Question: DeShaun always wins the award in English class for reading the most books over the summer. This year is no different. Summer break is 80 days long. When he arrives, he notifies the teacher that he read 60 books over the summer. Each book averaged 320 pages long. The person closest to him read 75% as much as he did. How many pages did the second person read on average each day of break?
Answer: Deshaun read 19,200 pages because 60 x 320 = 19,200. The person closest to him read 14, 400 pages because 19,200 x .75 = 14,400. They read 180 pages a day because 14, 400 / 80 = 180. The answer is 180.
[Question]A woodworker is crafting enough furniture legs for their projects. They have made a total of 40 furniture legs so far, and this is the exact amount they needed for everything they’re building. If the woodworker is using these legs for their tables and chairs and they have built 6 chairs, how many tables have they made?
[Answer]The chairs need 6 chairs * 4 legs = 24 furniture legs. This means they are using 40 legs in total – 24 legs for chairs = 16 legs for the tables. They have therefore made 16 legs / 4 legs per table = 4 tables. The answer is 4.
Q: An eagle can fly 15 miles per hour; a falcon can fly 46 miles per hour; a pelican can fly 33 miles per hour; a hummingbird can fly 30 miles per hour. If the eagle, the falcon, the pelican, and the hummingbird flew for 2 hours straight, how many miles in total did the birds fly?
A: An eagle can fly 15 x 2 = 30 miles for 2 hours. A falcon can fly 46 x 2 = 92 miles for 2 hours. A pelican can fly 33 x 2 = 66 miles for 2 hours. A hummingbird can fly 30 x 2 = 60 miles for 2 hours. Therefore, the birds flew a total of 30 + 92 + 66 + 60 = 248 miles for 2 hours. The answer is 248.
Question: Rich likes to take long walks through town. First he walks 20 feet from his house to the sidewalk. Then he walks 200 feet down the sidewalk to the end of the road. Then he makes a left and walks double his total distance so far until he reaches the next intersection. Then he walks half the total distance up to this point again to the end of his route, before turning around and walking the same path all the way back home. How many feet did Rich walk?
Answer: Rich walks 20 + 200 = 220 feet to get to the end of the road. He then walks double that distance, 220 * 2 = 440 feet to the next intersection. This makes a total of 220 + 440 = 660 feet. He then walks half that distance, 660 / 2 = 330 feet to get to the end of his route. This makes a total of 660 + 330 = 990 feet so far. He then walks that same distance back, for a total of 990 * 2 = 1980 feet in total. The answer is 1980.
[Question]There are 141 gold balloons and twice as many silver balloons. If the gold and silver balloons were added to 150 black balloons, how many balloons are there in total?
[Answer]Gold = 141. Silver = 141 * 2 = 282. 141 + 282 + 150 = 573. There are 573 gold, silver, and black balloons in total. The answer is 573.
[Question]In Fifi's closet, she hangs all of her clothes on colored plastic hangers. She has clothes hanging on 7 pink hangers, 4 green hangers, one less blue hanger than there are green hangers, and one less yellow hanger than there are blue hangers. What is the total number of colored hangers in Fifi's closet?
[Answer]
With 4 green hangers, 1 less blue hanger than there are green hangers is 4 - 1 = 3 blue hangers. With 3 blue hangers, 1 less yellow hanger less than there are blue hangers is 3 - 1 = 2 yellow hangers. With 7 pink hangers, the total number of colored hangers in Fifi's closet is 7 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 16 hangers. The answer is 16.