Q: Martha spends 10 minutes turning the router off and on again, six times that long on hold with Comcast, and half as much time as she spent on hold yelling at a customer service representative. How much time did Martha spend on these activities total?
A: First find the total time Martha spent on hold: 10 minutes * 6 = 60 minutes. Then find the time she spent yelling: 60 minutes / 2 = 30 minutes. Then add all the amount of time to find the total time: 60 minutes + 30 minutes + 10 minutes = 100 minutes. The answer is 100.
Question: Tricia is a third of Amilia’s age and Amilia is a quarter of Yorick’s age. Yorick is twice Eugene’s age and Khloe is a third of Eugene’s age. Rupert is 10 years older than Khloe but 2 years younger than Vincent who is 22 years old. How old, in years, is Tricia?
Answer: Rupert is younger than Vincent by 2 years, so he is 22 years old – 2 years = 20 years old. Khloe is 10 years younger than Rupert so she is 20 years old – 10 years = 10 years old. Eugene is 3 times older than Khloe so he is 10 years old * 3 = 30 years old. Yorick is twice Eugene’s age so he is 30 years old * 2 = 60 years old. Amilia is a quarter of Yorick’s age so she is 60 years old / 4 = 15 years old. Tricia is a third of Amilia’s age so she is 15 years old / 3 = 5 years old. The answer is 5.
[Question]Yesterday Ryan got five books from the library. They were a total of 2100 pages. His brother got one book a day that was 200 pages each. They both finished them in a week. On average, how many more pages per day did Ryan read compared to his brother?
[Answer]Ryan read an average of 300 pages a day because 2100 / 7 = 300. He read 100 more pages a day on average than his brother because 300 - 200 = 100. The answer is 100.
Q: Karen is a dog groomer. Rottweilers take 20 minutes to groom, border collies take 10 minutes to groom, and chihuahuas take 45 minutes to groom because they ferociously resist. How many minutes will it take Karen to groom 6 Rottweilers, 9 border collies and 1 chihuahua?
A: First find the total time Karen spending grooming Rottweilers: 20 minutes / Rottweiler * 6 Rottweilers = 120 minutes. Then find the total time she spends grooming border collies: 10 minutes / border collie * 9 border collies = 90 minutes. Then add the time spent grooming all three kinds of dogs to find her total grooming time: 120 minutes + 90 minutes + 45 minutes = 255 minutes. The answer is 255.
Question: A couple agreed to split their expenses equally, including the salary of their house help. While doing her job, the house help had an accident; thus, she underwent a medical procedure which cost her $128. The couple decided to pay half of the medical expenses and the other half will be deducted from her $160 salary. If the husband paid for the entire half of the hospital bill, how much does he still need to pay so that they split the expenses for the house help equally?
Answer: The amount that the couple would cover for the hospital bill is $128 / 2 = $64. The couple's total expenses (salary and hospital bill) is $160 + $64 = $224. So each of them should give $224 / 2 = $112 in total. Since the husband paid the entire half of the hospital bill already ($64), he still needs to pay $112 - $64 = $48. The answer is 48.
Q: Mandy started reading books with only 8 pages when she was 6 years old. By the time she was twice that age, she was reading books 5 times longer, and 8 years later, she was reading books 3 times longer than that. Presently, she reads books that are 4 times the previous length. How many pages do the books she reads now have?
A:
Twice the age of 6 is 6 x 2 = 12 years old. At 12 years old, Mandy was reading books 5 x 8 = 40 pages long. 8 years later, Mandy was 12 + 8 = 20 years old. At 20 years old, Mandy was reading books 3 x 40 = 120 pages long. Presently, she reads books that are 120 x 4 = 480 pages long. The answer is 480.