Q: 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 he have for all his plants?
A: There are 64 / 8 = 8 rows of bean seedlings. There are 84 / 7 = 12 rows of pumpkin seedlings. There are 48 / 6 = 8 rows of radishes. Thus, there are a total of 8 + 12 + 8 = 28 rows of vegetables. Therefore, the farmer had 28 / 2 = 14 plant beds. The answer is 14.
Question: Danny has a huge fish tank that contains 94 guppies, 76 angelfish, 89 tiger sharks, and 58 Oscar fish. If he sells 30 guppies, 48 angelfish, 17 tiger sharks, and 24 Oscar fish. How many fish will remain?
Answer: There were 94 + 76 + 89 + 58 = 317 fishes in the tank. The fish to be sold is 30 + 48 + 17 + 24 = 119. Therefore, Danny will be left with 317 - 119 = 198 fishes. The answer is 198.
[Question]Every day Janet spends 8 minutes looking for her keys and another 3 minutes complaining after she finds them. If Janet stops losing her keys, how many minutes will she save every week?
[Answer]First find the total time Janet spends looking for her key and complaining each day: 8 minutes / day + 3 minutes / day = 11 minutes / day. Then multiply that number by the number of days in a week to find the weekly time spent: 11 minutes / day * 7 days / week = 77 minutes. The answer is 77.
Q: James has a room that is 13 feet by 18 feet. He increases each dimension by 2 feet. He then builds 3 more rooms of equal size and 1 room of twice that size. How much area does he have?
A: He increases the length to 13 + 2 = 15 feet. He increases the width to 18 + 2 = 20 feet. So the rooms are 15 * 20 = 300 square feet. So he has 1 + 3 = 4 rooms of this size. So he has 4 * 300 = 1200 square feet of rooms this size. He also has one room of size 300 * 2 = 600 square feet. So he has 1200 + 600 = 1800 square feet of rooms. The answer is 1800.
Question: Xena is trying to outrun a dragon to get to the safety of a cave it's too big to fit into. Xena has a 600 foot head start, but the dragon can burn her if it gets within 120 feet of her. If Xena runs 15 feet per second and the dragon flies 30 feet per second, how many seconds does Xena have to get to the cave?
Answer: First find the size of the gap the dragon needs to close to burn Xena: 600 ft - 120 ft = 480 ft. Then find how many feet closer the dragon gets each second by subtracting Xena's speed from the dragon's speed: 30 ft / sec - 15 ft / sec = 15 ft / sec. Then divide the distance by the speed difference to find how many seconds it takes for the dragon to get close enough to burn Xena: 480 ft / 15 ft / sec = 32 sec. The answer is 32.
Q: For the school play, 40 rows of chairs were set up where there were 20 chairs in each row. If only 10 seats were not occupied, how many seats were taken?
A:
The school prepared 40 x 20 = 800 chairs. So, 800 - 10 = 790 chairs were taken. The answer is 790.