Q: Following her doctor’s recommendation to up her daily water intake, Nancy now drinks the equivalent of 60% of her body weight in water. If Nancy’s daily water intake is 54 pounds, how much, in pounds, does she weigh?
A: Let Nancy’s weight be x. We know that 60 / 100 * x = 54 pounds. This translates to x = 54 * 100 / 60 = 90 pounds. The answer is 90.
Question: Jason drives past 3 convenience stores on his way to work. The distance between the first store and the second store is 6 miles. The distance between the second store and third store is 2/3rds longer than the distance between the first two stores. The distance from his house to the first store and the last store to work is the same, 4 miles. How long in miles is Jason's commute to work?
Answer: First find the additional distance between the second store and the third store: 6 miles * 2 / 3 = 4 miles. Then add that to the distance between the first two stores to find the total distance between the second and third stores: 4 miles + 6 miles = 10 miles. Then add the distance between the first two stores, the distance from Jason's house to the first store, and the distance from the last store to work: 10 miles + 6 miles + 4 miles + 4 miles = 24 miles. The answer is 24.
[Question]Jackson's oldest son gets 4 cookies after school and his youngest son gets 2 cookies after school. If there are 54 cookies in a box, how many days will the box last?
[Answer]The oldest son gets 4 cookies and the youngest gets 2, so every day they eat 4 + 2 = 6 cookies. There are 54 cookies in a box and the boys eat 6 cookies a day, so the box will last 54 / 6 = 9 days. The answer is 9.
Q: There are 10 rows of 15 chairs set up for the award ceremony. The first row is reserved for the awardees while the second and third rows are for the administrators and teachers. The last two rows are then reserved for the parents and the rest of the rows are for the students. If only 4/5 of the seats reserved for the students are occupied, how many vacant seats from the students can be given to the parents?
A: There are 1 + 2 + 2 = 5 rows that are not reserved for the students. Hence, 10 - 5 = 5 rows are reserved for the students. That is equal to 5 x 15 = 75 seats. But only 75 x 4 / 5 = 60 seats are occupied by the students. Therefore, 75 - 60 = 15 seats can be given to the parents. The answer is 15.
Question: Gretchen, Mitzi, and Beth went bowling together. Gretchen bowled a 120. Mitzi bowled a 113. Beth bowled an 85. What was their average bowling score?
Answer: Gretchen bowled a 120 + Mitzi boweld a 113 + Beth bowled an 85 = 318 combined score. The average of their combined score of 318 / 3 bowlers = 106. The answer is 106.
Q: Jack is on the phone with a scammer who says the IRS will arrest Jack if he doesn't send them the codes from 6 $500 Best Buy gift cards and 9 $200 Walmart gift cards. After sending the codes for 1 Best Buy gift card and 2 Walmart gift cards, Jack wises up and hangs up. How many dollars' worth of gift cards can he still return?
A:
First find the number of Best Buy gift cards Jack needs to return: 6 cards - 1 cards = 5 cards. Then multiply that number by the cost per card to find the total refund Jack gets from Best Buy: 5 cards * $500 / card = $2500. Then find the number of Walmart gift cards Jack needs to return: 9 cards - 2 cards = 7 cards. Then multiply that number by the cost per card to find the total refund Jack gets from Walmart: 7 cards * $200 / card = $1400. Then add the two refunds to find his total refund amount: $2500 + $1400 = $3900. The answer is 3900.