Question: Carrie is trying to sneak some mashed turnips into her kids' mashed potatoes. She knows they didn't notice when she mixed 2 cups of turnips with 5 cups of potatoes. If she has 20 cups of potatoes, how many cups of turnips can she add?
Answer: First find the number of cups of potatoes Carrie adds per one cup of turnips: 5 cups potatoes / 2 cups turnips = 2.5 cups potatoes / cup turnips. Then divide the number of cups of potatoes she has that that ratio to find the number of cups of turnips she adds: 20 cups potatoes / 2.5 cups potatoes / cup turnips = 8 cups turnips. The answer is 8.
[Question]There are 30 students in Ms. Leech's class. Twice as many girls as boys are in the class. There are 10 boys in the class and each boy today brought 5 cups for science activity class as Ms. Leech had instructed. If the total number of cups brought by the students in the class is 90, how many cups did each girl bring?
[Answer]If there are 30 students in Ms. Leech's class, and the number of boys is 10, the number of girls in Ms. Leech class is 30 - 10 = 20. If each boy brought 5 cups for the science activity, the total number of cups brought by the boys is 5 * 10 = 50 cups. The number of cups that the girls brought is 90 - 50 = 40 of the total number. Since the number of girls in the class is 20, each girl brought 40 / 20 = 2 cups each. The answer is 2.
Q: James is building an army of Warhammer 40k figurines. It takes him 20 minutes to paint a space marine and 70 minutes to paint a dreadnought. If he paints 6 space marines and 2 dreadnoughts, how long does he spend painting total?
A: First find the total time James spends painting space marines: 20 minutes / marine * 6 marines = 120 minutes. Then find the total time James spends painting dreadnoughts: 70 minutes / dreadnought * 2 dreadnoughts = 140 minutes. Then add the two amounts of time to find the total time James spends painting: 120 minutes + 140 minutes = 260 minutes. The answer is 260.
Question: A hotel had operations expenses totaling $100. If the hotel received clients whose total payments for services offered totaled 3/4 of the cost of the operations, calculate the loss the hotel incurred.
Answer: The total payment from the clients who used the hotel's services is 3 / 4 * 100 = $75. The hotel incurred a loss of $100 - $75 = $25. The answer is 25.
[Question]A snail kite is a kind of bird that eats apple snails. On the first day, a snail kite ate 3 snails. Then it eats 2 more snails than it did the day before. How many apple snails in all did a snail kite eat for 5 days?
[Answer]On the second day, the snail kite ate 3 + 2 = 5 apple snails. On the third day, the snail kite ate 5 + 2 = 7 apple snails. On the fourth day, the snail kite ate 7 + 2 = 9 apple snails. On the fifth day, the snail kite ate 9 + 2 = 11 apple snails. The snail kite ate a total of 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 = 35 apple snails in 5. days. The answer is 35.
[Question]Marcus is having a water balloon party. He has 100 balloons. Each balloon holds 3 ounces of water. He can buy 50 ounces of water for $2.5 a bottle. If he walks into the store with 2 $10 bills, how much change will he have after he buys all the water he needs?
[Answer]
He will need 300 ounces of water because 100 x 3 = 300. He will need 6 bottles because 300 / 50 = 6. This will cost $15 because 6 x 2.5 = 15. He has $20 because 2 x 10 = 20. He will get $5 in change because 20 - 15 = 5. The answer is 5.