Q: A chihuahua, pitbull, and great dane weigh a combined weight of 439 pounds. The pitbull weighs 3 times as much as the chihuahua. The great dane weighs 10 more pounds than triple the pitbull. How much does the great dane weigh?
A: Let x represent the weight of the chihuahua. Pitbull:3x. Great dane:10 + 3(3x) = 10 + 9x. Total:x + 3x + 10 + 9x = 439. 13x + 10 = 439. 13x = 429. x = 33 pounds. Great dane:10 + 9(33) = 307 pounds. The answer is 307.
Question: How many cheese balls are in a 35oz barrel if the 24oz barrel has 60 servings and each serving has 12 cheese balls?
Answer: If 1 serving has 12 cheese balls, then 60 servings have 60 * 12 = 720 balls. If a 24oz barrel has 60 servings and we know that equates to 720 balls, then there are 720 / 24 = 30 balls in each oz. If 1 oz has 30 balls, then a 35oz barrel would have = 1050 cheese balls. The answer is 1050.
[Question]Valerie’s cookie recipe makes 16 dozen cookies and calls for 4 pounds of butter. She only wants to make 4 dozen cookies for the weekend. How many pounds of butter will she need?
[Answer]Her original recipe makes 16 dozen and she only needs 4 dozen so she needs to reduce the recipe by 16 / 4 = 4. For 4 dozen cookies, she needs to reduce her recipe by 4 and the original called for 4 pounds of butter so she now needs 4 / 4 = 1 pound of butter. The answer is 1.
Q: Mario has 3 hibiscus plants in his garden. The first hibiscus plant has 2 flowers. The second hibiscus plant has twice as many flowers as the first hibiscus plant. The third hibiscus plant has four times as many flowers as the second hibiscus plant. How many total blossoms does Mario have?
A: The second hibiscus plant has 2 x 2 = 4 flowers. The third hibiscus plant has 4 x 4 = 16 flowers. Adding the first hibiscus plant’s flowers, Mario has a total of 2 + 4 + 16 = 22 flowers. The answer is 22.
Question: A plane takes off at 6:00 a.m. and flies for 4 hours from New York City to Chicago. The plane stays at the port in Chicago for 1 hour and then departs for Miami. If the aircraft took three times as many hours to fly to Miami than it took to fly from New York to Chicago, calculate the total time to travel from New York to Miami.
Answer: Before departing for Miami from Chicago, the total time the plane had taken for the journey is 4 + 1 = 5 hours. It took 3 * 4 = 12 hours to fly to Miami. . The total flying time from New York to Miami is 12 + 5 = 17 hours. The answer is 17.
Q: Hazel walked 2 kilometers in the first hour. If she walked twice as far in the second hour, how far did she walk for 2 hours?
A:
Hazel walked 2 x 2 = 4 kilometers in the second hour. So, she walked 2 + 4 = 6 kilometers for 2 hours. The answer is 6.