[Question]Molly got a bike for her thirteenth birthday. She rode her bike 3 miles a day, every day, until she turned 16. How many miles did Molly ride on her bike?
[Answer]Molly rode for 16 – 13 = 3 years. She rode for 3 years x 365 days = 1,095 days. She rode a total of 3 miles x 1,095 days = 3,285 miles. The answer is 3285.
Q: Simon, Gerry, and Micky want to have a race with handmade miniature rafts. Simon's raft needs 36 sticks, Gerry's raft needs two-thirds of the number of sticks that Simon needs, and Micky's raft needs 9 sticks more than Simon and Gerry's rafts combined. How many sticks do the three boys need to collect in total?
A: Gerry's raft needs (36 / 3) x 2 = 12 x 2 = 24 sticks. Simon and Gerry's rafts need 36 + 24 = 60 sticks. Micky's raft needs 60 + 9 = 69 sticks. The boys need to collect 60 + 69 = 129 sticks in total. The answer is 129.
Question: In today's field day challenge, the 4th graders were competing against the 5th graders. Each grade had 2 different classes. The first 4th grade class had 12 girls and 13 boys. The second 4th grade class had 15 girls and 11 boys. The first 5th grade class had 9 girls and 13 boys while the second 5th grade class had 10 girls and 11 boys. In total, how many more boys were competing than girls?
Answer: When you add up all the girls from all 4 classes, you had 12 + 15 + 9 + 10 = 46 girls. When you add up all the boys from all 4 classes, you had 13 + 11 + 13 + 11 = 48 boys. There are 48 boys and 36 girls so 48 - 46 = 2 more boys. The answer is 2.
[Question]The rainy season is here, Jan collected 65 gallons of water in a barrel outside her home. She uses 7 gallons of water each to clean the two cars and uses 11 fewer gallons than the two cars to water the plants. Then, she uses half of the remaining gallons of water to wash the plates and clothes. How many gallons of water does Jan use to wash her plates and clothes?
[Answer]She uses 7 x 2 = 14 gallons of water to clean the two cars. She uses 14 - 11 = 3 gallons of water to water the plants. The total gallons of water that she uses to clean the cars and to water the plants is 14 + 3 = 17. Jan has 65 - 17 = 48 gallons of water remaining after cleaning the cars and watering the plants. Jan uses 48 / 2 = 24 gallons of water to wash her plates and clothes. The answer is 24.
Q: Ishmael, Ponce, and Jalen measured their weight and realized Ishmael was 20 pounds heavier than Ponce and that Ponce was 10 pounds lighter than Jalen. If Jalen weighed 160 pounds, calculate the average weight of the three?
A: Since Ponce weighs 10 pounds lighter than Jalen, he weighs 160 - 10 = 150 pounds. The sum of Jalen and Ponce's weight is 150 + 160 = 310 pounds. Ishmael is 20 pounds heavier than Ponce, meaning he weighs 150 + 20 = 170 pounds. The total weight of the three is 310 + 170 = 480 pounds. The average weight of the three is the total weight divided by their number, which totals 480 / 3 = 160 pounds. The answer is 160.
Question: Jack goes hunting 6 times a month. The hunting season lasts for 1 quarter of the year. He catches 2 deers each time he goes hunting and they weigh 600 pounds each. He keeps half the weight of deer a year. How much deer does he keep in pounds?
Answer:
The hunting season last 12 / 4 = 3 months. So he goes hunting 3 * 6 = 18 times a year. That means he gets 18 * 2 = 36 deers per year. So he catches 36 * 600 = 21,600 pounds of deer a year. That means he keeps 21600 / 2 = 10,800 pounds of deer a year. The answer is 10800.