Answer this question:Dorchester works at a puppy wash. He is paid $40 per day + $2.25 for each puppy he washes. On Wednesday, Dorchester earned $76. How many puppies did he wash that day?
First find out how much he earned just from puppy washing: $76 - $40 = $36 for puppy washing. Now divide this amount by the payment per puppy: $36 / $2.25 per puppy = 16 puppies.
The answer is 16.

Answer this question:There are 32 students in a statistics course. 25 percent of the class received an A. 1/4 of the remaining students got either a B or C, and the rest of the students failed. How many students failed?
A grade:32(.25) = 8. 32 - 8 = 24 students remaining. B / C grade:24 / 4 = 6. 24 - 6 = 18 students fail.
The answer is 18.

Answer this question:This weekend's football game matched the Seattle Seahawks with the Denver Broncos. The final score was 37-23, with the Seattle Seahawks taking the win. If a touchdown is worth 7 points and a field goal is worth 3 points, how many touchdowns did the Seattle Seahawks score if they scored 3 field goals during the game?
The Seattle Seahawks scored 3 field goals during the length of the game and each field goal is worth 3 points, so 3 * 3 = 9 points were made by the Seattle Seahawks from field goals. The Seattle Seahawks won so their total points would be 37 with 9 of those points accrued through the scoring of field goals, which makes 37 - 9 = 28 points left to be scored by touchdowns. There are 28 points scored by touchdowns and each touchdown is worth 7 points, so this means that 28 / 7 = 4 touchdowns were scored by the Seattle Seahawks throughout the game.
The answer is 4.

Answer this question:Sedrach has 13 apple pies. If every apple pie can be quickly divided into halves and every half an apple pie can be split into 5 bite-size samples, how many people can taste Sedrach's apple pie if he divides them all into bite-size samples?
Every apple pie has 5 x 2 = 10 bite sizes. 13 x 10 = 130 people can taste Sedrach's apple pies.
The answer is 130.