Jake's neighbors hire him to mow their lawn and plant some flowers. Mowing the lawn takes 1 hour and pays $15. If Jake wants to make $20/hour working for the neighbors, and planting the flowers takes 2 hours, how much should Jake charge (in total, not per hour) for planting the flowers?

First figure out how many hours total Jake works by adding the time spent mowing the lawn to the time spent planting flowers: 1 hour + 2 hours =

<<1+2=3>>3 hours Then figure out how much money Jake makes if he earns $20/hour for three hours by multiplying the time spent by the pay rate: $20/hour * 3 hours = $<<20*3=60>>60 Then subtract the money Jake gets paid for mowing the lawn from the total to find how much he should charge in total for planting the flowers: $60 - $15 = $<<60-15=45>>45 #### 45 A certain school bought 10 cases of bottled water for their athletes. There are 20 bottles in each case. Seventy bottles of water were used during the first game. After the second game, only 20 bottles of water were left. How many bottles of water were used during the second game? The school bought 10 x 20 = <<10*20=200>>200 bottled water. There were 200 - 70 = <<200-70=130>>130 bottled water left after the first game. So, there were 130 - 20 = <<130-20=110>>110 bottled water used during the second game. #### 110 Keanu bought some fish from the store for his pets. He gave his cat half as many fish as he gave to his dog. If he gave his dog 40 fish, and each fish cost him $4, calculate the total amount of money he spent at the store to buy all the fish. The cat received half as many fish as the number given to the dog, which means the cat received 1/2*40 = 20 fish. This means Keanu bought 20+40 = <<20+40=60>>60 fish at the store. If each fish cost him $4, the total cost for the fish he bought at the store is 60*$4 = $<<60*4=240>>240 #### 240 Leila went to the supermarket to buy food for the Christmas party. She bought apples for 5€, sugar for 3€ and carrots for 17€. She paid with a 50€ bill. How much money does the saleswoman return to her? To find out how much the saleswoman should give her back, we have to find out first how much she spent. She bought apples for 5€, sugar for 3€ and carrots for 17€, so she spent 5€ + 3€ +17€ = <<5+3+17=25>>25€. She pays 50€ and the saleswoman must keep 25€, so the seller must give her back 50€ - 25€ = <<50-25=25>>25€ #### 25 James binges on Cheezits and eats 3 bags that are 2 ounces each. There are 150 calories in an ounce of Cheezits. He then goes for a 40-minute run and burns 12 calories per minute. How many excess calories did he eat? He ate 2*3=<<2*3=6>>6 ounces of cheez its That means he ate 6*150=<<6*150=900>>900 calories He burned 40*12=<<40*12=480>>480 calories So he ate an excess of 900-480=<<900-480=420>>420 calories #### 420 Julie runs the school newspaper. In preparation for printing the next issue of The School News, she bought two boxes of standard paper, each containing 5 packages, with 250 sheets of paper per package. If this issue of The School News uses 25 sheets of paper to print one newspaper, how many newspapers can Julie print with the paper that she purchased? Five packages per box, with 250 sheets per package is 5*250=<<5*250=1250>>1250 sheets per box. Two boxes contain a total of 1250*2=<<1250*2=2500>>2500 sheets. If each newspaper requires 25 pages, then with 2500 sheets she can print 2500/25=<<2500/25=100>>100 newspapers. #### 100 Darnell pays $12 for unlimited texting and calling on his phone each month. An alternative phone plan would charge $1 per 30 texts and $3 per 20 minutes of calls per month. Darnell sends 60 texts and spends 60 minutes on the phone each month. How many dollars less would he pay on the alternative plan? Darnell would pay 60 / 30 = <<60/30=2>>2 times the $1 texting charge per month. He would pay 60 / 20 = <<60/20=3>>3 times the $3 call charge per month. He would pay 2 * 1 + 3 * 3 = 2 + 9 = $<<2*1+3*3=11>>11 per month on the alternative plan. Thus, Darnell would pay 12 - 11 = $<<12-11=1>>1 less on the alternative plan. #### 1 Anika has 4 more than twice the number of pencils as Reeta. If Reeta has 20 pencils, how many pencils do the two have together? If Reeta has 20 pencils, then twice that number is 2*20 = 40 pencils. Anika has 4 more than twice the number of pencils as Reeta, which means she has 40+4 = 44 pencils. Together, the two have 44+20 = <<44+20=64>>64 pencils #### 64 A class has 32 students and they all need to present their projects. Every period is 40 minutes long. How many periods will it take for every student to present their project if they have 5 minutes to do so? All the students will present their projects in 32 * 5 = <<32*5=160>>160 minutes. It will take 160 / 40 = <<160/40=4>>4 periods for all the students to present their projects. #### 4 Turner wants to ride the rollercoaster 3 times, the Catapult 2 times and the Ferris wheel once. It costs 4 tickets to ride the rollercoaster, 4 tickets to ride the Catapult and 1 ticket to ride the Ferris wheel. How many tickets does Turner need? The number of tickets needed for the rollercoaster is 3 rides × 4 tickets/ride = <<3*4=12>>12 tickets. The number of tickets needed for the Catapult is 2 rides × 4 tickets/ride = <<2*4=8>>8 tickets. The number of tickets needed for the Ferris wheel is 1 ride × 1 ticket/ride = <<1*1=1>>1 ticket. Turner needs 12 tickets + 8 tickets + 1 tickets = <<12+8+1=21>>21 tickets. #### 21