[Question]The spacecraft Gibraltar is a mountain-sized intergalactic vehicle for transporting equipment, building materials, and families to establish colonies on far-away planets. At full capacity, the vehicle can carry 300 family units with four people per family. The space flight is expected to take years, and it is expected that the size of families will grow during the space voyage. Therefore, when the spacecraft leaves the earth, it will carry 100 people less than one-third of the ship's capacity. How many people will be on the ship to start the journey?
[Answer]The full capacity of the ship is 300 * 4 = 1200 people. One - third of capacity is 1200 / 3 = 400 people. 100 less than one - third capacity is 400 - 100 = 300 people. The answer is 300.
Q: If Clover goes for a 1.5-mile walk in the morning and another 1.5-mile walk in the evening, every day, how many miles does he walk in 30 days?
A: He walks 1.5 miles in the morning and 1.5 miles in the evening so that’s 1.5 + 1.5 = 3 miles. If he walks 3 miles everyday, for 30 days then he walks 3 * 30 = 90 miles in 30 days. The answer is 90.
Question: From his apartment, Kona drives 9 miles to the bakery. From there, he drives 24 miles to his grandmother’s house. From her house, he drives 27 miles straight to his apartment. How many additional miles did Kona drive round trip to the bakery stop, compared to a round trip without the bakery stop?
Answer: With the bakery stop, Kona drove a total of 9 + 24 + 27 = 60 miles. Without the bakery stop, Kona drove a total of 27 + 27 = 54 miles. With the bakery stop, Kona drives an additional 60 - 54 = 6 miles. The answer is 6.
[Question]In a rice field, you can get a total of 20 sacks of rice every harvest. If the yield increases by twenty percent after every harvest, what is the total number of sacks of rice you can get after the first and second harvest?
[Answer]There were 20 x 0.20 = 4 sacks of rice increase after the first harvest. So the total sack of rice that you can get on the next harvest 20 + 4 = 24. Therefore the total number of sacks of rice you will get on the first and second harvest is 20 + 24 = 44. The answer is 44.
Q: Ragnar is a woodchopper. He can get 3 blocks of wood for every tree he cuts. If Ragnar chops 2 trees every day, how many blocks of woods does he get after 5 days?
A: Ragnar gets 3 x 2 = 6 blocks of wood every day. Therefore, the total number of blocks of woods he gets after 5 days is 6 x 5 = 30. The answer is 30.
Question: Sara’s house is 100 square feet larger than 2 times Nada's house. If Sara's house is 1000 square feet, how many square feet is Nada's house?
Answer:
Let the number of square feet in Nada's house be y. 2y + 100 = 1000. 2y = 900. Meaning, y = 450 square feet. The answer is 450.