Martha spends 10 minutes turning the router off and on again, six times that long on hold with Comcast, and half as much time as she spent on hold yelling at a customer service representative. How much time did Martha spend on these activities total?

First find the total time Martha spent on hold: 10 minutes * 6 =

<<10*6=60>>60 minutes Then find the time she spent yelling: 60 minutes / 2 = <<60/2=30>>30 minutes Then add all the amount of time to find the total time: 60 minutes + 30 minutes + 10 minutes = <<60+30+10=100>>100 minutes #### 100 Joyce moved to the countryside because she needed more farmland to grow her vegetables. Her new property is 10 times larger than her previous property, but her new land has a 1-acre pond on it where she cannot grow vegetables. If her previous property was 2 acres, how many acres of land does she now own that are suitable for growing vegetables? Joyce's new land is 10 times larger than her old 2-acre property, for a total of 2*10=<<10*2=20>>20 acres of land. One acre is not suitable for farming, leaving her with 20-1=<<20-1=19>>19 acres of land suitable for farming. #### 19 In a 100-item exam, Lowella got 35% of the questions correctly. Pamela got 20% more correct answers than Lowella and Mandy got twice Pamela's score. What is Mandy’s score? Lowella got 100 x 35/100 = <<100*35/100=35>>35 correct answers. Pamela got 35 x 20/100 = <<35*20/100=7>>7 more correct answers than Lowella. So, Pamela got 35 + 7 = <<35+7=42>>42 correct answers. Thus, Mandy got 42 x 2 = <<42*2=84>>84 correct answers. #### 84 John wants to start a zoo. He has 15 snakes. He has twice as many monkeys as he does snakes. He has 5 fewer lions than he does monkeys. John has 8 more pandas than he does lions. John has 1/3 as many dogs as he does pandas. How many total animals does John have? John has 15 snakes * 2 = <<15*2=30>>30 monkeys. John has 30 monkeys - 5 = <<30-5=25>>25 lions. John has 25 lions + 8 = <<25+8=33>>33 pandas. John has 33 pandas / 3 = <<33/3=11>>11 dogs. John has 15+30 + 25 + 33 + 11 = <<15+30+25+33+11=114>>114 animals. #### 114 James wants to build a ladder to climb a very tall tree. Each rung of the ladder is 18 inches long and they are 6 inches apart. If he needs to climb 50 feet how many feet of wood will he need for the rungs? He needs 12/6=<<12/6=2>>2 rungs per foot So he needs 50*2=<<50*2=100>>100 rungs Each rung is 18/12=<<18/12=1.5>>1.5 feet So he needs 1.5*100=<<1.5*100=150>>150 feet #### 150 Sofia went to the department store to buy a pair of shoes and 2 shirts. A shirt costs $7 while a pair of shoes is $3 more than the shirt. If she decides to buy a bag which costs half the total price of the 2 shirts and a pair of shoes, how much will she pay for all those items? Two shirts costs $7 x 2 = $<<7*2=14>>14. The cost of a pair of shoes is $7 + $3 = $<<7+3=10>>10. The total cost of two shirts a pair of shoes is $14 + $10 = $<<14+10=24>>24. The cost of a bag is $24 / 2 = $<<24/2=12>>12. So, Sofia paid a total of $14 + $10 + $12 = $<<14+10+12=36>>36. #### 36 Jon runs a website where he gets paid for every person who visits. He gets paid $0.10 for every person who visits. Each hour he gets 50 visits. His website operates 24 hours a day. How many dollars does he make in a 30 day month? He makes 50*$.10=$<<50*.10=5>>5 per hour So he makes $5*24=$<<5*24=120>>120 per day So he makes $120*30=$<<120*30=3600>>3600 a month #### 3600 Fern buys one pair of high heels for $60 and five pairs of ballet slippers for 2/3rds of the price of the high heels. How much does she pay total? First find the cost of one pair of ballet slippers: $60 * 2/3 = $<<60*2/3=40>>40 Then find the total cost of the ballet slippers: $40/pair * 5 pairs = $<<40*5=200>>200 Then add that amount to the cost of the high heels to find the total cost: $200 + $60 = $<<200+60=260>>260 #### 260 Six Grade 4 sections launched a recycling drive where they collect old newspapers to recycle. Each section collected 280 kilos in two weeks. After the third week, they found that they need 320 kilos more to reach their target. How many kilos of the newspaper is their target? In a week, each section collected 280/2 = <<280/2=140>>140 kilos of newspapers. So, in three weeks, one section collected 140 x 3 = <<140*3=420>>420 kilos. So, the four sections collected a total of 420 x 4 = <<420*4=1680>>1680 kilos. Hence, their target is to collect 1680 + 320 = <<1680+320=2000>>2000 kilos of the newspaper. #### 2000 John and his best friend Steve bought 12 cupcakes together. Each cupcake cost $1.50. If they split the costs evenly, how much did each person pay? The total cost of cupcakes was 1.5*12=$<<1.5*12=18>>18 So they each paid 18/2=$<<18/2=9>>9 #### 9