Question: James trains for the Olympics. He trains twice a day for 4 hours each time for all but 2 days per week. How many hours does he train a year?
Answer: He trains 4 * 2 = 8 hours per day. He trains 7 - 2 = 5 days. So he trains 8 * 5 = 40 hour per week. That means he trains 40 * 52 = $2080. The answer is 2080.
[Question]Jack has a grove with 4 trees by 5 trees. It takes 6 minutes to clean each tree. He gets help to clean the trees so it only takes half as long. How many hours did he spend cleaning trees?
[Answer]There were 4 * 5 = 20 trees to clean. So it took 20 * 6 = 120 minutes. That is 120 / 60 = 2 hours. So he spent 2 / 2 = 1 hour cleaning. The answer is 1.
Q: Kayla and Theresa went to buy some chocolate bars and soda cans. Theresa bought twice the number of chocolate bars and soda cans Kayla bought. If Theresa bought 12 chocolate bars and 18 soda cans, how many chocolate bars and soda cans did Kayla buy in total?
A: Kayla bought 12 chocolate bars / 2 = 6 chocolate bars. She also bought 18 soda cans / 2 = 9 soda cans. The total number of chocolate bars and soda cans Kayla bought is 6 chocolate bars + 9 soda cans = 15 items. The answer is 15.
Question: Company A and Company B merge. Company A receives 60% of the combined profits under the new merger, and company B receives 40% of the profits. If company B gets a total of $60000 in profit, how much does company A get?
Answer: Let the total profit of both companies be denoted by x. Therefore, 40% * x = 0.4 * x = $60000. So x = $60000 / 0.4 = $150000. If Company B gets 60 % of the profits, it gets 60% of $150000, which is 0.6 * $150000 = $90000. The answer is 90000.
[Question]Pirate Rick sailed his ship to a tropical island in search of a site to bury his treasure. After finding the perfect site, it took him 4 hours to dig up 8 feet of sand under which to bury the treasure. Once the treasure was buried, he left the island. Then, a tropical storm came and washed away half of the sand from on top of the treasure. Next, a giant tsunami wave poured over the island, adding 2 feet of new sand back onto the site of his treasure. When Pirate Rick returned, how long did it take for him to dig up his treasure?
[Answer]Pirate Rick digs at a rate of 8 feet of sand per 4 hours, or 8 / 4 = 2 feet per hour. Of the 8 feet of sand that were initially on top of the treasure, the storm washed 8 / 2 = 4 feet of sand away. Thus, after the storm and the tsunami, the treasure was buried beneath 8 - 4 + 2 = 6 feet of sand. Digging at a rate of 2 feet per hour, Pirate Rick could uncover his treasure in 6 / 2 = 3 hours. The answer is 3.
[Question]A mother duck as 8 ducklings. The first 3 ducklings find 5 snails each. Another 3 ducklings find 9 snails each, and the remaining ducklings each find half the number of snails that mother duck finds. If mother duck finds tree times the total number of snails as the first 2 groups of ducklings, how many snails does the family of ducks have collectively?
[Answer]
The first 3 ducklings find 3 x 5 = 15 snails. The next 3 ducklings find 3 x 9 = 27 snails. They find a total of 15 + 27 = 42 snails. Mother duck finds 42 x 3 = 126 snails. The last group has 8 - 3 - 3 = 2 ducklings. They find 126 / 2 = 63 snails each. The family of ducks found a total of 42 + 126 + 63 + 63 = 294 snails. The answer is 294.