kg less than the green beans, then the total rice weight is 60 kg - 30 kg = 30 kg If the green beans weighed 10 kg more than sugar, then the total sugar weight is 60 kg - 10 kg = <<60-10=50>>50 kg When 1/3 weight of rice was lost, the weight loss became 1/3*30 = <<1/3*30=10>>10kg The weight of rice after the loss is 30 kg - 10 kg = <<30-10=20>>20 kg. When 1/5 weight of sugar was lost, the lost weight was 1/5 * 50 kg = <<1/5*50=10>>10 kg The weight of sugar after the loss is 50 kg - 10 kg = <<50-10=40>>40 kg. The total weight for all the items is 40 kg + 20 kg + 60 kg = <<40+20+60=120>>120 kg #### 120 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended no more than 2 hours of screen time each day for children. Mrs. Merril wants to follow a 2-hour screen time for her child. How many minutes will she allow her child to use his gadget this evening if he already used his gadget for 45 minutes in the morning? Mrs. Merril wants to follow 2 hours x 60 minutes/hour = <<2*60=120>>120 minutes screen time. Since her child already used up 45 minutes, he is allowed to use his gadget this evening for 120 minutes - 45 minutes = <<120-45=75>>75 minutes. #### 75 Uncle Jerry wants to reap ripe tomatoes from his garden. Yesterday, he was able to reap 120 tomatoes. Today, he was able to reap 50 more tomatoes than yesterday. How many tomatoes did Uncle Jerry reap? Today, Uncle Jerry reaps 120 + 50 = <<120+50=170>>170 tomatoes. Therefore, Uncle Jerry reaps a total of 120 + 170 = <<120+170=290>>290 ripe tomatoes. #### 290 A local college is offering German lessons and currently has 8 students enrolled. Through advertising, 8 more became interested but a fourth of these dropped out within a day. 2 more got frustrated and left. The class then rallied to show how simple the course actually is and increased enrollment by 5 times the amount of students already enrolled in the class, but 2 had to drop it because of scheduling conflicts. After one last rally, 6 more people enrolled. As the days passed, half of the class eventually dropped, and half of the remaining students graduated. How many are still enrolled? 8+8=<<8+8=16>>16 students are enrolled in the German class. 8*.25=<<8*.25=2>>2 dropped out from the new recruits. 2 more left, so the class had 16-2-2=<<16-2-2=12>>12 students left. There were 12*5+12=<<12*5+12=72>>72 total students in the class after the rally. Two people had to drop the class, so there were 72-2=<<72-2=70>>70 left. 70+6=<<70+6=76>>76 were enrolled after the final rally. 76/2=<<76/2=38>>38 are left after half the class dropped. 38/2=<<38/2=19>>19 are left after half the class graduated. #### 19 Sunny bakes 8 cakes. Then she gives away 2 cakes. Sunny wants to put candles on the remaining cakes. If she puts 6 candles on each cake, how many candles will she use in total? Sunny has a total of 8 - 2 = <<8-2=6>>6 cakes Sunny will use a total of 6 * 6 = <<6*6=36>>36 candles #### 36 The teacher divided the students into four groups. One group had 5 students, another 8 students, and the third 7 students. If there were 24 total students, how many students were in the fourth group? There are 5+8+7=<<5+8+7=20>>20 students in the first three groups. There are 24-20=<<24-20=4>>4 students in the fourth group. #### 4 An old pirate wants to leave his treasure on an island. He has 3500 gold coins. He wants to spread this equally across 5 chests. Additionally, he will put a total of 500 silver coins and twice as many bronze coins as silver, all distributed equally across the chests. How many coins in total will be in each chest? There will be 3500 gold coins / 5 chest= <<3500/5=700>>700 gold coins in every chest. So, there will be 500 silver coins / 5 chests = <<500/5=100>>100 silver coins in each chest. Then, the number of bronze coins is double the number of silver coins, so there are 2 * 500 = <<2*500=1000>>1000 bronze coins. So there will be 1000 bronze coins / 5 chests = <<1000/5=200>>200 bronze coins in each chest. Finally, the total number of coins in every chest will be 700 gold coins + 100 silver coins + 200 bronze coins = <<700+100+200=1000>>1000 coins. #### 1000 Jake delivers 234 newspapers a week. Miranda delivers twice as many newspapers a week. How many more newspapers does Miranda deliver than Jake in a month? Jake delivers 234 x 4 = <<234*4=936>>936 newspapers in a month. Miranda delivers 234 x 2 = <<234*2=468>>468 newspapers in a week. So she delivers 468 x 4 = <<468*4=1872>>1872 newspapers in a month. Hence, Miranda delivers 1872 - 936 = <<1872-936=936>>936 newspapers more than Jake in a month. #### 936 Kristine has 7 more CDs than Dawn. If Dawn has 10 CDs, how many CDs do they have together? Kristine has 10 + 7 = <<10+7=17>>17 CDs. Thus, they both have 10 + 17 = <<10+17=27>>27 CDs together. #### 27