Question: Dan is digging graves for a family killed by COVID-19. If it takes Dan 3 hours to dig an adult grave and 2 hours to dig a child's grave, how long does it take him to dig 5 adult graves and one child's grave?
Answer: First find the total amount of time Dan spends digging adult graves: 3 hours / grave * 5 graves = 15 hours. Then add the time to dig the child's grave to find the total time he spends digging: 15 hours + 2 hours = 17 hours. The answer is 17.
[Question]There are 3414 yellow balloons and there are 1762 more black balloons than yellow balloons. If the balloons will be evenly divided among 10 schools, how many balloons will one school receive?
[Answer]Black balloons: 3414 + 1762 = 5176. Total balloons: 3414 + 5176 = 8590. 8590 / 10 = 859. Each school will receive 859 balloons. The answer is 859.
Q: There were 349 pieces of candy in a bowl. Talitha took 108 pieces and Solomon took 153 pieces. How many pieces of candy remain in the bowl?
A: 349 - 108 = 241 and 241 - 153 = 88. There are 88 pieces of candy left in the bowl. The answer is 88.
Question: Rose had 10 kilograms of rice. She cooked 9/10 kilograms in the morning and 1/4 of the remaining in the evening. How many grams of rice did she have left?
Answer: Rose cooked 10 x 9 / 10 = 9 kilograms of rice in the morning. She had 10 - 9 = 1 kilogram of rice left then. One kilogram is equal to 1 x 1000 = 1000 grams. So, Rose cooked 1000 x 1 / 4 = 250 grams of rice in the evening. Therefore, she has 1000 - 250 = 750 grams of rice left. The answer is 750.
[Question]John pays for a candy bar with 4 quarters, 3 dimes, and a nickel. He got 4 cents back in change. How many cents did the candy bar cost?
[Answer]The quarters came to 4 * 25 = 100 cents. The dimes were worth 3 * 10 = 30 cents. The nickel was 5 * 1 = 5 cents. So he paid 100 + 30 + 5 = 135 cents. Since he got 4 cents as change it cost 135 - 4 = 131 cents. The answer is 131.
[Question]Jean is a customer service rep and answered 35 phone calls on Monday. On Tuesday, she answered 46 and took 27 calls on Wednesday. On Thursday she answered 61 calls and finished off answering 31 calls on Friday. What’s the average number of calls she answers per day?
[Answer]
During the week she answered 35 on Mon, 46 on Tue, 27 on Wed, 61 on Thurs and 31 on Fri for a total of 35 + 46 + 27 + 61 + 31 = 200 calls. She answered 200 calls over 5 days so on average, she answered 200 / 5 = 40 calls a day. The answer is 40.