Question: Thomas is 6 years old. His older sister, Shay, is 13 years older than him and 5 years younger than their older brother, James. How old will James be by the time Thomas reaches his current age?
Answer: Shay is 6 + 13 = 19 years old. James is 19 + 5 = 24 years old. Thomas will be 24 in 24 - 6 = 18 years. James will be 24 + 18 = 42 years old. The answer is 42.
[Question]Alex was having a cookout Friday night and planned to serve burgers to his guests. He planned to cook 3 burgers for each guest and had invited 10 friends over. 1 of his friends didn't eat meat and said they would bring their own food. Another one of his friends didn't eat bread and would not need the buns. The burger buns came 8 to a pack. How many packs of buns did Alex need to buy?
[Answer]He invited 10 friends but he didn't need to cook for 1 of his friends so that left 10 - 1 = 9 friends to cook for. He was cooking 3 burgers per 9 guests so 3 * 9 = 27 burgers. He needed 27 burger buns but 1 guest wouldn't eat the buns so now he needs 27 - 3 = 24. He will need to buy 24 buns and they come 8 to a pack so he needs 24 / 8 = 3 packs of buns. The answer is 3.
Q: In Zeoland the fine for speeding is $16 for each mile per hour the driver is traveling over the posted speed limit. In Zeoland, Jed was fined $256 for speeding on a road with a posted speed limit of 50 mph. Jed was fined for traveling at what speed in miles per hour?
A: First find how much Jed was above the speed limit: $256 fine / $16 for each mile per hour over = 16 miles per hour over. Since the speed limit is 50 mph, this means Jed was driving 50 + 16 = 66 mph. The answer is 66.
Question: Barney the dinosaur weighs 1500 pounds more than five regular dinosaurs combined. If each regular dinosaur weighs 800 pounds, find the combined weight of Barney and the five regular dinosaurs' weights?
Answer: If each regular dinosaur weighs 800 pounds, five regular dinosaurs weigh 5 * 800 = 4000 pounds. Since Barney the dinosaur weighs 1500 pounds more than five regular dinosaurs combined, he weighs 4000 + 1500 = 5500 pounds. The combined weight of Barney and the five regular dinosaurs' weights is 5500 + 4000 = 9500 pounds. The answer is 9500.
[Question]John is performing in 3 plays. Each play has 5 Acts. He wears 2 wigs per act. Each wig cost $5. He drops one of the plays and sells all of the wigs for that play for $4. How much money did he spend?
[Answer]He used 5 * 2 = 10 wigs per play. So in total, he used 10 * 3 = 30 wigs. They cost 30 * 5 = $150. He gets back 10 * 4 = $40 from selling the wigs. So he spent 150 - 40 = $110. The answer is 110.
[Question]Bea and Dawn both have a lemonade stand. Bea sells her lemonade at 25 cents while Dawn sells hers at 28 cents. If Bea sold 10 glasses and Dawn sold 8 glasses, how much more money (in cents) did Bea earn than Dawn?
[Answer]
Bea's sales amount to $0.25 / glass x 10 glasses = 250 cents. Dawn's sales amount to $0.28 / glass x 8 glasses = 224 cents. So, Bea earned $2.50 - $2.24 = 26 cents more than Dawn. The answer is 26.