Question: Fifteen more than a quarter of a number is 27. What is the number?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: A quarter of the number is 27 - 15 = 12. The number is 12 * 4 = 48.
So the answer is 48.


Question: Colin ran his first mile in 6 minutes. He ran his next two miles in 5 minutes each and finished his 4th mile in 4 minutes. What was the average time it took him to run a mile?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: His first mile was in 6 minutes, then 5 minutes, another 5 minutes and his final mile was 4 minutes so it took him 6 + 5 + 5 + 4 = 20 minutes. It took 20 minutes to run 4 miles so his average time was 20 / 4 = 5 minutes per mile.
So the answer is 5.


Question: Lightning McQueen, the race car, cost 140000$. Mater only cost 10 percent of that, and Sally McQueen cost triple what Mater costs. How much does Sally McQueen cost?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
Mater:140000(.10) = 14000$. Sally:14000(3) = 42000$.
So the answer is 42000.