Question: Meso can type 15 pages in 5 minutes. Tyler can type the same 15 pages in 3 minutes. How many minutes would it take Meso and Tyler to type 40 pages working together?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Meso types 15 pages / 5 minutes = 3 page per minute. Tyler types 15 pages / 3 minutes = 5 pages per minute. Together they can type 3 + 5 = 8 pages per minute. Working together, it would take them 40 pages / 8 pages per minute = 5 minutes.
So the answer is 5.


Question: In January the families visiting a national park see animals 26 times. In February the families that visit the national park see animals three times as many as were seen there in January. Then in March the animals are shyer and the families who visit the national park see animals half as many times as they were seen in February. How many times total did families see an animal in the first three months of the year?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Animals were seen 26 times in January and three times as much in February, 26 x 3 = 78 times animals were seen in February. In March the animals were seen 1 / 2 as many times as were seen in February, 78 / 2 = 39 times animals were seen in March. If animals were seen 26 times in January + 78 times in February + 39 times in March = 143 times animals were seen in the first three months of the year.
So the answer is 143.


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 each is 20 * .50 $10.00. She planted half that amount of iris' so 20 / 2 = 10 bulbs. 10 iris bulbs at $.50 each is 10 * .50 = $5.00. 30 daffodil bulbs at $.50 each is 30 * .50 = $15.00. She planted three times that amount of crocus bulbs to 30 * 3 = 90 bulbs. 90 crocus bulbs at $.50 = $45.00. All total, she earned 10 + 5 + 15 + 45 = $75.00.
So the answer is 75.