[Question]It is Roger’s turn to provide a snack for the baseball team after the game and he has decided to bring trail mix. The trail mix comes in packs of 6 individual pouches. Roger has 13 members on his baseball team, plus 3 coaches and 2 helpers. How many packs of trail mix does he need to buy?
[Answer]Roger will need 13 + 3 + 2 = 18 pouches of trail mix. If you divide the amount of trail mix pouches by the amount in each pack, 18 / 6 = 3 packs of trail mix. The answer is 3.
Q: Carla's teacher tells her that she needs to collect 30 leaves and 20 bugs for a project that's due in 10 days. How many items does Carla need to collect each day if she always wants to collect the same daily amount?
A: First find the total number of items Carla needs to find by adding the number of leaves to the number of bugs: 30 leaves + 20 bugs = 50 items. Now divide the total number of items by the number of days Carla has to do her assignment to find the daily collection amount: 50 items / 10 days = 5 items / day. The answer is 5.
Question: Justin has a box that is 12 inches in height. The length of the box is 3 times its height and 4 times its width. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: The length of the box is 3 x the height of 12 inches = 36 inches. The width of the box is 36 inches / 4 = 9 inches. The volume of the box is the height of 12 inches x the length of 36 inches x the width of 9 inches = 3,888 cubic inches. The answer is 3888.
[Question]Janeth bought 5 bags of round balloons with 20 balloons in each bag. She also bought 4 bags of long balloons with 30 balloons in each bag. While blowing up the balloons, 5 round balloons burst. How many balloons are left?
[Answer]Janeth bought 5 x 20 = 100 round balloons. She bought 4 x 30 = 120 long balloons. So, she has a total of 100 + 120 = 220 balloons. Since 5 round balloons burst, then there are only 220 - 5 = 215 balloons left. The answer is 215.
Q: Madison makes 30 paper boats and sets them afloat. 20% are eaten by fish and Madison shoots two of the others with flaming arrows. How many boats are left?
A: First find the number of boats eaten by fish: 30 boats * 20% = 6 boats. Then subtract the two groups of boats that were destroyed from the original number to find the number left: 30 boats - 6 boats - 2 boats = 22 boats. The answer is 22.
Question: For every one dozen flowers bought, a customer gets 2 free flowers. If Maria wants to buy 3 dozens flowers, how many pieces of flowers will she have in all?
Answer:
Maria has 3 x 2 = 6 free flowers from buying 3 dozens flowers. Since each dozen is equal to 12, then Maria bought 3 x 12 = 36 flowers. Hence, she has a total of 36 + 6 = 42 flowers. The answer is 42.