Question: Veronica, who is the team captain of their school football team, carried 27 yellow balls and 33 brown balls to the field for the team's matchday practice. What percentage of the balls that she carried were yellow?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: The total number of balls that she carried is 27 + 33 = 60. The percentage that represents the yellow balls is 27 / 60 * 100% = 45%.
So the answer is 45.


Question: To raise money, a school is selling ice-pops for $1.50. It costs 90 cents to make each pop, and the money from the pops will be used to buy pencils, which cost $1.80 each. How many pops must be sold to buy 100 pencils?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: To buy 100 pencils the school needs 100 * $1.80 = $180.00. Each ice pop sells for $1.50 but costs $.90 to make, for a net profit of $1.50 - $.90 = $.60. So in order to raise $180.00, the school will need to sell $180.00 / $.60 per ice - pop = 300 ice - pops.
So the answer is 300.


Question: Nate went out to do his daily exercises. In 8 seconds, he ran a distance equal to four times the length of a football field. He rested for a while, then ran 500 more meters. If the field's length is 168 meters, how far did Nate ran?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
In the 8 seconds, Nate ran 4 * 168 = 672 meters. The total distance Nate ran is 672 + 500 = 1172 meters.
So the answer is 1172.