[Question]There are 4 wolves out hunting for the pack. The pack contains 16 additional wolves. Each wolf needs to eat 8 pounds of meat a day and the wolves won't hunt again for five days. If each deer contains 200 pounds of meat, how many deer does each wolf need to kill?
[Answer]The wolf pack has 20 members because 4 + 16 = 20. They need 160 pounds of meat a day because 20 x 8 = 160. They need 800 pounds to last five days because 5 x 160 = 800. The hunters need to kill 4 deer because 800 / 200 = 4. They each need to kill one deer because 4 / 4 = 1. The answer is 1.
Q: Billy has 8 hours of free time on each day of the weekend. He wants to spend 75% of his time playing video games and the rest of his time reading. He can read 60 pages an hour and his books all contain 80 pages. How many books does he read?
A: He has 16 hours because 2 x 8 = 16. He is going to spend 25% of his time reading because 100 - 75 = 25. He has 4 hours to read because 16 x .25 = 4. He will read 240 pages because 4 x 60 = 240. He will read 3 books because 240 / 80 = 3. The answer is 3.
Question: Hannah bought 3 sweatshirts and 2 T-shirts. Each sweatshirt cost 15$ and each t-shirt cost 10$. How much money did Hannah spend in all?
Answer: 3 sweatshirts cost 3 x 15 = 45$. 2 t - shirts cost 2 x 10 = 20 $. In total Hannah spent 45 + 20 = 65$. The answer is 65.
[Question]Luther made 12 pancakes for breakfast. His family has 8 people. How many more pancakes must he make for everyone to have a second pancake?
[Answer]In order for everyone to have seconds, Luther must make 8 x 2 = 16 pancakes. Luther must make another 16 - 12 = 4 pancakes. The answer is 4.
Q: Lillian is making chocolate cupcakes to sell at a fundraiser. She only has 3 cups of sugar at home. She goes to the store and buys 2 bags of sugar. Each bag of sugar contains 6 cups. The batter uses 1 cup of sugar per 12 cupcakes. She needs 2 cups of sugar to make enough frosting for a dozen cupcakes. How many dozen cupcakes can she bake and ice with the sugar she has?
A: The bags of sugar which she bought contain 2 * 6 = 12 cups. In total, she has 12 cups + 3 cups = 15 cups of sugar to use. She needs 1 cup + 2 cups = 3 cups of sugar to make the batter and frosting for a dozen cupcakes. Lillian has enough sugar to bake and ice 15 / 3 = 5 dozen cupcakes. The answer is 5.
Question: Quinton is looking to add 4 fruit trees to his backyard. He wants to plant 2 apple trees that will be 10 feet wide each and need 12 feet between them. The peach trees will be closer to the house and will grow to be 12 feet wide and will need 15 feet between each tree. All told, how much space will these trees take up in his yard?
Answer:
Both apple trees will be 10 feet wide at maturity so they will be 2 * 10 = 20 feet wide. Quinton will need to leave 12 feet between these 2 trees so the apple trees will take up 20 + 12 = 32 feet. Both peach trees will be 12 feet wide at maturity so they will be 2 * 12 = 24 feet wide. Quinton will need to leave 15 feet between these 2 trees so the peach trees will take up 24 + 15 = 39 feet. Together, the apple trees will take up 32 feet and the peach trees will take up 39 feet so they will take 32 + 39 = 71 feet. The answer is 71.