Question: Zion made a triangular-shaped house of cards with the base having a measurement of 40 centimeters and a height of 20 centimeters. If two of his friends also built similar shaped houses, what's the total area of the triangular houses that Zion and his friends made (the area of a triangle is 1/2 * width * height)?
Answer: Since the area of a triangle is given by 1 / 2 base * height, the area of the triangular - shaped house of cards that Zion made is 1 / 2 * 40 * 20 = 400 square centimeters. If two of his friend also built similar shaped houses, the total area of their triangular - shaped house of cards is 400 + 400 = 800 square centimeters. Together with Zion, they all built triangular - shaped houses of cards with a combined area of 800 + 400 = 1200 square centimeters. The answer is 1200.
[Question]A gecko eats 70 crickets every three days. The first day she eats 30% of the crickets. The second day she eats 6 less than the first, and the third day she finishes up the remaining crickets. How many crickets does she eat on the third day?
[Answer]Day 1:70(.30) = 21 crickets. Day 2:21 - 6 = 15 crickets. Day 3:70 - 21 - 15 = 34 crickets. The answer is 34.
Q: James hurt himself exercising. The pain subsided after 3 days, but he knew that the injury would take at least 5 times that long to fully heal. After that, he wanted to wait another 3 days before he started working out again. If he wants to wait 3 weeks after that to start lifting heavy again, how long until he can lift heavy again?
A: The injury would be fully healed after 3 * 5 = 15 days. So he would start exercising again in 15 + 3 = 18 days. He would then wait for 3 * 7 = 21 more days to start lifting heavy again. That means he needs to wait 18 + 21 = 39 days. The answer is 39.
Question: The middle school sold 6 more than two times the number of fair tickets as it did tickets to the baseball game. If 25 fair tickets were sold, how many baseball game tickets did the school sell?
Answer: Two times the number of fair tickets is 25 * 2 = 50 tickets. 50 + 6 = 56 tickets. The answer is 56.
[Question]Andy is running late. School starts at 8:00 AM and it normally takes him 30 minutes to get there, but today he had to stop for 3 minutes each at 4 red lights and wait 10 minutes to get past construction. If he left his house at 7:15, how many minutes late will he be?
[Answer]First find how many minute Andy had to get to school when he left his house: 8:00 AM - 7:15 AM = 45 minutes. Then find the total time he spent waiting at red lights: 3 minutes / light * 4 lights = 12 minutes. Now add the normal travel time, red light time, and construction wait time to find Andy's total travel time: 30 minutes + 12 minutes + 10 minutes = 52 minutes. Now subtract the amount of time Andy had when he left his house from that number to find how many minute late he is: 52 minutes - 45 minutes = 7 minutes. The answer is 7.
[Question]Maci is planning for the new school year and goes to the store to buy pens. She needs ten blue pens and 15 red pens. If a blue pen costs ten cents each and a red pen costs twice as much as the blue pen, how much money does Maci pay for the pens?
[Answer]
Maci pays 10 * $0.10 = $1 for the blue pens. Each red pen costs 2 * $0.10 = $0.20. She pays 15 * $0.20 = $3.00 for the red pens. To buy all the pens she needs, Maci pays $3 + $1 = $4. The answer is 4.