Question: Candy baked four trays with 24 cookies in each tray. She then divided the cookies equally into eight packs. How many cookies did Candy place in each pack?
Answer: Cand baked a total of 4 x 24 = 96 cookies. Therefore, Candy placed 96 / 8 = 12 cookies in each pack. The answer is 12.
[Question]Wild Bill can shoot a pistol while riding his horse at full speed. His horse runs at 20 feet per second, and a bullet fired from his gun flies at a speed of 400 feet per second. But if he fires a gun while riding his horse, and the gun is aimed in the same direction that the horse is running, how much faster, in feet per second, is the bullet flying than if he fires the bullet in the opposite direction of what the horse was running?
[Answer]If he fires a bullet in the same direction as the direction that the horse is running, the total speed of the bullet is the sum of the speed the bullet was propelled out of the gun plus the speed of the horse, for a combined speed of 400 + 20 = 420 feet per second. If he fires a bullet in the opposite direction as the direction in which the horse is running, then the total speed of the bullet is the speed the bullet was propelled out of the gun minus the speed of the horse, for a resulting speed of 400 - 20 = 380 feet per second. Thus, when firing the gun in the same direction as the horse is running, the bullet moves at 420 - 380 = 40 feet per second faster than when he fires the bullet in the opposite direction as what the horse is running. The answer is 40.
Q: Aimee does a poll around her neighborhood and makes sure to get answers from 50% men and 50% women. She finds that 35% of women are in favor of shortening the school day by 30 minutes. 39 women in her poll opposed this idea. How many people did she poll?
A: 65% of women are opposed to the idea because 100 - 35 = 65. There are 60 women in the poll because 39 / .65 = 60. There were 120 people in her poll because 60 / .5 = 120. The answer is 120.
Question: At the duck park, there are 25 mallard ducks and ten less than twice as many geese as ducks. Then, a small flock of 4 ducks arrived at the park and joined the birds already there. If five less than 15 geese leave the park, how many more geese than ducks remain at the park?
Answer: Initially, twice as many geese as ducks is 25 * 2 = 50 geese. Therefore, ten less than twice as many geese as ducks is 50 - 10 = 40 geese. Then, 4 ducks arrived at the park, resulting in 25 + 4 = 29 ducks. Five less than 15 geese is 15 - 5 = 10 geese. Thus, if 5 less than 15 geese leave, then 40 - 10 = 30 geese remain. Thus, there are 30 - 29 = 1 more geese than ducks remaining at the park. The answer is 1.
[Question]To improve her health, Mary decides to drink 1.5 liters of water a day as recommended by her doctor. Mary's glasses hold 250 mL of water. How many glasses of water should Mary drink per day to reach her goal?
[Answer]Each liter of water holds 1000 mL. Mary's goal is to drink 1.5 liters of water a day, which in mL is 1.5 L * 1000 mL / L = 1500 mL. To reach her goal, Mary should drink 1500 mL / 250 mL / glass = 6 glasses of water per day. The answer is 6.
[Question]Maximoff's monthly bill is $60 per month. His monthly bill increased by thirty percent when he started working at home. How much is his total monthly bill working from home?
[Answer]
He pays an additional $60 x 0.30 = $18 on his monthly bill working from home. Therefore, the total amount he pays for his monthly bill working from home is $60 + $18 = $78. The answer is 78.