Q: Jake's dad can drive the distance from their house to the water park in 30 minutes. He spends half that journey driving 28 miles per hour and the other half driving 60 miles per hour on the highway. If Jake can bike 11 miles per hour, how many hours will it take him to bike to the water park?
A: First find how long half Jake's dad's trip is: 30 minutes / 2 = 15 minutes. Then convert the minutes to hours: 15 minutes * 1 hour / 60 minutes = .25 hours. Now find how far Jake's dad travels at 28 miles per hour: .25 hours * 28 miles per hour = 7 miles. Then find how far Jake's dad travels at 60 miles per hour: .25 hours * 60 miles per hour = 15 miles. Now add those distances to find the total distance to the water park: 7 miles + 15 miles = 22 miles. Now divide the total distance by Jake's speed to find how long it takes him: 22 miles / 11 miles / hour = 2 hours. The answer is 2.
Question: Tim hires two bodyguards. They each charge $20 an hour. He hires them for 8 hour per day. How much does he pay them in a week if he hires them 7 days a week?
Answer: It cost him 20 * 2 = $40 an hour for both of them. That means he pays 40 * 8 = $320 a day. So he pays 320 * 7 = $2240 a week. The answer is 2240.
[Question]June's mom promises to pay her 1 cent for every cloverleaf she picks from the lawn. June picks 200 clovers in total. 75% have 3 petals. 24% have two petals and 1% have four petals. How many cents does June earn?
[Answer]There are 150 clovers with 3 leaves because 200 times .75 equals 150. There are 48 clovers with 2 leaves because 200 times .24 equals 48. There are 2 clovers with 4 leaves because 200 times .01 equals 2. The four - leaf clovers are worth 450 cents because 150 times 3 equals 450. The two leafed clovers are worth 96 cents because 48 times two equals 96. The four - leaf clovers are worth 8 cents because 4 times 2 equals 8. The clovers are worth 554 cents because 450 plus 96 plus 8 equals 554. The answer is 554.
Q: At his cafe, Milton sells apple pie and peach pie slices. He cuts the apple pie into 8 slices. He cuts the peach pie into 6 slices. On the weekend, 56 customers ordered apple pie slices and 48 customers ordered peach pie slices. How many pies did Milton sell during the weekend?
A: Milton sold 56 / 8 = 7 apple pies. He sold 48 / 6 = 8 peach pies. He sold a total of 7 + 8 = 15 pies. The answer is 15.
Question: A museum has eight different wings displaying four times as many artifacts as paintings displayed. Three of the wings are dedicated to paintings. The artifacts are divided evenly among the remaining wings. One painting is so large it takes up an entire wing, and the other two wings house 12 smaller paintings each. How many artifacts are in each artifact wing?
Answer: The museum has 2 * 12 + 1 = 25 paintings displayed in the painting wings. There are 4 times as many artifacts displayed, so there are 25 * 4 = 100 artifacts. There are 8 wings and 3 are painting wings, so there are 8 - 3 = 5 artifact wings. Each artifact wing has 100 / 5 = 20 artifacts in it. The answer is 20.
Q: Greta, George and Gloria entered their turtles in the Key West Turtle Race. Greta’s turtle finished the race in 6 minutes. George’s turtle finished 2 minutes quicker than Greta’s. Gloria’s turtle took twice as long as George’s turtle. How long did it take Gloria’s turtle to finish the race?
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George’s turtle finished 2 minutes quicker than Greta’s so 6 - 2 = 4 minutes to finish. Gloria’s turtle took twice as long as George’s turtle, who finished in 4 minutes so 2 * 4 = 8 minutes. The answer is 8.