Jason is climbing a telephone pole next to a tree his friend Matt is climbing. Matt can climb 6 feet/minute and Jason can climb 12 feet per minute. After 7 minutes, how much higher will Jason be than Matt?

How far does Matt climb in 7 minutes? ** First find the distance Matt climbs in 7 minutes: 6 feet/minute * 7 minutes =

<<6*7=42>>42 feet How far does Jason climb in 7 minutes? ** Then find the distance Jason climbs in 7 minutes: 12 feet/minute * 7 minutes = <<12*7=84>>84 feet How far will Jason be higher than Matt? ** Then subtract the distance Matt climbs from the distance Jason climbs to find the difference: 84 feet - 42 feet = <<84-42=42>>42 feet #### 42 The house is 20.5 feet by 10 feet. The porch measures 6 feet by 4.5 feet. The house and the porch need shingles. How many square feet of shingles will be needed to roof the house and the porch? How many square feet are in the house? ** House = 20.5 * 10 = <<20.5*10=205>>205 square feet How many square feet are in the porch? ** Porch = 6 * 4.5 = <<6*4.5=27>>27 square feet How many square feet are in the house and the porch together? ** 205 + 27 = <<205+27=232>>232 square feet How many square feet of shingles will be needed to roof the house and the porch? ** 232 square feet of shingles will be needed. #### 232 Aisha enjoys listening to music on her mp3 player. She starts with 500 songs on her mp3 player, then adds another 500 the week after that. She realizes her mp3 player has a large capacity for storing songs so she adds twice the amount she already had on her mp3 player. After a while, though, she decides that she doesn't like 50 of the songs and removes them. How many songs are on Aisha's mp3 player now? How many songs are on Aisha's mp3 player after the first two weeks? ** Aisha starts with 500 songs + 500 songs = <<500+500=1000>>1000 songs added to her mp3 player in the first two weeks. How many songs are on Aisha's mp3 player after the first two weeks? ** After that Aisha adds twice that amount to her mp3 player, 1000 x 2 = <<1000*2=2000>>2000 songs added. How many songs are on Aisha's mp3 player now? ** She now has 1000 + 2000 = <<1000+2000=3000>>3000 songs on her mp3 player. How many songs are on Aisha's mp3 player now? ** However, she decides she wants to remove 50 of them, 3000 - 50 = <<3000-50=2950>>2950 songs on her mp3 player. #### 2,950 Betty is planning to host her friends over for a party. She buys drinks, cakes, and ice creams at a unit cost of $2, $10, and $5 respectively. How much does she spend if she buys 10 drinks, 5 cakes, and 100 ice creams? How much does Betty spend on buying drinks? ** The amount she spends on buying drinks is $2*10= $<<2*10=20>>20. How much does Betty spend on buying cakes? ** The amount she spends on buying cakes is $10*5= $<<10*5=50>>50. How much does Betty spend on buying ice creams? ** The amount she spends on buying ice creams is $5*100=$<<5*100=500>>500. How much does Betty spend? ** The total amount she spends is $20+$50+$500=$<<20+50+500=570>>570 #### 570 There were 90 people at the summer picnic. There were 50 soda cans, 50 plastic bottles of sparkling water, and 50 glass bottles of juice. One-half of the guests drank soda, one-third of the guests drank sparkling water, and four-fifths of the juices were consumed. How many recyclable cans and bottles were collected? How many soda cans were consumed? ** The soda cans were consumed by 90 / 2 = <<90/2=45>>45 guests. How many sparkling water bottles were consumed? ** The sparkling water was consumed by 90 / 3 = <<90/3=30>>30 guests. How many juice bottles were consumed? ** The juice bottles were consumed by 4/5 x 50 = <<4/5*50=40>>40 guests How many recyclable cans and bottles were collected? ** In total there are 45 + 30 + 40 = <<45+30+40=115>>115 recyclable cans and bottles. #### 115 Cadence has worked for her new company five months longer than she worked for her old company. If she worked at her old company for 3 years earning $5000 per month, and she's now earning 20% more in the new company, calculate the total amount of money she's earned in both companies in the period she's worked for them? How many months did she work for her old company? ** In her old company, if she worked for three years, the total number of months she was paid for is 3 years*12, which is the number of months in a year = <<3*12=36>>36 months. How much money did she earn in the old company? ** If each month she was paid $5000, her total earnings in the old company were $5000* 36 =$<<5000*36=180000>>180000 How much more is she paid in the new company? ** In her new company, she is paid 20% more, which is 20/100*$5000 = $<<20/100*5000=1000>>1000 per month more than what she was paid at the old company. How much money does she earn in the new company? ** In total, she earns $5000+$1000 = $<<5000+1000=6000>>6000 per month in her new company. How many months has she worked for the new company? ** Since she's worked five months more in the new company than the old company, she has worked for 36+5 = <<36+5=41>>41 months in the new company. How much money has she earned in the new company? ** The total amount she's earned in the new company is $6000*41 = $<<6000*41=246000>>246000 How much money has she earned in total? ** The combined total for both companies is $246000+$180000 = $<<246000+180000=426000>>426000 #### 426000 John has to get a new blanket. He decides to have a 7 foot by 8-foot quilt made. The quilt costs $40 per square foot. How much does his quilt cost? How many square feet is the quilt? ** The quilt is 7*8=<<7*8=56>>56 square feet How much does the quilt cost? ** So it cost 40*56=<<40*56=2240>>2240 #### 2240 There are 8 loads of laundry that need to be washed. Each load of laundry takes around 45 minutes to complete in the wash cycle and 1 hour in the dry cycle. How long, in hours, will it take to complete the entire set of laundry? How many minutes does each load take? ** Each load takes 60 + 45 = <<60+45=105>>105 minutes How many minutes do all the loads take? ** There are 8 loads that take 8*105=<<8*105=840>>840 minutes How long, in hours, will it take to complete the entire set of laundry? ** It takes 840/60=<<840/60=14>>14 hours #### 14 Ann, Becky, and Julia are working at a pharmacy, every day for 8 hours. Each of them is providing service to 7 customers per hour. One day Julia had to finish her work earlier, so she was working only for 6 hours. How many customers did all three of these women serve that day in total? How many hours did Ann and Becky work? ** Ann and Becky have worked for 8 hours each, so both of them worked for 2 people * 8 hours/person = <<2*8=16>>16 hours. How many hours did all three of these women work? ** All three of them, including Julia, were working for 16 hours + 6 hours = 22 hours. How many customers did all three of these women serve that day in total? ** So in total, they all have served 7 customers/hour * 22 hours = <<7*22=154>>154 customers in one day. #### 154 Bailey needs to buy 2 new sets of towels for the guest bathroom and 4 new sets for her master bathroom. The set of towels for the guest bathroom are $40.00 each and the master bathroom set is $50.00 each. The store is currently offering 20% off so how much will Bailey spend on towel sets? How much are the guest towels? ** She needs 2 sets of guest towels that are $40.00 each so that’s 2*40 = $<<2*40=80.00>>80.00 How much are the master bath towels? ** She needs 4 sets of master bath towels that are $50.00 each so that’s 4*50 = $<<4*50=200.00>>200.00 How much will the towels cost together? ** Together, the towels will cost 80+200 = $<<80+200=280.00>>280.00 How much is the 20% discount? ** The store is offering 20% off of her $280.00 towels so that’s 280*.20 = $<<280*.20=56.00>>56.00 discount How much are the towels after the discount? ** Her $280.00 towels have a $56.00 discount making them 280-56 =$<<280-56=224.00>>224.00 #### 224