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Q: April went to a concert that has two bands. 2/3 of the audience was there for the second band and 1/3 was there for the first band. 50% of the audience there for the second band is under the age of 30. Of this group, 60% are women and there are 20 men. How many people are at the concert? A: Of the under - 30s there ...
If the first page had 5 drawings, and the number of drawings on each page increased by five, the second page had 5 + 5 = 10. The total number of drawings in the first 2 pages is 5 + 10 = 15. On the third page, the number of drawings increased to 10 + 5 = 15. The first three pages have a total of 15 + 15 = 30 drawings. ...
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Macy's is selling shirts that have been reduced to $6. This price is at 25% of the original price. What was the original price? Give the rationale and then the answer. Let's think step by step. The original price is x. The discount is 100% - 25% remaining = 75% discount. The discount is 75%, so the original price is x ...
Let's think step by step. There are 4 tables, 1 sofa and 2 chairs that have 4 legs each so 4 + 1 + 2 = 7 pieces of furniture. These 7 pieces have 4 legs each so they have 7 * 4 = 28 legs. There are 3 tables with 3 legs each so they have 3 * 3 = 9 legs. We have 28 legs and 9 legs as well a 1 leg on a table and 2 on a ro...
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Question: Stella collects stamps. She counted 50 pages in her collector's album. There are 5 rows of 30 stamps in each of the first 10 pages of her album. The rest of the pages each have 50 stamps. How many stamps are in Stella's album? Answer: There are 30 x 5 = 150 stamps on each of the first 10 pages. So she has a t...
First find the number of quarts the hot tub holds by multiplying the number of gallons it holds by 4: 40 gallons * 4 quarts / gallon = 160 quarts. Then multiply the number of quarts of champagne Jackson buy by the normal price per bottle to find the cost before the discount: 160 quarts * $50 / quart = $8000. Then multi...
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Answer the following question. Mr. Grey is purchasing gifts for his family. So far he has purchased 3 polo shirts for $26 each; 2 necklaces for $83 each; and 1 computer game for $90. Since Mr. Grey purchased all those using his credit card, he received a $12 rebate. What is the total cost of the gifts after the rebate?...
Step-by-step reasoning process: She orders 2 sandwiches that are $7.75 so they cost 2 * $7.75 = $15.50. The brie is three times more expensive than the $4.00 salami so the brie costs 3 * $4 = $12.00. She buys 1 / 4 pound of the olives that costs $10.00 a pound so they cost .25 * $10 = $2.50. She buys 1 / 2 pound of fet...
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q: If X is the sum of first 30 positive even integers and Y is the sum of first 30 positive odd integers, what is the value of x-y? Please try to explain your answers Options: (A) 10 (B) 25 (C) 30 (D) 75 (E) 100 a: OK... First even minus first odd = 2-1 = 1; The sum of first 2 even integers minus the sum of first 2 odd...
OK... Since Sam knows the sum of the numbers (x + y) he would only know the answer immediately if the sum was 4 (2 + 2) or 5 (3 + 2). Then when Pete (who knows x*y) knew that Sam didn't know the answer the product must have several numbers that add up to the sum (7 = 3 + 4, 7 = 5 + 2). When Pete doesn't know the answer...
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Answer this question:Christy and her friend Tanya go to Target to buy some face moisturizer and body lotions. Christy spends twice as much as Tanya, who pays 50$ for two face moisturizers each and 60$ per body lotion, buying four of them. How much money did they spend together in total? The total amount Tanya spent on ...
First find the total number of people by adding the number of passengers and flight crew: 30 people + 5 people = 35 people. Then find the total number of bags by doubling the total number of people: 35 people * 2 bags / person = 70 bags. Then find the fuel increase caused by the people by multiplying their number by th...
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Q: Walmart sells a multitool with a screwdriver, 3 knives, and two other tools. Target sells a multitool with a screwdriver, twice as many knives as Walmart, three files and a pair of scissors. How many more tools does the Target multitool have compared to Walmart? A: First find the total number of tools in the Walmart...
The total number of eggs the family had is 3 * 12 = 36 eggs. If each adult received 3 eggs, the total number of eggs they got is 3 * 3 = 9 eggs. The children shared 36 - 9 = 27 eggs. Since each girl received an egg, the boys shared 27 - 7 = 20 eggs. If each boy received 1 egg more than each girl, each received 1 + 1 = ...
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Answer this question:Arwen and Elrond picked some flowers. Arwen was able to get 20 tulips and Elrond was able to get twice as many tulips as Arwen did. How many tulips were they able to get in total? Elrond was able to get 20 x 2 = 40 tulips. Therefore, the total number of tulips they were able to get is 40 + 20 = 60....
She works 8 hours a day for $18 per hour so she makes 8 * 18 = $144.00 per 8 - hour shift. She works 10 hours a day and anything over 8 hours is eligible for overtime, so she gets 10 - 8 = 2 hours of overtime. Overtime is calculated as time and a half so and she makes $18 / hour so her overtime pay is 18 * .5 = $9.00. ...
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Q: Steve has 2 boxes of pencils with 12 pencils in each box. He gave Matt 3 more pencils than he gave to Lauren. If Steve gave 6 pencils to Lauren, how many pencils does he have left? A: Steve started with 2 * 12 = 24 pencils. He gave Matt 6 + 3 = 9 pencils. After giving away the pencils, Steve will have 24 – 9 – 6 = 9...
If the experienced sailors received 1 / 5 times more money than the inexperienced sailors, they were paid 1 / 5 * 10 = $2 more. The total hourly earnings for the experienced sailors each is $10 + $2 = $12. In a 60 - hour workweek, an experienced sailor is paid 60 * $12 = $720. In a month, an experienced sailor is paid ...
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[Question]Lizzy's school choir has a mixture of 80 blonde and black-haired girls. Their teacher decides to add 10 more girls to the choir, who turns out to be blonde. If there were 30 blonde-haired girls in the choir initially, how many black-haired girls are present? [Answer]The total number of girls in the choir is 8...
On the second day, Maria sold 30 * 2 = 60 tulips. She also sold 20 * 2 = 40 roses the second day. On the third day, Maria sold only 10 / 100 * 60 = 6 tulips. Over these three days Maria sold 30 + 60 + 6 = 96 tulips. She also sold 20 + 40 + 16 = 76 roses. So on the tulips Maria earned 96 * 2 = $192. And on roses Maria e...
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Question: Lefty scores 20 points in a game and his teammate Righty scores half as many as Lefty does. Their other teammate scores 6 times as much as Righty does. What are the average points scored per player on the team? Answer: First, we need to determine how many points Righty scored. To do this we perform 20 / 2 = 1...
To get the number of people at Taylor's party, we'll assume there were n people at his party. The total number of people at Ryan's party is 4 * n, four times the number of attendees at Taylor's party. Combined, there were 4n + n = 240 people at both parties. This translates to 5n = 240. The total number of people at Ta...
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Question: Emily makes $1,000,000 per year. If she has 10 employees who make $20,000 per year, how much would her salary be if she took part of her salary to make sure all of her employees make $35,000 per year. Answer: Each employee needs $35,000 - $20,000 = $15,000 more per year. In total, Emily needs to pay $15,000 *...
There is 1 Saturday in a week and there are 4 weeks in a month so there are 1 * 4 = 4 Saturdays in a month (on average). If Kantana buys herself 2 chocolates every Saturday then this means she buys 2 * 4 = 8 chocolates for herself for the month. Kantana also buys her sister 1 chocolate on these trips so she is picking ...
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Question: Steve makes 40000$ a year as a teacher. He loses 20 percent to taxes, 10 percent to healthcare, and 800$ to local union dues. How much money does Steve take home? Answer: Taxes:40000(.20) = 8000$. Healthcare:40000(.10) = 4000$. Dues:800$. Total:40000 - 8000 - 4000 - 800 = 27,200$. The answer is 27200. [Questi...
The $15 is 1 - 1 / 4 = 3 / 4 of the money left. Since 3 / 4 is equal to $15, then 1 / 4 is equal to $15 / 3 = $5. So Lucy had $5 x 4 = $20 left after losing 1 / 3 of her money. Hence, $20 is 1 - 1 / 3 = 2 / 3 of the money that Lucy had at the beginning. Since 2 / 3 is equal to $20, then 1 / 3 is equal to $20 / 2 = $10....
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[Question]Tony drinks 72 ounces of water per day. He decides that to stop wasting plastic, he will buy a reusable metal bottle. If he buys an 84-ounce water bottle, how many times will he fill it each week? [Answer]He drinks 504 ounces of water per week because 72 x 7 = 504. He will need to fill it 6 times because 504 ...
If the store ordered 15 boxes, each having 80 pencils, they ordered 15 * 80 = 1200 pencils. If the cost of a pencil was $4, the store paid $4 * 1200 = $4800 for all the pencils. Twice as many pens as pencils that the store ordered are 2 * 1200 = 2400. If A store ordered 300 more than twice as many pens as it did pencil...
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Q: Kim's dad would buy her 2 candy bars a week. She would eat 1 candy bar every 4 weeks, saving the rest. After 16 weeks, how many candy bars did Kim have saved? A: Kim got 2 candy bars a week for 16 weeks so she got 2 * 16 = 32 candy bars. She would only eat 1 candy bar every 4 weeks so in 16 weeks she only ate 16 / 4...
First, we figure out the price per meal by adding the steak and the drink together, finding a cost of 20 + 5 = 25 per meal. Then we multiply this by 2, as there are two people eating, meaning a total cost of 25 * 2 = 50 for both meals. Then we find the total tip amount for a 20% tip, by multiplying 50 * .2 = 10. Then w...
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Q: Dawn earns 48,000 a year in 12 equal monthly payments. Each month, she saves 10% of her salary. How much does she save each month? A: Dawn earns $4,000 a month because 48,000 / 12 = 4000. She saves $400 a month because 4,000 x .1 = 400. The answer is 400. Question: Al is 25 pounds heavier than Ben. Ben is 16 pounds ...
There are 2 dog walkers and they each have 2 legs so that's 2 * 2 = 4 legs. The other dog walker is walking 3 dogs that each have 4 legs so that's 3 * 4 = 12 legs. The dog walkers have 4 legs and the other dogs have 12 legs for a total of 4 + 12 = 16 legs. There are 36 legs total and 16 belong to the dog walkers and 3 ...
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# QUESTION On 11 April 2017, Sheeran shot the POV music video for "Galway Girl" in Galway, Ireland and filmed it himself on a Sony A6500 on body-mounted Ikan gimbal rigged to a Steadicam vest. The video was directed by Jason Koenig who also directed the "Shape of You" music video and director of photography Johnny Vale...
The relevant information is: Examples of this form of articulation are found in the hip, where the rounded head of the femur (ball) rests in the cup-like acetabulum (socket) of the pelvis, and in the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder, where the rounded head of the humerus (ball) rests in the cup-like glenoid fossa (so...
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Question: In a classroom, 10 children have 7 books each. Their teacher brings another 8 books to the classroom. How many books are in the classroom altogether? Answer: At first, the children have 10 * 7 = 70 books. With their teacher, they have 70 + 8 = 78 books. The answer is 78. [Question]Monika went out for the day ...
First figure out how many miles over the speed limit Mark was going: 75 mph - 30 mph = 45 mph. Now figure out how much the per - mile fine is: $2 / mph * 45 mph = $90. Now add that amount to the base fine: $90 + $50 = $140. Now double that amount for being in a school zone: $140 * 2 = $280. Now figure out how much Mark...
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Question: Four small panda bears and five bigger panda bears eat 25 pounds and 40 pounds of fresh bamboo sprouts every day, respectively. How many pounds of bamboo do the 9 pandas eat in a week? Answer with step-by-step thinking: The small panda bears eat a total of 4 x 25 = 100 pounds of bamboo every day. The bigger p...
First find the weight of food Karen eats every hour: 2 pounds * 1 / 3 = 2 / 3 pounds food. Then find the total amount of weight Karen's backpack loses per hour she hikes: 2 pounds water / hour + 2 / 3 pound food / hour = 8 / 3 pounds / hour. Multiply this by the number of hours she hikes to find the total amount of wei...
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[Question]Granger has five times as many spots as his brother, Cisco. But Cisco has 5 less than half as many spots as his cousin, Rover. If Rover has 46 spots, how many spots do Granger and Cisco have combined? [Answer]If Rover has 46 spots, then half as many spots as Rover has is 46 / 2 = 23 spots. If Cisco has 5 less...
As pajama sets are made up of a top and a bottom, there are 4 pajama sets * 2 = 8 articles of clothing from Adam's donation. In total, Adam is donating 4 pairs of pants + 4 jumpers + 8 pajama pieces + 20 t - shirts = 36 articles of clothing. Together, the 3 friends donate a total of 36 articles of clothing per friend *...
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[Question]Steve's new book sells 1,000,000 copies. He got an advance to pay for 100,000 copies. He gets $2 for each copy of the book sold. His agent takes 10% of that. How much money did he keep not counting the money from the advance? [Answer]He sold 1,000,000 - 100,000 = 900,000 not counting the advance. So he made 9...
First find how many minute Andy had to get to school when he left his house: 8:00 AM - 7:15 AM = 45 minutes. Then find the total time he spent waiting at red lights: 3 minutes / light * 4 lights = 12 minutes. Now add the normal travel time, red light time, and construction wait time to find Andy's total travel time: 30...
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Q: In a yard, the number of tanks is five times the number of trucks. If there are 20 trucks in the yard, calculate the total number of tanks and trucks in the yard. A: There are 5 * 20 = 100 tanks in the yard. Altogether, there are 100 + 20 = 120 trucks and tanks in the yard. The answer is 140. Question: Laura loves t...
When they covered 1 / 4 of the total distance, they were 1 / 4 * 200 = 50 miles away from the starting point. The total distance remaining is 200 - 50 = 150 miles. If they took 1 hour to travel 50 miles, their speed was 50 / 1 = 50 miles per hour. If Roger was driving at 50 miles per hour, then the total time it took h...
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[Question]: A lumberjack is chopping down trees so he can sell firewood. Each tree he chops produces 4 logs each, and each log is then chopped into 5 pieces of firewood. If the lumberjack has chopped 500 pieces of firewood, how many trees did he chop down? [Answer]: The firewood is made from 500 pieces of firewood / 5 ...
First find the difference in hourly wages: $40 / hour - $30 / hour = $10 / hour. Then multiply that difference by the number of hours she works in a week to find the weekly difference: $10 / hour * 40 hours / week = $400 / week. Then multiply that amount by the number of weeks in a month to find the monthly difference ...
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**Q** Does the following sentence make sense? "According to the Bible, the ten commandments were given to the people of Israel at Biblical Mount Sinai." Options: - yes - no **A** yes According to the Bible, God gave Moses two tablets of stone with the ten commandments inscribed on them. Is the following statement true?...
no Some teachers have begun to incorporate stress-reduction techniques such as yoga, deep breathing and tai chi. Tai chi, an ancient martial arts form focused on slow meditative movements, is a relaxation activity with many benefits. Studies have shown that it enhances muscular strength and endurance, as well as cardio...
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Q: Rodney, Roger and Ron can lift a combined weight of 239 pounds. Rodney can lift twice as much as Roger, and Roger can lift 7 pounds less than 4 times the amount that Ron can lift. How much can Rodney lift? A: Let x represent the amount that Ron can lift. Roger: 4x - 7. Rodney:2(4x - 7) = 8x - 14. Total:x + 4x - 7 + ...
Stella and Twinkle filled up the truck at the rate of 250 blocks per hour per person, a total of 2 * 250 = 500 blocks per hour for both. After working for four hours, Stella and Twinkle had filled 4 * 500 = 2000 blocks into the truck. The number of blocks they had to put into the truck for it to be full is 6000 - 2000 ...
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Question: A salon has the same amount of customers every day. Each customer needs 1 can of hairspray during the styling and is also given 1 can of hairspray to take home. The salon also buys an extra 5 cans of hairspray each day to ensure there is never a shortage. If the salon buys 33 cans of hairspray every day, how ...
If there were 26 pink hard hats and Carl took away 4 pink hard hats, the number of pink hard hats that remained is 26 - 4 = 22. John also took away 6 pink hard hats, leaving 22 - 6 = 16 pink hard hats in the truck. If John also took twice as many green hard hats as pink hard hats, he took 2 * 6 = 12 green hard hats. Th...
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Problem:Passage: A county commission (also known as a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States. County commissions are usually made up of three or more individuals. In some counties in Georgia however, a sole comm...
OK... To answer this question, we should know that: Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (Singapore), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption / compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (France, Italy, Mexico, South Afric...
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Answer this question:Ben's hockey team is 60% boys and the rest are girls. Half the girls are juniors and the other half are seniors. If the team has 50 players, how many junior girls are there? The team is 40% girls because 100 - 60 = 40. The team has 20 girls because 50 x .4 = 20. The team has 10 junior girls because...
If the lioness is 12 years old, the hyena, half her age, is 12 / 2 = 6 years old. The baby of the lioness is 12 / 2 = 6 years old, half the mother's age. Five years from now, the age of the lioness's cub will be 6 + 5 = 11. The baby of the hyena is 6 / 2 = 3 years old, which is half the mother's age. The hyena's baby w...
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[Question]A shop sells laptops at $600 each and a smartphone at $400. Celine buys two laptops and four smartphones for her children. How much change does she get back if she has $3000? [Answer]The cost of the two laptops is 2 x $600 = $1200. The cost of the four smartphones is 4 x $400 = $1600. Thus, the total cost of ...
Brian requires a total of $3.50 + $3.50 = $7 to pay for the round trip subway fare. We also know he has spent half (1 / 2) the amount he spent on kiwis on bananas, so he'll spend (1 / 2) * $10 = $5 on bananas. So far in total he has spent $7 for his subway fare + $5 on bananas + $10 on kiwis = $7 + $5 + $10 = $22. If h...
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[Question]: Nancy replaced all of the old vinyl tiles in her bathroom with new hardwood flooring. She replaced flooring in two areas of the bathroom: a 10 foot by 10 foot central area, and a 6 foot by 4 foot hallway. How many square feet of hardwood flooring did Nancy install in her bathroom? [Answer]: 10 feet by 10 fe...
First find how many packages the second center processes per day: 10000 packages / day * 3 = 30000 packages / day. Then add the packages the first center processes: 30000 packages / day + 10000 packages / day = 40000 packages / day. Then multiply the number of packages by Amazon's profit per package to find Amazon's da...
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Answer this question:Cara is at her family reunion, where she discovers that she is 20 years younger than her mom. Her mom is 15 years younger than Cara's Grandmother. If Cara's grandmother is 75, how old is Cara? Cara's mom: 75 - 15 = 60 years old. Cara: 60 - 20 = 40 years old. The answer is 40. Answer this question:J...
For half of the cupcakes, Stephanie wants to use 1 candle each. Since half of the cupcakes is 24 / 2 and she plans to use 1 candle each for this half of the cupcakes, Stephanie needs (24 / 2) * 1 = 12 candles for this half of the cupcakes. For the other half of the cupcakes, Stephanie wants to use 2 candles. Therefore,...
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Question: Yanna bought 60 apples. She gave eighteen apples to Zenny. She gave six more apples to Andrea and kept the rest. How many apples did she keep? Answer: After giving 18 apples to Zenny, Yanna remained with 60 - 18 = 42 apples. Since she also gave Andrea 6 apples, Yanna remained with 42 - 6 = 36 apples. Therefor...
Tara has to make a $1000 x 20 / 100 = $200 down payment. Since Tara wants to pay $20 more for the down payment, her total down payment will be $200 + $20 = $220. So her remaining balance payable over a year is $1000 - $220 = $780. Tara has to make a monthly payment of $780 / year / 12 months / year = $65 / month. The t...
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Question: Jordan decides to start an exercise program when he weighs 250 pounds. For the first 4 weeks, he loses 3 pounds a week. After that, he loses 2 pounds a week for 8 weeks. How much does Jordan now weigh? Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: He loses 3 pounds a week for 4 weeks for a total of 3 * 4 = 12 pound...
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find Carolyn's total violin practice time by tripling her piano practice time: 20 minutes / day * 3 = 60 minutes / day. Then find the total amount of time she spends practicing each day: 60 minutes / day + 20 minutes / day = 80 minutes / day. Then find the total time she spends pra...
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Answer this question please: Passage: "Separation of church and state" is paraphrased from Thomas Jefferson and used by others in expressing an understanding of the intent and function of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which reads: "Cong...
Stream of random thoughts: To answer this question, we should know that: In Service Aircraft First flight Note Antonov An-225 Mriya 19881221! 21 December 1988 Generally acknowledged as the largest airplane in the world, the single Antonov An-225 is the world's heaviest aircraft ever (maximum takeoff weight greater than...
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[Question]Christopher uses 1 packet of a sugar substitute in his coffee. He has 2 coffees a day. The packets come 30 to a box and cost $4.00 a box. How much will it cost him to have enough sugar substitutes to last him 90 days? [Answer]He uses 1 packet per cup of coffee and he has 2 cups a day so that's 1 * 2 = 2 packe...
First, we need to determine how many slices the pizza was cut into. To do this, we start by performing 1 * 2 = 2 slices after the pizza was cut in half once. Each of these slices was cut in half again, yielding 2 * 2 = 4 slices in total. Next, we divide the total amount of pepperoni slices by the number of pizza slices...
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[Question]Ann can skate 6 miles an hour. Her friend Glenda can skate 8 miles an hour. If they start in the same place and skate in straight lines in opposite directions for 3 hours, how many miles apart do they end up? [Answer]First find how far Glenda goes in 3 hours by multiplying her speed by the number of hours she...
Tony starts with 50 pills and takes 2 pills each 3 times a day, meaning he takes 2 * 3 = 6 pills in total. Tony repeats this process for two days in total, meaning over those two days he takes 2 * 6 = 12 pills. Tony then cuts down his pill usage in half, meaning he's now taking 6 / 2 = 3 pills a day. Since he repeats t...
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Enrique earns a 15% commission on every piece of clothing item he sells. In one day he sells 2 $700.00 suits, 6 shirts that cost $50.00 each and 2 pairs of loafers that are $150.00 each. How much commission does Enrique earn? Let's think: He sells 2 suits that are $700.00 each for a total of 2 * 700 = $1,400.00. He sel...
If 1 / 4 inch on the map represents 8 miles on real land, 1 inch represents 4 * 8 = 32 miles. Since 1 inch represents 32 miles, 3 inches represent 3 * 32 = 96 miles. 1 / 4 inch represents 8 miles, 1 / 8 inch represents 8 / 2 = 4 miles because 1 / 8 is half of 1 / 4. If 1 / 8 inch represents 4 miles, 3 / 8 of an inch re...
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Nick is trying to raise money for a charity. He is selling candy bars for $5. He is also selling chocolate oranges for $10. He wants to raise $1000. He only had 20 chocolate oranges that he sold out. How many candy bars does Nick need to sell to reach his goal? Let's think: Nick has made 20 * $10 = $200 from the chocol...
First find how many tablespoons of water are left after the evaporation: 16 tbs - 4 tbs = 12 tbs. Then multiply this number by 4 to find how much water is in the jug after Janice refills it: 12 tbs * 4 = 48 tbs. Now add the 2 tablespoons of koolaid powder to find the total volume of the liquid in the jug: 48 tbs + 2 tb...
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[Question]Miggy's mom brought home 3 bags of birthday hats. Each bag has 15 hats. Miggy accidentally tore off 5 hats. During the party, only 25 hats were used. How many hats were unused? [Answer]There are a total of 15 x 3 = 45 hats in 3 bags. Since 5 tore off, only 45 - 5 = 40 hats were left. Thus, 40 - 25 = 15 hats w...
The total weight of 20 bars of copper is 20 * 90 = 1800kgs. If a copper bar weighs 90 kgs, and a steel bar weighs 20 kgs more than a copper bar, the weight of a steel bar is 90 + 20 = 110 kgs. If a bar of steel weighs 110 kgs, 20 bars will weigh 20 * 110 = 2200kgs. The total weight of 20 bars of copper and steel is 220...
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Q: The running time of Beast of War: Armoured Command is 10 minutes longer than that of Alpha Epsilon, which is 30 minutes shorter than that of Millennium. If Millennium runs for 2 hours, what is the running time of Beast of War: Armoured Command in minutes? A: One hour contains 60 minutes so 2 hours contain 60 * 2 = 1...
First, we must convert the driving time of 3 hours and 15 minutes to minutes. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, driving takes a total of 3 * 60 + 15 = 195 minutes. Next, the woman will be on the airplane for one - third of 195 minutes, or 195 / 3 = 65 minutes. Therefore, in total, the airplane trip will take the w...
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[Question]It’s Meghan’s turn to pick up her team's coffee order. She needs 2 drip coffees that are $2.25 each and one double shot espresso that’s $3.50. She needs 2 lattes that are $4.00 and needs to add vanilla syrup to one of those for an additional $0.50. She also needs 2 cold brew coffees that are $2.50 each and 1 ...
Let C be the number of lion cubs. There are 2C meerkats in the new exhibit. The zoo sent 4 gorillas away, so they had 68 - 6 = 62 animals left. They adopted a hippopotamus, so they had 62 + 1 = 63 animals. They took in 3 rhinos, so they had 63 + 3 = 66 animals. Thus, they had 90 - 66 = 24 new lion cubs and meerkats. Th...
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[Question]Maya loves to read books. Last week she read 5 books. Each book had 300 pages of text. This week she read twice as much. How many pages did Maya read in total? [Answer]Last week Maya read 5 * 300 = 1500 pages of text. This week she doubled the result, so she read 2 * 1500 = 3000 pages. In total Maya read 1500...
A small knife is twice the amount of the utensils that costs $10.00 so the knife costs 2 * 10 = $20.00. All total, each little kit will costs $14.00 for mitts, $16.00 for an apron, $10.00 for utensils and $20.00 for a knife for a total of 14 + 16 + 10 + 20 = $60.00. Each kit costs $60.00 and they are currently 25% off ...
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Answer this question please: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is a song by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando. It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell, with Motown / Stax backing vocalist Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent Wilson and her sister Pamela Vincent on b...
Stream of random thoughts: To answer this question, we should know that: "Sare Jahan se Accha" (Urdu: ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ , Hindi: ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ; S ⁇ re Jah ⁇ se Acch ⁇ ), formally known as "Tar ⁇ nah-i-Hindi" (Urdu: ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ , Hindi: ⁇ - ⁇ - ⁇ ; "Anthem of the People of India"), is an Urdu language patriotic so...
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Question: Georgina owns a parrot and is teaching it to speak. So far, the parrot knows seventeen phrases. If she is teaching it two phrases a week and it already knew three phrases when she bought it, how many days has Georgina had it? Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The parrot knew 3 phrases when Georgina boug...
Step-by-step reasoning process: For 1 match won, Joe's team scored 1 * 3 = 3 points. For 3 tied games, Joe's team scored 3 * 1 = 3 points. In total, Joe's team scored 3 + 3 = 6 points. For 2 games won, the first - place team scored 2 * 3 = 6 points. For 2 tied games, the first - place team scored 2 * 1 = 2 points. In t...
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Answer the following question. Hallie is an artist. She wins an art contest, and she receives a $150 prize. She sells 3 of her paintings for $50 each. How much money does she make in total from her art? Step-by-step reasoning process: The money she earns from selling paintings is 3 * $50 = $150. The total money she mak...
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find how many degrees below 32 the temperature is: 32 degrees - 8 degrees = 24 degrees. Then divide that amount by the number of degrees per 5% increase in skid risk to find how many 5% increases there are: 24 degrees / 3 degrees / 5% increase = 8 5% increases. Multiply the number ...
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Answer this question please: Context: "You Do n't Treat Me No Good" is a song recorded by the American soul group Sonia Dada. Released in 1992, the song was a number-one hit in Australia, spending four weeks at the top of the ARIA Charts. Eighteen years later, country music singer Jerrod Niemann released a cover versio...
Stream of random thoughts: This is the relevant information: The Battle of Antietam / ⁇ n ⁇ ti ⁇ t ⁇ m /, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George ...
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Question: Every year, Mabel gets as many quarters as she is years old. She always puts these and nothing else in a piggy bank. When she turns 7, how much money is in the bank? Answer: On her second birthday she adds $.5 because 2 x .25 = .5. On her third birthday she adds $.35 because 3 x .25 = .75. On her fourth birth...
First calculate the volume of the aquarium by multiplying its length, width and height: 4 ft * 6 ft * 3 ft = 72 cubic ft. Then figure out what proportion of the aquarium is full after the cat knocks it over: 1 / 2 * 1 / 2 = 1 / 4. Then figure out what proportion of the aquarium is full after Nancy refills it: 3 * 1 / 4...
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Answer the following question. Paul uses 1 can of frosting to frost a layer cake. He uses a half can of frosting for a single cake, or a single pan of brownies, or a dozen cupcakes. For Saturday, he needs to have 3 layer cakes, 6 dozen cupcakes, 12 single cakes and 18 pans of brownies ready and frosted for customer pic...
Step-by-step reasoning process: For the first set of walls, each wall covers 3 meters wide * 2 meters tall = 6 square meters. There are two of these walls, so this becomes a total of 6 meters * 2 walls = 12 square meters. The third wall covers 5 meters wide * 2 meters tall = 10 square meters. The final wall covers 4 me...
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Question: Emir wants to buy a dictionary that costs $5, a dinosaur book that costs $11, and a children's cookbook that costs $5. He has saved $19 from his allowance. How much more money does Emir need to buy all three books? Answer with step-by-step thinking: The total cost of the dictionary, the dinosaur book, and the...
Joey Chestnut ate 75 hotdogs to claim the record and Lisa has eaten 20 hot dogs so far, so she still needs to eat 75 - 20 = 55 hotdogs to tie Joey Chestnut. Lisa has a 10 minute time period to eat the hotdogs and half the time has already passed, which means Lisa has 10 / 2 = 5 minutes left until the competition is ove...
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Question: In Henry's collection of music CDs, he has 3 more country CDs than rock CDs but twice as many rock CDs as classical CDs. If he has 23 country CDs, how many classical CDs make up his collection? Answer: Henry has 23 - 3 = 20 rock CDs. Henry has 20 / 2 = 10 classical CDs. The answer is 10. Question: There are 1...
Eating three times a day, a dog eats 3 * 4 = 12 pounds of food. Since there are 3 dogs at the camp, the total amount of food they eat is 3 * 12 = 36 pounds of food in a day. If each dog eats twice as much food as a puppy, a puppy will eat 4 / 2 = 2 pounds of food in one meal. Each puppy eats three times as often as a d...
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[Question]Libby has 160 quarters in her piggy bank. She has to pay $35 to replace her sister’s dress that she borrowed and ruined. After replacing the dress, how many quarters will Libby have left? [Answer]There are 4 quarters in every dollar, so $35 x 4 = 140 quarters. Libby has 160 quarters – 140 quarters to repay he...
By the first two months, 20 / 100 * 200 = 40 mountains had erupted. The total number of mountains remaining after the first round of explosions is 200 - 40 = 160. When 40% of the remaining mountains exploded, the number of mountains that were still intact decreased by 40 / 100 * 160 = 64. The number of mountains that h...
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[Question]At an auction event, the price of a TV, whose cost was $500, increased by 2/5 times its initial price. The price of a phone, which was $400, also increased by 40% from its original price. If Bethany had taken both items to the auction, calculate the total amount she received for the items after the sale at th...
If the house has twice the number of large ones as medium ones then the house has 2 * 12 = 24 large ceiling lights. Similarly, if it has 10 more small ones than the 12 medium ones then it has 10 + 12 = 22 small ceiling lights. If one small ceiling light requires 1 bulb then 22 small ones will require 1 * 22 = 22 bulbs....
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Question: Jane's mother agreed to pay her $.50 for every flower bulb that Jane planted. Jane planted 20 tulip bulbs and half that amount of iris bulbs. She also planted 30 daffodil bulbs and three times that amount of crocus bulbs. How much money did Jane earn? Answer with step-by-step thinking: 20 tulip bulbs at $.50 ...
When Bella buys 2 / 5 times more marbles, she'll have increased the number of marbles by 2 / 5 * 60 = 24. The total number of marbles she'll have is 60 + 24 = 84. If Bella currently has 60 marbles, and she has two times as many marbles as frisbees, she has 60 / 2 = 30 frisbees. If Bella buys 2 / 5 times more frisbees, ...
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[Question]Jacob has been tasked with a project to write up an urban plan proposal that will be used to construct a new city. He uses Pittsburg city as a reference which has 2000 stores, 500 hospitals, 200 schools, and 20 police stations. If the new city should have half the number of stores, twice as many hospitals, 50...
From the children, there are a total of 11 children * 4 items of clothing each = 44 items of clothing on the clotheslines. From the adults, there are a total of 20 adults * 3 items of clothing each = 60 items of clothing on the clotheslines. So there are a total of 44 + 60 = 104 items of clothing on the clotheslines. T...
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Question: Before work, Hayden spends 5 minutes ironing his button-up shirt and 3 minutes ironing his pants. He does this 5 days a week. How many minutes does he iron over 4 weeks? Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: He spends 5 minutes ironing his shirt and 3 minutes ironing his pants so that's 5 + 3 = 8 minutes. H...
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the distance between soccer practice and home by multiplying the distance between soccer practice and school by 2: 12 miles * 2 = 24 miles. Then find the total distance Carla drives by adding the length of each trip: 24 miles + 12 miles + 6 miles + 8 miles = 50 miles. Then fin...
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[Question]Roger bought a house for $100,000. He was able to pay 20% down, and his parents paid off an additional 30% of the remaining balance. How much money does Roger still owe on his house? [Answer]100000(.20) = 20000$ down payment. 100000 - 20000 = $80000 remaining. 80000(.30) = 24000. 80000 - 24000 = 56000$. The a...
The number of red flowers is twice as many as orange so 2 * 10 orange = 20 red flowers. The number of yellow flowers is 5 less than red so 20 red - 5 = 15 yellow flowers. The number of red, orange and yellow flowers is 20 red + 10 orange + 15 yellow = 45 flowers. The number of pink and purple flowers total is 105 flowe...
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[Question]: Jimmy's father receives 20 emails a day. Halfway through April, he subscribed to a news channel that sent 5 more emails per day to his email. What's the total number of emails Jimmy's father had at the end of the month? [Answer]: April has thirty days, so half will be 30 / 2 = 15. For the first 15 days, he ...
The 3 pigs that are sold after 12 months will cost the farmer 12 * 10 * 3 = $360 in food costs. The 3 pigs that are sold after 16 months will cost the farmer 16 * 10 * 3 = $480 in food costs. Thus, the total food cost to raise the 6 piglets was 360 + 480 = $840. Next, selling the 6 fully grown pigs will earn the farmer...
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Student A:Passage: Lynn's relationship with the Wilburn Brothers and her appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, beginning in 1960, helped Lynn become the number one female recording artist in country music. Her contract with the Wilburn Brothers gave them the publishing rights to her material. She was still fighting to reg...
OK... The relevant information is: The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas ( t ⁇ ta ⁇ u ⁇ tu ⁇ zi ⁇ ), Spanish: Tratado de Tordesillas (t ⁇ a ⁇ ta ⁇ o ⁇ e to ⁇ e ⁇ si ⁇ as) ), signed at Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, and authenticated at Set ⁇ bal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands out...
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Question: In mid-May, the depth of a river in Moreland is measured. By mid-June, the river is 10 feet deeper than mid-May. By mid-July, the river is three times deeper than mid-June. If the river is 45 feet deep in mid-July, how many feet deep was the river in mid-May? Answer with step-by-step thinking: In mid - June, ...
First find how many kids from Riverside High are rejected: 20% * 120 kids = 24 kids. Then find how many kids from West Side High are rejected: 70% * 90 kids = 63 kids. Then find how many kids from Mountaintop High are rejected: 50 kids / 2 = 25 kids. Then add the number of kids from each school to find the total number...
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Question: Jenny brought in 40 peanut butter cookies and 50 chocolate chip cookies for the bake sale. Marcus brought in 30 peanut butter cookies and and 20 lemon cookies. If Renee, who's allergic to peanuts, picks a cookie at random, what is the chance she'll have an allergic reaction expressed as a percentage? Answer: ...
The total time it took to hover over the Mountain and the central time is 3 + 4 = 7 hours. If it hovered further to the Eastern time zone, it took a total of 7 + 2 = 9 hours to cover the whole trip. The next day, it took 2 more hours to cover each of the places it passed through the previous day, taking a total of 2 * ...
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[Question]: Mr. Rainwater has some goats, 9 cows and some chickens. He has 4 times as many goats as cows and 2 times as many goats as chickens. How many chickens does he have? [Answer]: Let X be the number of chickens Mr. Rainwater has. He has 4 goats / cow * 9 cows = 36 goats on his farm. So he has 36 goats / 2 goats ...
Let j be the length of Jake's snake and p be length of Penny's snake. We know that j + p = 70, and j = p + 12. We can substitute the second equation into the first equation to get p + 12 + p = 70. Combining like terms, we get 2p + 12 = 70. Subtracting 12 from both sides, we get 2p = 58. Dividing both sides by 2, we get...
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Answer the following question. 7 out of 40 people in a cafeteria are wearing checkered shirts. The rest of the people are wearing vertical stripes and horizontal stripes. The number of people wearing horizontal stripes is 4 times as many as the people wearing checkered shirts. How many people are wearing vertical strip...
Step-by-step reasoning process: First multiply the number of running time - outs by 5: 5 time - outs * 5 = 25 time - outs. Then subtract 1 from that number to find the number of food - throwing time - outs: 25 time - outs - 1 = 24 time - outs. Then divide that number by 3 to find the number of swearing time - outs: 24 ...
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Question: Ben wants to pick 56 sugar snap peas. At his current rate of picking, all will be picked in seven minutes. How long, in minutes, would it take Ben to pick 72 sugar snap peas? Answer: In 1 minute, Ben picks 56 / 7 = 8 sugar snap peas. Ben would take 72 / 8 = 9 minutes to pick 72 sugar snap peas. The answer is ...
Valerie has to send a thank you card to each of 3 people, so she has 3 * 1 = 3 thank you cards to mail. She has 2 bills to mail. She has 3 more rebates than bills, so 3 + 2 = 5 mail - in rebates to mail. She has twice as many job applications as rebates, so she has 2 * 5 = 10 applications to mail. She has 3 + 2 + 5 + 1...
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Q: Luke pays a school fee. His mother gave him one $50 bill, two $20 bills, and three $10 bills. His father gave him four $50 bills, one $20 bill, and one $10 bill. If his parents gave him the exact amount for the school fee, how much is the school fee? A: Luke's parents gave him 1 + 4 = 5 $50 bills. These $50 bills am...
She burnt 2 dozen, cooked 2 dozen and then another 2 dozen that evening. So she made 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 dozen cupcakes. Each dozen makes 12 cupcakes, so she made 6 * 12 = 72 cupcakes. She threw away 2 dozen cupcakes, so 2 * 12 = 24 cupcakes. She made 72, threw away 24, ate 5 and then ate another 4 so she had 72 - 24 - 5 - 4...
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Answer this question:Mark is 18 years old. He has a little brother, John, who is 10 years younger. If John and Mark's parents are currently 5 times older than John, how old were they when Mark was born? John is 8 years old because 18 - 10 = 8 years old. Their parents are currently 40 years old because 8 * 5 = 40. There...
Throughout the 30 minutes, Kris blows up 2 balloons per minute * 30 minutes = 60 balloons. Her brother works at double Kris' speed in the first 15 minutes so he works at 2 balloons per minute * 2 = 4 balloons per minute. So in the first 15 minutes, he blows up 4 balloons per minute * 15 minutes = 60 balloons. In the se...
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[Question]: A total of 107 oranges are picked by Del and Juan. Del picked 23 on each of 2 days and Juan picked the rest. How many oranges did Juan pick? [Answer]: Del = 23 * 2 = 46 oranges. 107 - 46 = 61 oranges. Juan picked 61 oranges. So the answer is 61. [Question]: Coby went on a road trip. He is traveling from Was...
They'll need to make an estimated 0.5 * 53 = 26.5 omelets for small children. They'll need to make an estimated 1 * 35 = 35 omelets for older children. They'll need to make an estimated 2 * 75 = 150 omelets for the adults. And they'll need to make an estimated 1.5 * 37 = 55.5 omelets for the seniors. Along with the 25 ...
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Student A:Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, a famous billionaire who hosts wild parties at his house in the hope that Daisy will show up. Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, a would-be writer who is also Gatsby's neighbor and friend. He is the narrator of this movie. Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby's former lover, ...
OK... To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: The Hatch Act of 1887 (ch. 314, 24 Stat. 440, enacted 1887-03-02, 7 U.S.C. ⁇ 361a et seq.) gave federal funds, initially of $15,000 each, to state land-grant colleges in order to create a series of agricultural experiment stations, as well as pass along ne...
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Question: At the aquarium, there are twice as many sharks as stingrays. If there are 28 stingrays, how many fish are there? Answer: If sharks are twice the number of stingrays, then the number of sharks at the aquarium is 2 sharks / stingray * 28 stingrays = 56 sharks. The number of fish in the tank is 56 sharks + 28 s...
On 80 games, Daniel spend 80 games * $12 / game = $960. The rest of the collection is 346 games - 80 games = 266 games. 50% of these games means 50 / 100 * 266 games = 133 games. Daniel bought them for $7 each, so he had to spend 133 games * $7 / game = $931 on them. The other 133 games were bought for $3 each, so they...
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Answer the following question. In a 90-minute soccer game, Mark played 20 minutes, then rested after. He then played for another 35 minutes. How long was he on the sideline? Step-by-step reasoning process: Mark played for a total of 20 + 35 = 55 minutes. So, he was on the sideline for 90 - 55 = 35 minutes. The answer i...
Step-by-step reasoning process: If Anthony has 12 pets, the number of cats is 2 / 3 * 12 pets = 8 cats. The number of dogs that Anthony have is 12 pets - 8 cats = 4 dogs. Leonel has 1 / 2 * 8 cats = 4 cats. If Leonel has seven more dogs than Anthony, then he has 4 dogs + 7 dogs = 11 dogs. The total number of pets the t...
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Question: A notebook costs three times as much as a pen. If a pen costs $1.50, how much will Lyle pay for 4 notebooks? Answer with step-by-step thinking: A notebook costs $1.50 x 3 = $4.50. So Lyle will pay $4.50 x 4 = $18 for the 4 notebooks. So the answer is 18. Question: Andy is making fudge. First he needs to raise...
If James only missed one question in all five rounds of five questions, he correctly answered 5 * 5 - 1 = 24 questions. Before the bonus, James earned 24 correct answers * 2 points / answer = 48 points. Since missing one question would only disqualify him from receiving a bonus in one round, he would earn a bonus for 5...
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Question: Mark has kangaroos and goats. Kangaroos have two legs and goats have four legs. If he has 23 kangaroos and three times as many goats as kangaroos what is the total number of legs of all his animals? Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: His kangaroos have a total of 23 * 2 = 46 legs. He has 23 * 3 = 69 goat...
Step-by-step reasoning process: Freddie's flashlight could be seen at night for a distance three times farther than Veronica's flashlight, for a total distance of 3 * 1000 = 3000 feet. Five times farther than the distance from which Freddie's flashlight can be seen at night is 5 * 3000 = 15,000 feet. Velma's flashlight...
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[Question]Lucius owns a small business and spends $10 every day on ingredients. He then makes a portion of French Fries and a portion of Poutine and sells them to the market, paying ten percent of his weekly income as tax. If the price of French fries is $12 and the price of Poutine is $8, how much does he earn every w...
Start by finding how many fish were in the aquarium on the third day 6 * 2 * 2 = 24. On day three, Jason took out one - third of the fish 24 / 3 = 8. So at the end of day three, he has 24 - 8 = 16 fish. On day five he has 16 * 2 * 2 = 64 fish, but he takes out one - fourth. So he took out 64 / 4 = 16 fishes. So at the ...
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Question: Ivan has a piggy bank that can hold 100 pennies and 50 dimes. How much, in dollars, does Ivan have if he has filled his two piggy banks with those coins? Answer: Ivan has 50 x 10 = 500 cents from the 50 dimes in his one piggy bank. So, he has a total of 100 + 500 = 600 cents in one of his piggy banks. Since 1...
The number of rabbits was 80 + 34 = 114. The total number of rabbits and antelopes is 114 + 80 = 194. The number of hyenas was 42 fewer than the combined number of antelopes and rabbits, which is 194 - 42 = 152. The number of wild dogs was 50 more than the number of hyenas, that is 152 + 50 = 202. The number of leopard...
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Answer the following question. Elise is buying more dog food. She buys a 15kg bag then another 10kg bag, and she now has 40kg of dog food. How many kilograms of dog food did Elise already have? Step-by-step reasoning process: Elise has bought a total of 15 kg + 10 kg = 25kg of dog food. This means she already had 40 kg...
Step-by-step reasoning process: There are 1 x 60 minutes = 60 minutes in 1 hour. There are 60 / 5 = 12 sets of 5 minutes in 1 hour. So, Jane can fold 3 x 12 = 36 towels in an hour. There are 60 / 10 = 6 sets of 10 minutes in 1 hour. So, Kyla can fold 5 x 6 = 30 towels in an hour. There are 60 / 20 = 3 sets of 20 minute...
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Question: Ashley wants a champagne toast at her wedding. She wants to serve 2 glasses of champagne to each of her 120 wedding guests. 1 bottle of champagne has 6 servings. How many bottles of champagne will she need? Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: She wants to serve 2 glasses of champagne to each of her 120 we...
Step-by-step reasoning process: In the rooms with tall mirrors, Sarah saw her reflection a total of 10 reflections * 3 passes = 30 times. In the rooms with wide mirrors, Sarah saw her reflection a total of 5 reflections * 5 passes = 25 reflections. So Sarah saw her reflection a total of 30 + 25 = 55 times. In the rooms...
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Q: James drives to Canada at 60 mph. It is a distance of 360 miles. He has a 1 hour stop along the way. How long does he take to get to Canada? A: He spends 360 / 60 = 6 hours driving. That means the trip takes 6 + 1 = 7 hours. The answer is 7. Question: Liam is teaching art to a group of 10 students. He has 20 art kit...
We first need to figure out how many of each type of skeleton there are. Since half the 20 skeletons are adult women, that means there are 20 / 2 = 10 adult women's skeletons. The remaining half, 10, is split between adult men and children, meaning there are 10 / 2 = 5 of each. Since an adult woman has 20 bones in thei...
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Q: Mimi picked up 2 dozen seashells on the beach. Kyle found twice as many shells as Mimi and put them in his pocket. Leigh grabbed one-third of the shells that Kyle found. How many seashells did Leigh have? A: Mimi has 2 x 12 = 24 sea shells. Kyle has 24 x 2 = 48 sea shells. Leigh has 48 / 3 = 16 sea shells. The answe...
Let x be Luna's house rental budget. The total budget for house and food rental is represented by the equation x + (60x / 100) = 240. The equation becomes 100x + 60x = 24000 after multiplying each term by 100 to get rid of the fraction. By combining like terms, the equation becomes 160x = 24000. Thus, the value of x is...
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Question: Jane sews 2 dresses a day for 7 days. Then she sews 3 dresses a day for the next 2 days. In the end, she adds 2 ribbons to each dress. How many ribbons does Jane use in total? Answer: In 7 days, Jane sews 2 * 7 = 14 dresses. In the next 2 days, Jane sews 3 * 2 = 6 dresses. Jane sews a total of 14 + 6 = 20 dre...
First find the increase in rent by multiplying last year's rent by 30%: $1000 * .3 = $300. Then find the food cost increase by multiplying last year's costs by 50%: $200 * .5 = $100. Then find the new car insurance price by multiplying last year's price by 3: $100 * 3 = $300. Then subtract the cost of car insurance las...
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Q: In a section of the forest, there are 100 weasels and 50 rabbits. Three foxes invade this region and hunt the rodents. Each fox catches an average of 4 weasels and 2 rabbits per week. How many rabbits and weasels will be left after 3 weeks? A: 3 foxes catch 4 weasels each every week for a total of 3 * 4 = 12 weasels...
The total number of messages sent last week on Monday and Tuesday is 300 + 200 = 500 messages. On Wednesday, the number of messages was 300 more than the previous day, a total of 300 + 200 = 500 messages. In total, in the three days, the number of messages sent is 500 + 500 = 1000 messages,. On Thursday, the number of ...
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Q: James buys steaks for buy one get one free. The price is $15 per pound and he buys 20 pounds. How much did he pay for the steaks? A: He pays for 20 / 2 = 10 pounds of steaks. That cost 10 * 15 = $150. The answer is 150. Question: Jasmine and her older sister Alexa went to the store to buy shoes. Alexa's shoes are tw...
There will be a total of (1) Brian + (1) Brian's wife + (2) two kids + (2) Brian's parents + (2) Brian's in - laws = 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8 people eating. If 1 person eats 2 serving of lasagna then 8 people will eat 8 * 2 = 16 servings. If each serving requires 1 / 2 cup of milk then 16 servings require 16 * 1 / 2 cups ...
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[Question]A busy restaurant is counting how many customers they had during that Friday to try to predict how many they might get on Saturday. During breakfast, they had 73 customers. During lunch, they had 127 customers. During dinner, they had 87 customers. If they predict they'll get twice the amount of customers on ...
First find the total cost of the broccoli: 3 pounds * $4 / pound = $12. Then find the total cost of the oranges: 3 oranges * $0.75 / orange = $2.25. Then find the total cost of the vegetables: $12 + $2.25 + $3.75 = $18. Then find the total cost of the chicken: $3 / pound * 2 pounds = $6. Then add the cost of the bacon ...
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Question: Emery's family decides to travel for a weekend trip. They drive the first 100 miles in 1 hour. They stop at a McDonald's and then continue the rest of the journey for 300 miles. What's the total number of hours they traveled? Answer: If the first 100 miles took one hour, then let's say the next 300 miles took...
On days one, two, and three he sold 5 cars each day so, 5 cars + 5 cars + 5 cars = 15 cars that he sold on those days. On days 4,5,6 and 7 he sold 3 cars each day so, 3 cars + 3 cars + 3 cars + 3 cars = 12 cars that he sold on those days. Now we combine the cars he has already sold, which is 15 cars, and 12 cars, so 15...
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Question: John's car needs a new engine. The labor costs $75 an hour for 16 hours. The part itself cost $1200. How much did the repairs cost in total? Answer: The labor cost 16 * $75 = $1200. So the total cost was $1200 + $1200 = $2400. The answer is 2400. [Question]A mountain range has 200 active volcanoes. In a parti...
Jill starts off spending 5 minutes on the phone, and the following day she spends double that 5 minutes for 5 * 2 = 10 minutes. The following day Jill spends double the previous day's total of 10 minutes on the phone, for 10 * 2 = 20 minutes. On the fourth day, Jill spends double the previous day's total of 20 minutes ...
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Question: James can make a beret from 3 spools of yarn. If he has 12 spools of red yarn, 15 spools of black yarn, and 6 spools of blue yarn, how many berets can he make? Answer with step-by-step thinking: First find the total number of spools of yarn James has: 12 spools + 15 spools + 6 spools = 33 spools. Then divide ...
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 = 36 months. If each month she was paid $5000, her total earnings in the old company were $5000 * 36 = $180000. In her new company, she is paid 20% more, which is 20 / ...
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Student A:A hospital-acquired infection (HAI), also known as a nosocomial infection, is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other health care facility. To emphasize both hospital and nonhospital settings, it is sometimes instead called a health care -- associated infection (HAI or HCAI). Such an infection ca...
OK... To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: The earliest Carnival celebration in North America occurred at a place on the west bank of the Mississippi river about 60 miles (96.6 kilometers) downriver from where New Orleans is today; this Mardi Gras on the 3rd of March 1699 and in honor of this holiday...
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Q: On a particular day, Rose's teacher read the register and realized there were twice as many girls as boys present on that day. The class has 250 students, and all the 140 girls were present. If all the absent students were boys, how many boys were absent that day? A: If there were twice as many girls as boys present...
First find the total distance Carson walks along the warehouse's long sides: 600 feet / side * 2 sides = 1200 feet. Then find the total distance Carson walks along the warehouse's short sides: 400 feet / side * 2 sides = 800 feet. Add those two amounts to find the total distance walk in one circle: 1200 feet + 800 feet...
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Question: There are 10 students in a class. The average age of 9 of them is 8 years. By how many years will this average increase if the tenth student is (quite strangely) 28 years old? Answer: 9 students have an average age of 8 years so the sum of their ages is 9 * 8 = 72 years. A tenth student who is 28 years old wi...
First find the total number of students in third grade 5 classes * 30 students / class = 150 students. Then find the total number of students in fourth grade 4 classes * 28 students / class = 112 students. Then find the total number of student in fifth grade 4 classes * 27 students / class = 108 students. Now add the n...
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Problem:Passage: "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" is a country music song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton; it was included on her April 24, 1982 album Heartbreak Express. Question: Based on this passage, who sings the song do i ever cross your mind? Solution:OK... The relevant information is...
OK... To answer the question, consider the following: Dietrich makes four main arguments: one, the theme of both poems is the cross, and more importantly, in both poems, the cross suffers with Christ; two, in "Elene" Cynewulf seems to make clear references to the same cross in Dream of the Rood; three, in "Elene" and h...
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Answer this question:Jimmy wants to play in the inflatable swimming pool in his backyard. The swimming pool is empty and the garage is locked, so he cannot use the hose to fill the pool. He finds a 2 gallon bucket and calculates that it takes 20 seconds to fill the bucket from the tap and carry it to the pool where he ...
It takes 10 minutes to dry the coat of a short - haired dog and twice as long for a full haired dog so they take 10 * 2 = 20 minutes to dry. He had 6 short hair dogs and they took 10 minutes to dry each so they took 6 * 10 = 60 minutes to dry. He had 9 full haired dogs that took 20 minutes to dry each so they took 9 * ...
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Question: There were 25 peaches in each basket. Five baskets of peaches were delivered to a market. The farmers have eaten 5 peaches. The remaining peaches are packed into smaller boxes of 15 each. How many boxes of peaches are there? Answer with step-by-step thinking: The total number of peaches delivered to a market ...
Since November has 30 days, the town received 4 inches of rain for the first half of the month for 30 / 2 = 15 days. The total inches of rain that the town received for the 15 days is 15 * 4 = 60 inches. The rain falling in the town increased by 2 * 4 = 8 inches per day for the remaining half of the month. Therefore, f...
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Q: The largest room in Mrs. McAvoy's house is 45 feet wide and 30 feet long. The smallest room in that same house is 15 feet wide and 8 feet long. What is the difference in area between the largest room and the smallest room? A: The area of the largest room is 45 ft x 30 ft = 1350 sq ft. The area of the smallest room i...
After the charity ticket purchase on Saturday morning, Renata remained with 10 - 4 = 6 dollars. Adding the prize money give her 6 + 90 = 96 dollars. At the casino, she lost 50 + 10 + 5 = 65 dollars. Thus far, Renata remained with 96 - 65 = 31 dollars. The amount she spent on the bottle of water and lottery ticket is 1 ...
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Q: John scores 2 shots worth 2 points and 1 shot worth 3 points every 4 minutes. He plays for 2 periods. Each period is 12 minutes. How many points does he score? A: He played for 2 * 12 = 24 minutes. He gets 2 * 2 = 4 points per minute from the two - point shots. So he scores 4 + 3 = 7 points per minute. There are 24 ...
If he sold a painting at a 10% loss, then he made a 10 / 100 * $40 = $4 loss on each painting. since he bought 10 paintings, the total loss he made from selling the paintings is 10 * $4 = $40. He also made a loss of 15 / 100 * 20 = $3 loss from selling each wooden toy. Since he bought 8 wooden toys, the total loss he m...
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Question: Tom decided to go on a trip. During this trip, he needs to cross a lake, which in one direction takes 4 hours. During this time, Tom needs an assistant to help him with the crossing. Hiring an assistant costs $10 per hour. How much would Tom have to pay for help with crossing the lake back and forth? Answer: ...
Step-by-step reasoning process: If 36 fruits were evenly split between 3 types of fruits, then I bought 36 / 3 = 12 units of each fruit. If 1 orange costs $0.50 then 12 oranges will cost $0.50 * 12 = $6. If my total bill was $66 and I spent $6 on oranges then I spent $66 - $6 = $60 on the other 2 fruit types. Assuming ...
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Question: A group of researchers are studying a colony of penguins. Their results show that the size doubled in the first year they watched the colony, then tripled in the next year. This year, however, harsh conditions meant the colony only gained 129 penguins. The colony has 1077 penguins in it now. Each penguin eats...
At the end of his first week, Brian now has doubled his initial time of 10 seconds to 10 * 2 = 20 seconds. At the end of his second week, Brian doubled the previous week's time of 20 seconds to 20 * 2 = 40 seconds. At the end of his third week of practice, Brian adds another 50% of 40 seconds to his time so 40 * .5 = 2...
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[Question]: Cheryl got angry with her sister and decided to run away from home. She walked 2 miles every hour for 3 hours. Then she got homesick and walked back home. How many miles did Cheryl walk in total? [Answer]: Cheryl walked 2 miles x 3 hours = 6 miles. Once Cheryl was 6 miles away, she walked back home, another...
Since time is obtained by dividing distance and speed, then Skye took 3 km / 150 km per hr. = 1 / 50 of an hour to finish the first 3 kilometers of the race. His speed on the next 2 kilometers was 150 + 50 = 200 kilometers per hour. Hence, it took him 2 km / 200 km per hr. = 1 / 100 of an hour to finish the next 2 kilo...
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Q: In a stationery store, there are three kinds of pencils. A pencil with an eraser, which costs $0.8 each, a regular pencil for $0.5 each, and a short pencil for $0.4 each. This store was able to sell 200 pencils with an eraser, 40 regular pencils, and 35 short pencils. How much money did the store make from these sal...
Mike printed before the break 600 pamphlets per hour * 9 hours = 5400 pamphlets. The working speed of Mike after the break was 600 pamphlets per hour / 3 = 200 pamphlets per hour. Mike printed after the break 200 pamphlets per hour * 2 hours = 400 pamphlets. Leo worked third of the time that Mike worked before the brea...
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Answer the following question. A farmer plants his vegetables in neat rows. He has 64 bean seedlings and plants 8 seedlings in a row. He also has 84 pumpkin seeds and plants 7 seeds in a row. Recently, he planted 48 radishes with 6 radishes in a row. If the farmer plants two rows per plant bed, how many plant beds did ...
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the annual cost of food: $10 / day * 365 days = $3650. Then find how much she spends a week on lessons: $60 / lesson * 2 lessons = $120. Then multiply that weekly cost by the number of weeks per year to find the annual cost: $120 / week * 52 weeks / year = $6240. Then find the...
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Answer this question:A swarm of ants discovered a pile of sugar that spilled from a dropped bag. They begin to harvest it and carry it off to their anthill. Every hour, the ants remove 4 ounces of sugar. The bag of sugar held 24 ounces before it was dropped. After three hours, how many more hours will the ants need to ...
First find the total number of pages that are crumpled: 42 pages / 7 = 6 pages. Then find the total number of pages that are blurred: 42 pages / 3 = 14 pages. Then find the number of pages that are both blurred and crumpled by finding how many numbers are less or equal to 42 and divisible by both 3 and 7: there are two...
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Q: Samira is the assistant coach of a soccer team playing against one of the best teams in their league. She has four dozen water bottles filled with water in a box. In the first break of the match, the 11 players on the field each take two bottles of water from Samira's box, and at the end of the game, take one more b...
The first spacecraft flew for 30 minutes, or 30 / 60 = 1 / 2 hour. The second spacecraft flew for 30 + 30 = 60 minutes, or 1 hour. Thus the first spacecraft traveled at a speed of 448 miles in 1 / 2 hour, or 448 / (1 / 2) = 896 miles per hour. The second spacecraft traveled 448 miles in 1 hour, or 448 / 1 = 448 miles p...
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[Question]Mrs. Oaklyn buys handmade rugs at $40 each and sells them at $60 each. If she bought 20 rugs, calculate the profit she will make from selling the rugs. [Answer]Since she buys one rug at $40 and sells it at $60, she makes a profit of $60 - $40 = $20. If she bought 20 rugs at $40 and sold them at $60 each, she ...
The items he returned were valued at $700 + $500 = $1200. So far he is out 3000 - 1200 = 1800 after recouping 1200. An item that is 20% more expensive cost 1 + .2 = 1.2 times as much as the item. So that means the bike he sold cost $500 * 1.2 = $600. He sold it for $600 * .8 = $480. From the bike that he had bought for...
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