Q: Bekah had to read 408 pages for history class. She read 113 pages over the weekend and has 5 days left to finish her reading. How many pages will she need to read each day for 5 days to complete her assignment?
A: Pages left to read: 408 - 113 = 295 pages. 295 / 5 = 59 pages. Bekah needs to read 59 pages each day. The answer is 59.
Question: Scott runs 3 miles every Monday through Wednesday. Then he runs twice as far he ran on Monday every Thursday and Friday. How many miles will he run in a month with 4 weeks?
Answer: Scott runs 3 x 2 = 6 miles every Thursday and Friday. The total miles run by Scott for a week from Monday through Wednesday is 3 x 3 = 9 miles. The total miles run by Scott for a week from Thursday to Friday is 6 x 2 = 12 miles. So, in a week, Scott runs a total of 9 + 12 = 21 miles. Thus, he runs a total of 21 x 4 = 84 miles in a month. The answer is 84.
[Question]Francie saves up her allowance for several weeks. She receives an allowance of $5 a week for 8 weeks. Then her dad raises her allowance, and she receives $6 a week for 6 weeks. Francie uses half of the money to buy new clothes. With the remaining money, she buys a video game that costs $35. How much money does Francie have remaining after buying the video game?
[Answer]When her allowance is $5 a week, Francie gets a total of $5 * 8 = $40. When her allowance is $6 a week, Francie gets a total of $6 * 6 = $36. The total amount of money Francie gets is $40 + $36 = $76. After purchasing new clothes, she has $76 / 2 = $38 remaining. After buying the video game, Francie has $38 - $35 = $3 remaining. The answer is 3.
Q: Marcus is having a water balloon party. He has 100 balloons. Each balloon holds 3 ounces of water. He can buy 50 ounces of water for $2.5 a bottle. If he walks into the store with 2 $10 bills, how much change will he have after he buys all the water he needs?
A: He will need 300 ounces of water because 100 x 3 = 300. He will need 6 bottles because 300 / 50 = 6. This will cost $15 because 6 x 2.5 = 15. He has $20 because 2 x 10 = 20. He will get $5 in change because 20 - 15 = 5. The answer is 5.
Question: A passenger train transports passengers between two stations located in two separate cities. On a particular day, the train carried 100 passengers from one station to the other one way, and on the return trip carried 60 passengers. If the train made three more round trips that day, taking the same number of people as the first trip in each trip, calculate the total number of passengers transported between both stations?
Answer: The total number of people transported in the first trip is 100 one way + 60 on the return trip = 160 people. If the train made three more round trips that day carrying the same number of passengers in each trip as the first, it carried a total of 3 * 160 = 480 in all three round trips. In total, the train carried 160 + 480 = 640 people over all its trips that day. The answer is 640.
Q: There are 120 crayons in a box. One third of the crayons are new, 20% are broken, and the rest are slightly used. How many are slightly used?
A:
New:120 / 3 = 40 crayons. Broken:120(.20) = 24 crayons. Slightly Used:120 - 40 - 24 = 56 crayons. The answer is 56.