Q: At a gym, the blue weights are 2 pounds each, and the green weights are 3 pounds each. Harry put 4 blue weights and 5 green weights onto a metal bar. The bar itself weighs 2 pounds. What is the total amount of weight, in pounds, of Harry's custom creation?
A: The blue weights weigh 4 * 2 = 8 pounds. The green weights weigh 5 * 3 = 15 pounds. The weights weigh 8 + 15 = 23 pounds. The total is then 23 + 2 = 25. The answer is 25.
Question: Marion received 20 more turtles than Martha at the animal rescue center where they had gone to take part in the animal saving day event. If Martha received 40 turtles, how many turtles did they receive together?
Answer: Since Marion received 20 more turtles than Martha, she had 20 + 40 = 60 turtles. Together, the two received 60 + 40 = 100 turtles. The answer is 100.
[Question]On the first day of the journey, the Skipper sailed his ship halfway to the destination by traveling due east for 20 hours at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, and then turned the ship's engines off to let them cool down. But while the engines were off, a wind storm blew his vessel backward in a westward direction. After the storm, the Skipper used his GPS device to determine the new location of the ship, and he discovered that he was only one-third of the way to his destination. How many kilometers had the ship been blown in a westward direction by the storm?
[Answer]Traveling 20 hours due east at 30 kilometers per hour, the ship sailed 20 * 30 = 600 kilometers the first day. If half the distance to the destination is 600 kilometers, then 2 * 600 = 1200 kilometers is the total distance from start to destination. One - third of the distance from start to destination is 1 / 3 * 1200 = 400 kilometers. Thus, the wind storm blew the ship in a westward direction for 600 - 400 = 200 kilometers. The answer is 200.
Q: At a certain bookstore, the best-selling book, "TOP," costs $8. The least-selling book, "ABC," costs $23. Thirteen "TOP" books and four "ABC" books were sold last week. What is the difference in the bookstore's earnings on these two books last week?
A: On "TOP" books the bookstore made 13 * 8 = $104. The "ABC" books, on the other hand, were sold for a total of 4 * 23 = $92. The difference between earnings from these two books is 104 - 92 = $12. The answer is 12.
Question: Emery and Serena go to their school library, and each borrows a copy of The life of Jack Steve's book to read for their school project. If Emery can read five times as fast as Serena, and the book takes her 20 days to read, what's the average number of days the two take to read the book?
Answer: If Emery took twenty days to read the book, then it took Serena 5 * 20 = 100 days to read the whole book. The total number of days taken by the two to read the book is 100 + 20 = 120 days. The average number of days the two take to read the book is 120 / 2 = 60 days. The answer is 60.
Q: John was 66 inches tall. He had a growth spurt and grew 2 inches per month for 3 months. How tall is he in feet?
A:
He gained 2 * 3 = 6 inches. So his height is 66 + 6 = 72 inches. So he is 72 / 12 = 6 feet tall. The answer is 6.