[Question]Patrick is half the age of his elder brother Robert. If Robert will turn 30 after 2 years, how old is Patrick now?
[Answer]The age of Robert now is 30 - 2 = 28 years old. So, Patrick is 28 / 2 = 14 years old. The answer is 14.
Q: James earns $20 an hour while working at his main job. He earns 20% less while working his second job. He works 30 hours at his main job and half that much at his second job. How much does he earn per week?
A: James earns 20 * .2 = $4 less while working his second job. So he earns 20 - 4 = $16 an hour. At his first job he earns 20 * 30 = $600. He works 30 / 2 = 15 hours at his second job. So he earns 15 * 16 = $240. So he earns 600 + 240 = $840 a week. The answer is 840.
Question: Aaron has four times as many cows as does Matthews. Together, they have 30 more cows than Marovich. If Matthews has 60 cows, how many cows do the three have altogether?
Answer: If Matthews has 60 cows, Aaron has 4 * 60 = 240 cows. Together, Aaron and Matthews have 240 + 60 = 300 cows. Since Marovich has 30 fewer cows than the combined number of cows that Aaron and Matthews have, Marovich has 300 - 30 = 270 cows. Altogether, the three have 270 + 300 = 570 cows. The answer is 570.
[Question]Keaton climbed a 30 feet ladder twenty times while working at the construction site. Reece, also working at the same site, climbed a ladder 4 feet shorter than Keaton's ladder 15 times. What's the total length of the ladders that both workers climbed in inches?
[Answer]If Keaton climbed his ladder twenty times, he covered a length of 30 * 20 = 600 feet. Reece's ladder, 4 feet shorter than Keaton's ladder, was 30 - 4 = 26 feet long. If Reece climbed the ladder 15 times, he covered a length of 15 * 26 = 390 feet. Keaton and Reece's total length covered while climbing the ladders is 390 + 600 = 990 feet. Since one foot is equal to 12 inches, the total length they climbed the ladders in inches is 12 * 990 = 11880 inches. The answer is 11880.
Q: Larry spends half an hour twice a day walking and playing with his dog. He also spends a fifth of an hour every day feeding his dog. How many minutes does Larry spend on his dog each day?
A: Larry spends 30 * 2 = 60 minutes per day walking his dog. Larry spends 60 / 5 = 12 minutes every day feeding his dog. Larry spends 60 + 12 = 72 minutes per day on his dog. The answer is 72.
Question: Taegan goes to a carnival where she wins tickets from each of the 5 carnival games and also finds 5 tickets on the floor. Each ticket is worth $3. In total, she has tickets that total a value of $30. If Taegan won an equal number of tickets from each of the games, how many tickets did she win from each game?
Answer:
If tickets are valued at $3 then in total, Taegan has won $30 in total tickets / $3 per ticket = 10 tickets. Some of these tickets were found so only 10 total tickets – 5 found tickets = 5 tickets were won from carnival games. She therefore won 5 tickets / 5 carnival games = 1 ticket from each game. The answer is 1.