Q: Daliah picked up 17.5 pounds of garbage. Dewei picked up 2 pounds less than Daliah. Zane picked up 4 times as many pounds of garbage as Dewei. How many pounds of garbage did Zane pick up?
A: Daliah = 17.5 pounds. Dewei + 17.5 - 2 = 15.5 pounds. Zane = 4 * 15.5 = 62 pounds. Zane picked up 62 pounds of garbage. The answer is 62.
Question: Telegraph Road goes through multiple states and is 162 kilometers long. Pardee Road is 12000 meters long. How many kilometers longer is Telegraph Road than Pardee Road?
Answer: Telegraph = 162 km * 1000 m = 162000 m. Pardee = 12000 m. 162000 - 12000 = 150,000 meters. Telegraph is 150 km longer than Pardee Road. The answer is 150.
[Question]The temperature in New York in June 2020 was 80 degrees. If the temperature in Miami on this day was 10 degrees hotter than the temperature in New York, and 25 degrees cooler than the temperature in San Diego, what was the average temperature for the three cities?
[Answer]If it was 10 degrees hotter on this day in Miami than in New York, then the temperature in Miami was 80 + 10 = 90 degrees. If it was 25 degrees cooler in Miami than in San Diego, then the temperature in San Diego was 90 + 25 = 115 degrees. The total temperature for all the cities is 115 + 90 + 80 = 285 degrees. The average temperature of the three cities is 285 / 3 = 95 degrees. The answer is 95.
Q: Monica read 16 books last year. This year, she read twice the number of books she read last year. Next year, she wants to read 5 more than twice the number of books she read this year. How many books will Monica read next year?
A: The number of books that Monica read this year is 2 * 16 = 32 books. Twice the number of books that Monica read this year is 2 * 32 = 64 books. The number of books that Monica will read next year is 64 + 5 = 69 books. The answer is 69.
Question: A busy restaurant is counting how many customers they had during that Friday to try to predict how many they might get on Saturday. During breakfast, they had 73 customers. During lunch, they had 127 customers. During dinner, they had 87 customers. If they predict they'll get twice the amount of customers on Saturday as they had on Friday, how many customers do they predict they will get?
Answer: On Friday the restaurant had 73 customers for breakfast + 127 customers for lunch + 87 customers for dinner = 287 customers total on Friday. If they predict getting 2x the amount of customers on Saturday as on Friday, they will have 287 customers x 2 = 574 customers on Saturday. The answer is 574.
Q: Wallace runs a beef jerky company. The company dries the jerky low and slow, so one batch of jerky takes all night to make. Each batch can make 10 bags of jerky. Wallace received a customer order for 60 bags of jerky. If he has 20 bags of jerky already made, how many days will it be before he can fulfill the customer’s order?
A:
Wallace already has 20 bags of jerky, so he needs to make 60 - 20 = 40 bags more. He can make 10 bags per day, so he needs 40 / 10 = 4 days to fulfill the customer’s order. The answer is 4.