Question: While bird watching, Gabrielle saw 5 robins, 4 cardinals, and 3 blue jays. Chase saw 2 robins, 3 blue jays, and 5 cardinals. How many more birds, in percentage, did Gabrielle saw than Chase?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Gabrielle saw 5 + 4 + 3 = 12 birds. Chase saw 2 + 3 + 5 = 10 birds. So, Gabrielle saw 12 - 10 = 2 more birds than Chase. Therefore, Gabrielle saw 2 / 10 x 100% = 20% more birds than Chase.
So the answer is 20.


Question: Vicky has an excellent internet connection. She can download up to 50 MB/second. She has to download a new program to finish a college assignment. The program’s size is 360GB. If the internet connection is at maximum speed, how many hours does she have to wait until the program is fully downloaded? (There are 1000 MB per GB.)
Answer with step-by-step thinking: We have to know how many MB are 360GB, 360GB x 1,000MB / 1GB = 360,000 MB. The total seconds downloading will be 360,000MB ÷ 50MB / second = 7,200 seconds. So she has to wait 7,200 seconds ÷ 3,600 seconds / 1 hour = 2 hours.
So the answer is 2.


Question: If Jim has 20 apples, and Jane has 60 apples, and Jerry has 40 apples, how many times can Jim's number of apples fit into the average amount of apples for a person in the group?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
First, we need to find the average number of apples per person. We start by adding the three totals together, getting 20 + 60 + 40 = 120 apples. To finish finding the average number, we perform 120 / 3 = 40 apples per person. Since Jim has 20 apples, we divide the average of 40 by Jim's total to find 40 / 20 = 2 times that Jim's amount can fit into the average.
So the answer is 2.