Question: Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?
Answer: The amount of material that Jennie needs per quilts is 21 yards / 7 quilts = 3 yards per quilt. In order to make 12 quilts, Jennie will need 12 quilts * 3 yards = 36 yards. The answer is 36.
[Question]Melany has to fence a 5000 feet square field with wire mesh. If one foot of wire mesh is sold at $30, and she had $120000, how many feet of the field will not be fenced?
[Answer]Since one - foot wire mesh is sold at $30, with $120000, Melany can buy $120000 / $30 = 4000 feet of wire mesh. If Melany has to fence 5000 feet of the field and has 4000 feet of wire mesh, she will not fence 5000 - 4000 = 1000 feet of the field. The answer is 1000.
Q: Jerry is sweeping up pieces of broken glass in the parking lot. He sweeps up 20 amber pieces, 35 green pieces, and some clear pieces. If the green pieces are 25% of the total glass he sweeps up, how many pieces were clear?
A: First find the total number of glass pieces Jerry sweeps up: 35 green pieces / .25 = 140 pieces. Then subtract the number of pieces of other colors: 140 pieces - 20 pieces - 35 pieces = 85 pieces. The answer is 85.
Question: The grocery store sells chips for $2 per packet and corn chips for $1.5 per packet. John would like to buy 15 packets of chips, and with the rest of the money he has left, buy as many packets of corn chips as he can. How many packets of corn chips could John buy if he has $45 for his entire purchase?
Answer: John wants to buy 15 packets of chips, which will cost him 15 * 2 = $30. So John would have 45 - 30 = $15 left for the corn chips. John could buy for the rest of the money 15 / 1.5 = 10 packets of corn chips. The answer is 10.
[Question]One white rhino weighs 5100 pounds and one black rhino weighs 1 ton. How many pounds would 7 white rhinos and 8 black rhinos weigh in total?
[Answer]5100 * 7 = 35,700 pounds. 1 ton = 2000 pounds. 8 * 2000 = 16000 pounds. 35,700 + 16,000 = 51,700. Seven white rhinos and 8 black rhinos would weigh 51,700 pounds. The answer is 51700.
[Question]Bianca worked for 12.5 hours last weekend. Celeste worked for twice that amount of time and McClain worked 8.5 hours less than Celeste. How many minutes did the 3 people work in total?
[Answer]
Bianca = 12.5 hours. Celeste 2 * 12.5 = 25 hours. McClain = 25 - 8.5 = 16.5 hours. Total + 12.5 + 25 + 16.5 = 54 hours. 54 hours * 60 minutes = 3240 minutes. Bianca, Celeste and McClain worked a total of 3240 minutes last weekend. The answer is 3240.