[Question]Traci and Harris are baking cakes together. Traci has brought flour from her own house and Harris has 400g of flour in his house. Each cake needs 100g of flour and Traci and Harris have created 9 cakes each. How much flour, in grams, did Traci bring from her own house?
[Answer]To make the cakes, Traci and Harris used a total of 9 cakes * 100g of flour per cake = 900g of flour. Traci therefore brought 900g of needed flour – 400g of flour from Harris’ flour = 500g of flour from her own house. The answer is 500.
Q: John wants to lose weight. He eats 1800 calories a day and burns 2300 a day. If he needs to burn 4000 calories to lose 1 pound how many days will it take to lose 10 pounds?
A: He burns 2300 - 1800 = 500 calories a day. He needs to burn 4000 * 10 = 40,000 calories to hit his goal. That means it will take him 40,000 / 500 = 80 days. The answer is 80.
Question: Ariel began fencing in 2006. If she was born in 1992 and has been fencing for 16 years, how old is she now?
Answer: If Ariel was born in 1992, she started fencing when she was 2006 - 1992 = 14 years old. Since she's been fencing for 16 years now, Ariel is 14 + 16 = 30 years old. The answer is 30.
[Question]Tonya spent $90.00 on art supplies. 4 canvases cost $40.00 and a mixed set of paints cost 1/2 that much. She also spent $15.00 on an easel, and the rest of the money on paintbrushes. How much money did she spend on paintbrushes?
[Answer]The canvases cost $40.00 and she spent half that amount on paint so she spent 40 / 2 = $20.00 on paint. She spent $40.00 on canvases, $20.00 on paint and $15.00 on an easel so she spent 40 + 20 + 15 = $75.00. She spent $90.00 total and her other purchases totaled $75.00 so she spent 90 - 75 = $15.00 on paint brushes. The answer is 15.
Q: Hilton had a box of 26 marbles that he was playing with. He found 6 marbles while he was playing, but afterward realized that he had lost 10 marbles. Lori felt bad and gave Hilton twice as many marbles as he lost. How many marbles did Hilton have in the end?
A: Hilton had 26 marbles + 6 marbles - 10 marbles = 22 marbles. Lori gave Hilton 2 * the 10 marbles that he lost = 20 marbles. In total Hilton had 22 marbles + 20 marbles = 42 marbles. The answer is 42.
Question: To get to an island called "Virgo", Tom needs to travel by plane and then by boat. The plane trip is four times longer than the boat trip, and the boat trip takes up to 2 hours. In how many hours is Tom able to get to the "Virgo" island?
Answer:
The plane trip is four times longer than the 2 - hour long boat trip, which means it takes 4 * 2 = 8 hours. So in total, the whole journey to "Virgo" islands lasts 8 + 2 = 10 hours. The answer is 10.