Question: Two athletes decided to compete to see who had the best jumping ability. They were each going to do the long jump, triple jump, and high jump to see who had the highest average jump. The first athlete jumped 26 feet in the long jump, 30 feet in the triple jump, and 7 feet in the high jump. The second athlete jumped 24 feet in the long jump, 34 feet in the triple jump, and 8 feet in the high jump. What was the average jump of the winner?
Answer: The first athlete jumped a total of 63 feet because 26 + 30 + 7 = 63. The second athlete jumped a total of 66 feet because 24 + 34 + 8 = 66. The first athlete jumped 21 feet on average because 63 / 3 = 21. The second athlete jumped 22 feet on average because 66 / 3 = 22. The average jump of the winner was 22 feet because 22 > 21. The answer is 22.
[Question]Cindy can run at 3 miles per hour and walk at 1 mile per hour. If she runs for half a mile and then walks for half a mile, how many minutes will it take her to travel the full mile?
[Answer]It will take her 0.5 miles / 3 mph * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = 10 minutes to run half a mile. It will take her 0.5 miles / 1 mph * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = 30 minutes to walk half a mile. Her total time is 10 + 30 = 40 minutes. The answer is 40.
Q: Each yogurt is topped with 8 banana slices. One banana will yield 10 slices. If Vivian needs to make 5 yogurts, how many bananas does she need to buy?
A: To make the yogurts, Vivian needs 5 x 8 = 40 banana slices. She needs to buy 40 / 10 = 4 bananas. The answer is 4.
Question: At the museum, Bethany saw 4 times more still lifes than portraits. If she saw 80 paintings total, how many portraits did she see?
Answer: Let s be the number of still lifes Bethany saw and p be the number of portraits. We know that s + p = 80 and s = 4p. Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get 4p + p = 80. Combining like terms, we get 5p = 80. Dividing both sides by 5, we get p = 16. The answer is 16.
[Question]After being contracted to build 4000 bollards on each side of a road, a company was only able to install 3/4 of the total number of bollards required on all sides of the road. How many more bollards are they required to install on all sides of the remaining part of the road?
[Answer]Since the company was contracted to build 4000 bollards on each side of a road, they were to install a total of 4000 * 2 = 8000 bollards on all sides of the road. The company was only able to install 3 / 4 * 8000 = 6000 bollards on all sides of the road. They required 8000 - 6000 = 2000 more bollards to install on all sides of the remaining part of the road. The answer is 2000.
[Question]Ann is 6 years old. Her brother Tom is now two times older. What will be the sum of their ages 10 years later?
[Answer]
Tom is currently two times older than Ann, which means he is 6 * 2 = 12 years old. In ten years Ann is going to be 6 + 10 = 16 years old. And Tom is going to be 12 + 10 = 22 years old. So the sum of their ages will be 16 + 22 = 38. The answer is 38.