Q: Two bowls are holding marbles, and the first bowl has a capacity equal to 3/4 the capacity of the second bowl. If the second bowl has 600 marbles, calculate the total number of marbles both bowls are holding together.
A: If the first bowl has a capacity of 3 / 4 of the second bowl, it's holding 3 / 4 * 600 = 450 marbles. Together, the two bowls are holding 450 + 600 = 1050 marbles. The answer is 1050.
Question: A movie theater can hold 50 people at a time. They charge $8.00 a ticket. On a Tuesday night they only sold 24 tickets. By not selling out, how much money did they lose?
Answer: The theater can hold 50 people and they charge $8.00 to watch a movie so on a sold - out night they make 50 * 8 = $400.00. On Tuesday night they only sold 24 tickets at $8.00 apiece so they made 24 * 8 = $192.00. If they make $400.00 on a sold - out night and they only made $192.00 on Tuesday then they lost 400 - 192 = $208.00. The answer is 208.
[Question]At camp Wonka, there are 96 campers. Two-thirds of the campers are boys, and the remaining one-third are girls. 50% of the boys want to toast marshmallows and 75% of the girls want to toast marshmallows. If each camper gets one marshmallow to toast, how many marshmallows do they need?
[Answer]The girls make up one - third of the campers, so there are 96 / 3 = 32 girls. The boys make up two - thirds of the campers, so there are 32 + 32 = 64 boys. There are 32 x 75% = 24 girls who want to toast marshmallows. There are 64 x 50% = 32 boys who want to toast marshmallows. They need 24 + 32 = 56 marshmallows. The answer is 56.
Q: Steve has 400 new emails in his inbox. He moves half of them to the trash, and 40 percent of the remaining emails to his work folder. How many emails are left in the inbox?
A: Trash:400 / 2 = 200. 400 - 200 = 200 remaining. Work:200(.40) = 80. 200 - 80 = 120 remaining. The answer is 120.
Question: Jame's buys 100 head of cattle for $40,000. It cost 20% more than that to feed them. They each weigh 1000 pounds and sell for $2 per pound. How much profit did he make?
Answer: It cost .2 * 40000 = $8000 more to feed than buy them. So the total cost to feed them was 40000 + 8000 = $48,000. So in total it cost 48000 + 40000 = $88,000. Each cow sells for 2 * 1000 = $2000. So he sells them for 2000 * 100 = $200,000. So he makes a profit of 200,000 - 88,000 = $112,000. The answer is 112000.
Q: Lara is baking cookies using four baking trays. She places five rows of cookies on a baking tray where there are six cookies in one row. How many cookies is she baking?
A:
Lara can bake 5 x 6 = 30 cookies in one tray. So, Lara is baking a total of 30 x 4 = 120 cookies. The answer is 120.