Question: Luke is planning a trip to London and wants to see how long it will take him to travel there. He decides that he will take a bus to the town center, walk for 15 minutes to the train center, wait twice this long for the train to arrive, and then take the 6-hour train ride to London. If Luke’s entire trip takes him 8 hours, how many minutes does his bus ride take?
Answer: Removing the time of the train ride from the journey shows that his trip to get on the train took him 8 hours – 6 hours = 2 hours. Converting this time into minutes shows that getting to the train took 2 hours * 60 minutes / hour = 120 minutes. Waiting for the train to arrive took twice as long as his walk, so 15 minutes * 2 = 30 minutes. This means that his bus ride must have taken 120 minutes – 30 minutes - 15 minutes = 75 minutes. The answer is 75.
[Question]Lisa has 36 candies. On Mondays and Wednesdays, she eats 2 candies for each day and on the other days of the week she eats 1 candy for each day. How many weeks does it take for Lisa to eat all of the candies?
[Answer]On Monday and Tuesday, she eats 2 * 2 = 4 candies. On the other days of the week, she eats 5 * 1 = 5 candies. In a week she eats 5 + 4 = 9 candies. So it takes 36 / 9 = 4 weeks for Lisa to eat all candies. The answer is 4.
Q: A small, old, wooden bridge can hold up to 100 kilograms at once. Mike, Megan, and Kelly are three children who decided to cross the bridge at the same time. Kelly weighs 34 kilograms, which is 15% less than Megan. Mike weighs 5 kilograms more than Megan. How much too much do the three children weigh together to cross the bridge?
A: If Kelly weighs 15% less than Megan, this means Kelly's weight is 100 - 15 = 85% of Megan's weight. 85% is 0.85, so Megan weighs 34 / 0.85 = 40 kilograms. Mike weighs 5 kilograms more than Megan, so he weighs 40 + 5 = 45 kilograms. In total all three kids weigh 34 + 40 + 45 = 119 kilograms. That means to cross the bridge safely, they weigh 119 - 100 = 19 kilograms too much. The answer is 19.
Question: Henry, John and Leo collected some seashells from the beach. Henry collected 11, Paul 24. If they initially collected 59 seashells in total and Leo gave a quarter of his collection to a younger kid they met, how many do they have in total now?
Answer: Henry and Paul collected a total of 11 + 24 = 35 seashells. To make a total of 59, Leo must have collected 59 - 35 = 24 seashells. He gave out a quarter of 24 seashells which is 24 * (1 / 4) = 6 seashells. They are now left with 59 - 6 = 53 seashells. The answer is 53.
[Question]Jed’s family wants to buy 6 different board games. Each board game costs $15 and Jed paid using a $100 bill. If the cashier gave Jed only $5 bills for his change, how many bills did Jed receive?
[Answer]Jed paid $15 x 6 = $90 for the 6 board games. He has $100 - $90 = $10 change. Therefore, Jed received$ 10 / $5 = 2 $5 bills. The answer is 2.
[Question]A new condo development has 23 floors. Regular floors have 12 units, whereas penthouse floors have only 2 units. If the top 2 floors are assigned for penthouse units, how many units does this condo have in total?
[Answer]
If the condo has 23 floors and the top 2 floors are reserved for penthouse then there are 23 - 2 = 21 floors for regular units. If a regular floor has 12 units each, then 21 regular floors would have 12 * 21 = 252 units. If a penthouse floor has 2 units each, then 2 penthouse floors would have 2 * 2 = 4 units. The total units in the property would then be 252 regular + 4 penthouse or 252 + 4 = 256 units. The answer is 256.