Question: Pablo’s mother agrees to pay him one cent for every page he reads. He plans to save the money for some candy. Pablo always checks out books that are exactly 150 pages. After reading his books, he went to the store and bought $15 worth of candy and had $3 leftover. How many books did Pablo read?
Answer: He gets $1.5 per book because .01 x 150 = 1.5. He earned $18 because 15 + 3 = 18. He read 12 books because 18 / 1.5 = 12. The answer is 12.
[Question]Jaymee is 2 years older than twice the age of Shara. If Shara is 10 years old, how old is Jaymee?
[Answer]Twice the age of Shara is 10 x 2 = 20. So, Jaymee is 20 + 2 = 22 years old. The answer is 22.
Q: Gerald had 20 toy cars. He donated 1/4 of his toy cars to an orphanage. How many toy cars does Gerald have left?
A: Gerald gave away 20 x 1 / 4 = 5 of his toy cars. Therefore, he is left with 20 - 5 = 15 toy cars. The answer is 15.
Question: A patient is receiving treatment through a saline drip which makes 20 drops per minute. If the treatment lasts 2 hours, and every 100 drops equal 5 ml of liquid, how many milliliters of treatment will the patient receive after the 2 hours have passed?
Answer: The total of minutes the treatment will take is 2 hours x 60 minutes / hour = 120 minutes. After 120 minutes has passed the total amount of drops that the patient will receive is 20 drops / minute x 120 minutes = 2400 drops. Knowing the number of drops, we know that the patient has taken 2400 drops x 5 ml / 100 drops = 120 ml. The answer is 120.
[Question]The height of the tree in Kilmer Park is 52 feet. Each year it grows 5 feet. In 8 years, what will the height of the tree be in inches, assuming 1 foot is 12 inches.
[Answer]In 8 years, the tree will have grown 5 * 8 = 40 feet. In 8 years, the tree will be 52 + 40 = 92 feet. In 8 years, the tree will be 92 * 12 = 1104 inches. The answer is 1104.
[Question]Beth is looking at her book collection and is wondering how many comic books she owns. She has 120 books and 65% are novels. 18 are graphic novels. The rest are comic books. What percentage of comic books does she own?
[Answer]
The proportion of graphic novels is .15 because 18 / 120 = .15. The percentage of graphic novels is 15 because 100 x .15 = 15. The percentage of comic books is 20 because 100 - 65 - 15 = 20. The answer is 20.