Question: There are 14 green papayas on the papaya tree. On Friday, two of the fruits turned yellow. On Sunday, twice as many fruits as on Friday turn yellow. How many green papayas are left on the tree?
Answer: On Sunday 2 x 2 = 4 papayas turned yellow. A total of 2 + 4 = 6 papayas turned yellow. There are 14 - 6 = 8 green papayas still left on the tree. The answer is 8.
[Question]Itzayana is 4 inches taller than Zora, who is 8 inches shorter than Brixton. If Zara is 64 inches tall and has the same height as Brixton, calculate the average height of the four people.
[Answer]Since Brixton has the same height as Zara which is 64 inches, Zora, who is 8 inches shorter than Brixton, is 64 - 8 = 56 inches tall. Zara and Brixton's height is 64 + 64 = 128 inches. If you add Zora's height, the three have a total height of 128 + 56 = 184. Itzayana is 4 inches taller than Zoran which means she is 56 + 4 = 60 inches tall. The total height of the four friends is 60 + 184 = 244. The average height of the three is 244 / 4 = 61. The answer is 61.
Q: There are 381 pages in Elliot’s book. He has already read 149 pages. If he reads 20 pages a day for a week, how many pages are still left to be read?
A: In a week, Elliot will read 20 x 7 = 140 pages. Adding the prior readings, he has read a total of 149 + 140 = 289 pages. There are 381 - 289 = 92 pages still left to be read. The answer is 92.
Question: Carson leans over the railing at the zoo to get the perfect selfie and falls into the combined wombat and rhea enclosure. There are 9 wombats and 3 rheas. If each wombat claws him 4 times and each rhea claws him once, how many times does he get clawed?
Answer: First find the total number of times the wombats claw him: 9 wombats * 4 claws / wombat = 36 claws. Then add the number of times the rheas claw him to find the total: 36 claws + 3 claws = 39 claws. The answer is 39.
[Question]Prudence was starting a cupcake business. She figured that each cupcake cost $0.75 to make. The first 2 dozen that she made burnt and she had to throw them out. The next 2 came out perfectly and she ended up eating 5 cupcakes right away. Later that day she made 2 more dozen cupcakes and decided to eat 4 more. If she sells the remaining cupcakes at $2.00 each, how much is her net profit?
[Answer]She burnt 2 dozen, cooked 2 dozen and then another 2 dozen that evening. So she made 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 dozen cupcakes. Each dozen makes 12 cupcakes, so she made 6 * 12 = 72 cupcakes. She threw away 2 dozen cupcakes, so 2 * 12 = 24 cupcakes. She made 72, threw away 24, ate 5 and then ate another 4 so she had 72 - 24 - 5 - 4 = 39 cupcakes left. She sells the 39 cupcakes at $2.00 each so she earned 39 * 2 = $78.00. She made 72 cupcakes at a cost of $0.75 each for a total cost of 72 * $0.75 = $54.00. If she made $78 on the remaining cupcakes and it cost her $54.00 to make all of the cupcakes then her profit is $78 - $54 = $24.00. The answer is 24.
[Question]The kids in Ms. Swanson's class have an average of 5 zits each. The kids in Mr. Jones' class have an average of six zits each. If there are 25 kids in Ms. Swanson's class and 32 in Mr. Jones' class, how many more zits are there in Mr. Jones' class than in Ms. Swanson's?
[Answer]
First find the total number of zits in Mr. Jones' class: 6 zits / kid * 32 kids = 192 zits. Then find the total number of zits in Ms. Swanson's class: 5 zits / kid * 25 kids = 125 zits. Then subtract the number of zits in Ms. Swanson's class from the number in Mr. Jones' class to find the difference: 192 zits - 125 zits = 67 zits. The answer is 67.