Question: There are 5 green candies, 3 blue candies, and 4 red candies in a bag. If Violet randomly picks a candy from the bag, how likely is it that it's blue?
Answer: The total of candies is 5 + 3 + 4 = 12 candies. The probability of a candy being blue is (3 / 12) * 100% = 25%. The answer is 25.
[Question]Delta, Beta and Gamma decided to share 40 donuts. Delta took 8 donuts and Beta took three times as many as Gamma. How many donuts did Gamma receive?
[Answer]Let x = the number of donuts Gamma took. The total donuts Gamma and Beta have is 40 - 8 = 32 donuts. 3x is the number of donuts for Beta. 3x + x is the number of total donuts for Beta and Gamma. If we add the two x terms, we get 4x = 32. If we divide both sides by 4, we get x = 8, so Gamma has 8 donuts. The answer is 8.
Q: Tony drinks 72 ounces of water per day. He decides that to stop wasting plastic, he will buy a reusable metal bottle. If he buys an 84-ounce water bottle, how many times will he fill it each week?
A: He drinks 504 ounces of water per week because 72 x 7 = 504. He will need to fill it 6 times because 504 / 84 = 6. The answer is 6.
Question: John buys 2 packs of index cards for all his students. He has 6 classes and 30 students in each class. How many packs did he buy?
Answer: John has 6 * 30 = 180 students. So he bought 180 * 2 = 360 packs. The answer is 360.
[Question]Donna is trying to figure out if her truck is over a particular bridge's weight limit. The bridge can hold 20,000 pounds. Donna's empty truck weighs 12,000 pounds. She's carrying 20 crates of soda that each weigh 50 pounds, 3 dryers that each weigh 3000 pounds, and twice as much weight in fresh produce as in soda. How much does Donna's fully loaded truck weigh?
[Answer]First find the total weight of the soda by multiplying the number of crates by the weight per crate: 20 crates * 50 pounds / crate = 1000 pounds. Then find the weight of the fresh produce by doubling the weight of the soda: 1000 pounds * 2 = 2000 pounds. Now find the weight of the dryers by multiplying the quantity by the weight per item: 3 dryers * 3000 pounds / dryer = 9000 pounds. Now add the empty truck's weight to the weight of all three groups of products to find the fully loaded weight: 12000 pounds + 1000 pounds + 2000 pounds + 9000 pounds = 24000 pounds. The answer is 24000.
[Question]Carter has a 14-hour road trip. He wants to stop every 2 hours to stretch his legs. He also wants to make 2 additional stops for food and 3 additional stops for gas. If each pit stop takes 20 minutes, how many hours will his road trip become?
[Answer]
He has a 14 - hour trip and wants to stop every 2 hours so that's 14 / 2 = 7 pit stops. He will make 7 pit stops plus 2 more for food and 3 more for gas for a total of 7 + 2 + 3 = 12 pit stops. Each pit stop will take 20 minutes and he is making 12 stops so that's 20 * 12 = 240 minutes. 60 minutes are in an hour and he's adding 240 minutes to his trip so that's 240 / 60 = 4 more hours. His trip started as 14 hours and he will add an additional 4 hours in pit stops for a total of a 14 + 4 = 18 hour long trip. The answer is 18.