Q: John ends up serving on jury duty. Jury selection takes 2 days. The trial itself lasts 4 times as long as jury selection It is a complicated trial. The number of hours spent in jury deliberation was the equivalent of 6 full days. They spend 16 hours a day in deliberation. How many days does John spend on jury duty?
A: Deliberation ended up taking 6 * 24 = 144 hours. That means they spent 144 / 16 = 9 days in deliberation. The trial lasted 2 * 4 = 8 days. So he spent 2 + 8 + 9 = 19 days on jury duty. The answer is 19.
Question: Matthew asked his children how many hotdogs they wanted for dinner. Both Ella and Emma agreed they wanted 2 hotdogs each. Luke said he could eat twice the amount of hotdogs as his sisters while Hunter said he could only eat 1 and half times the total amount of his sisters. How many hotdogs did Matthew need to cook?
Answer: Ella wanted 2 while Emma wanted 2 so 2 + 2 = 4 hotdogs. Luke could eat twice as his sisters so 2 * 2 = 4 hotdogs. Hunter could eat 1 1 / 2 times the amount of his sisters so 1.5 * 4 = 6 hotdogs. All total, Matthew needs to cook, 4 + 4 + 6 = 18 hot dogs. The answer is 14.
[Question]Jackson works 5 days a week going door-to-door collecting for charity. His goal is to raise $1000 for the week. He earned $300 on Monday and $40 on Tuesday. If he collects an average of $10 for every 4 houses he visits, how many houses will he have to visit on each of the remaining days of the week to meet his goal?
[Answer]First find the total amount Jackson still needs to collect: $1000 - $300 - $40 = $660. Then subtract the number of days he already worked from the number of workdays in the week to find how many more days he'll work: 5 days - 2 days = 3 days. Then divide the total amount he still needs to earn by the number of days he has to earn it to find how much he needs to earn per day: $660 / 3 days = $220 / day. Then find how much money he collects per house: $10 / 4 houses = $2.50 / house. Then divide the amount he needs to collect per day by the amount he collects per house to find how many houses he needs to visit per day: $220 / day / $2.50 / house = 88 houses / day. The answer is 88.
Q: The school is organizing a trip to the museum. 4 buses were hired to take the children and teachers to their destination. The second bus has twice the number of people on it as the first bus. The third bus has 6 fewer people than the second bus. The fourth bus has 9 more people than the first bus. If the first bus has 12 people, how many people are going to the museum in total?
A: The second bus is carrying 12 * 2 = 24 people. The third bus has 24 – 6 = 18 people. The fourth bus has 12 + 9 = 21 people on it. In total, there are 12 + 24 + 18 + 21 = 75 people on the buses. The answer is 75.
Question: Kimberly loves gumballs and will trade almost anything she owns for them. A friend knows that Kim has a bunch of shiny new earrings that she loves. She agrees to give Kim 9 gumballs for each pair of earrings. On the first day, Kim brings her 3 pairs of earrings. On the second she brings her twice as many. On the third day, she brings 1 less than she brought on the second day. If Kim eats 3 gumballs a day, how many days will the gumballs last?
Answer: On day 2 Kim trades 6 earrings because 3 x 2 = 6. On day 3 Kim trades 5 earrings because 6 - 1 = 5. In total she trades 14 pairs of earrings because 3 + 6 + 5 = 14. She trades these for 126 gum - balls because 14 x 9 = 126. These last her 42 days because 126 / 3 = 42. The answer is 42.
Q: A leaf is being blown down a sidewalk by swirling gusts of wind. For every five feet that a gust blows it forward, the wind swirls and blows it back two feet. How many feet has it traveled down the sidewalk after 11 gusts of wind?
A:
Each gust blows the leaf forward 5 feet, so 11 gusts will blow it forward 5 * 11 = 55 feet. Each swirl after a gust blows it back 2 feet, so 11 swirls will blow it back 2 * 11 = 22 feet. After 11 gusts, the leaf has traveled 55 - 22 = 33 feet down the sidewalk. The answer is 33.