Question: Max loves to play video games. He played for 2 hours on Wednesday and the same time on Thursday. On Friday his friends came to play together with him, so Max spent over three hours more on playing than on Wednesday. How many hours on average has Max spent playing video games during these three days?
Answer: Max played on Friday three hours more than on Wednesday, so he played for 2 + 3 = 5 hours. In total he played 2 + 2 + 5 = 9 hours. He was playing for three days, so on average, he spent 9 / 3 = 3 hours playing video games every day. The answer is 3.
[Question]Lex is picking apples in his apple orchard when he notices some of the apples have bruises and some have worms. He wants to save the bruised apples to make applesauce, throw the wormy apples away, and keep the unbruised apples to eat raw. By his count, a fifth of the apples have worms and nine more than one fifth are bruised. He picked 85 apples. How many apples will he have left to eat raw?
[Answer]A fifth of the apples have worms, so Lex has to throw 85 / 5 = 17 apples away. Nine more have bruises than worms, so Lex has 17 + 9 = 26 apples for applesauce. He picked 85 apples, so Lex has 85 - 26 - 17 = 42 apples left to eat raw. The answer is 42.
Q: Jenny likes to play board games with her friends. She likes to play against her friend Mark the most, as she's played him 10 times and Mark has only won once. She doesn't like playing Jill, as she's played her twice as many times as she's played Mark and Jill has won 75% of them. How many times in total has Jenny won board games with her two friends?
A: Jenny has played Mark 10 times, and since mark has only won once she's had 10 - 1 = 9 wins. Jenny has played Jill twice as many times as Mark, so they've played 10 * 2 = 20 games. Of the 20 games Jenny and Jill have played, Jill has won 75% of them so she's had 20 * .75 = 15 wins. If Jill has won 15 games, that means Jenny won 20 - 15 = 5 games. For Jenny's total wins, her wins against Mark and Jill are added together for 5 + 9 = 14 wins. The answer is 14.
Question: Clara is selling boxes of cookies to raise money for a school trip. There are 3 different types for sale. The first type has 12 cookies per box. The second type has 20 cookies per box, and the third type has 16 cookies per box. If Clara sells 50 boxes of the first type, 80 boxes of the second type, and 70 boxes of the third type, how many cookies does she sell?
Answer: Clara sells 600 cookies of the first type because 12 * 50 = 600. She sells 1600 cookies of the second type because 20 * 80 = 1600. She sells 1120 cookies of the third type because 16 * 70 = 1120. Thus, Clara sells 3300 cookies total because 600 + 1600 + 1120 = 3320 cookies. The answer is 3320.
[Question]2 tablespoons of popcorn kernels will make 4 cups of popcorn. For movie night, Joanie wants 3 cups of popcorn, Mitchell wants 4 cups of popcorn, Miles and Davis said they would split 6 cups of popcorn and Cliff said he would only eat 3 cups. How many tablespoons of popcorn kernels will they need?
[Answer]If Joanie wants 3 cups, Mitchell wants 4 cups, Miles & Davis want 6 cups and Cliff wants 3 cups then they want 3 + 4 + 6 + 3 = 16 cups of popcorn. Every 2 tablespoons makes 4 cups and they want 16 cups so 16 / 4 = 4 groups of 2 tablespoons are needed. Thus they need 4 * 2 = 8 tablespoons in total. The answer is 8.
[Question]When all her clothes are washed and in her closet, Brie has 12 blouses, 6 skirts, and 8 slacks. Today in her hamper, she has 75% of her blouses, 50% of her skirts, and 25% of her slacks. How many pieces of clothing will she need to put in the washer?
[Answer]
In her hamper, Brie has 12 x 75% = 9 blouses. In her hamper, she has 6 x 50% = 3 skirts. In the hamper, she has 8 x 25% = 2 slacks. She will need to wash 9 + 3 + 2 = 14 pieces of clothes. The answer is 14.