Question: Ignatius owns 4 bicycles. A friend of his owns different types of cycles, which have three times are many tires as Ignatius's bikes have. He has one unicycle, a tricycle, and the rest are bikes. How many bicycles does the friend own?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Ignatius has 8 tires because 2 x 4 = 8. His friend has 24 tires because 3 x 8 = 24. There are 20 bicycle wheels because 24 - 1 - 3 = 20. He has 10 bicycles because 20 / 2 = 10.
So the answer is 10.


Question: Abel leaves for a vacation destination 1000 miles away driving 50 miles per hour. An hour later Alice leaves from the same point for the same destination, traveling 40 miles per hour. How much earlier does Abel reach the destination in minutes??
Answer with step-by-step thinking: If Abel needs to travel 1000 miles going 50 miles per hour, this means it will take him 1000 / 50 = 20 hours to get there. If Alice needs to travel 1000 miles going 40 miles per hour, this means it will take her 1000 / 40 = 25 hours to get there. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, this means it will take Abel 20 * 60 = 1200 minutes to arrive. Similarly, this means it will take Alice 25 * 60 = 1500 minutes to arrive. This means Abel arrives 1500 - 1200 = 300 minutes before Alice if they both leave simultaneously. However, since Abel had a head start of 1 hour, which is 60 minutes, this means Abel arrives 300 + 60 = 360 minutes ahead of Alice.
So the answer is 360.


Question: Lucille has to divide the revenue from her business in the ratio of 4:11 for employee salaries and stock purchases, respectively. If she has $3000 as her revenue, calculate the total amount of money she spends on employee salary?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
The total ratio representing the revenue Lucille has is 4 + 11 = 15. The value from the ratio representing employee salary is 4 / 15, and this is 4 / 15 * $3000 = $800 that Lucille has to pay her employees.
So the answer is 800.