[Question]Jessica was trying to win a gift card to her favorite store. To win, she had to guess the total number of red & white jelly beans in the bowl of mixed color jelly beans. She figured it would take three bags of jelly beans to fill up the fishbowl. She assumed that each bag of jellybeans had a similar distribution of colors in each bag. She bought one bag of jellybeans and separated them by color. She had 24 red, 13 black, 36 green, 28 purple, 32 yellow and 18 white. What was Jessica's guess as to how many red and white jelly beans were in the fishbowl?
[Answer]We know she counted 24 red jelly beans and 18 white jelly beans so 24 + 18 = 42 jelly beans. Even though she only bought 1 bag of jellybeans, she thought it would take 3 bags to fill up the bowl. So 3 bags * 42 jellybeans = 126 total red & white jellybeans. The answer is 126.
Q: Harry is 50 years old. His father is currently 24 years older than he is. How old was his mother when she gave birth to him if she is younger than his father by 1/25 of Harry's current age?
A: Harry's father is 50 years + 24 years = 74 years old. Harry's mother is 1 / 25 * 50 years = 2 years younger than his father. So she is currently 74 years - 2 years = 72 years old. So when Harry was born, she was 72 years - 50 years = 22 years old. The answer is 22.
Question: Mr. Finnegan has 3 tanks with a capacity of 7000 gallons, 5000 gallons, and 3000 gallons, respectively. If he fills the first tank up to 3/4 full, the second tank with water up to 4/5 of its capacity, and the third tank up to half of its capacity, how many gallons in total are in the tanks?
Answer: The capacity of the first tank is 7000 gallons, and if it is filled up to 3 / 4 full, it carries 3 / 4 * 7000 = 5250 gallons. When the second tank is filled up to 4 / 5 of its capacity, it carries 4 / 5 * 5000 = 4000 gallons. The total amount of water in the first two tanks is 5250 + 4000 = 9250 gallons. If Mr. Finnegan fills the third tank with water up to half its capacity, the tank fills up with 1 / 2 * 3000 = 1500 gallons. In total, the three tanks have 9350 + 1500 = 10850 gallons of water. The answer is 10850.
[Question]Tim decides to start selling necklaces he makes. He uses 10 charms to make each necklace. Each charm cost $15. He sells the necklace for $200. How much profit does he make if he sells 30?
[Answer]Each necklace cost 10 * 15 = $150 to make. So he makes a profit of 200 - 150 = $50 each. So his total profit is 50 * 30 = $1500. The answer is 1500.
Q: TreShaun's full marker has enough ink in it to paint three 4 inch by 4 inch squares. If he colors in two 6 inch by 2 inch rectangles, what percentage of ink is left?
A: Each 4 by 4 square equals 16 square inches because 4 x 4 = 16. Three squares equals 48 square inches because 3 x 16 = 48. Each rectangle uses 12 square inches because 2 x 6 = 12. Both rectangles will use 24 square inches because 2 x 12 = 24. He has 1 / 2 of the ink left because 24 / 48 = 1 / 2. He has 50% of the ink left because 1 / 2 x 100 = 50. The answer is 50.
Question: Seth lost 17.5 pounds. Jerome lost three times that many pounds and Veronica lost 1.5 pounds more than Seth. How many pounds did the 3 people lose in total?
Answer:
Seth = 17.5 pounds. Jerome = 3 * 17.5 = 52.5 pounds. Veronica = 17.5 + 1.5 = 19 pounds. Total = 17.5 + 52.5 + 19 = 89 pounds. The 3 people lost a total of 89 pounds. The answer is 89.