[Question]Jen has 10 more ducks than four times the number of chickens. If Jen has 150 ducks, how many total birds does she have?
[Answer]Let the number of chickens be c. If there are 150 ducks, we can describe the number of chickens as 150 = 10 + 4c. So, 4c = 150. And, there are c = 35 chickens. In total, Jen has 35 chickens + 150 ducks = 185 birds. The answer is 185.
Q: John climbs 3 staircases. The first staircase has 20 steps. The next has twice as many steps as the first. The final staircase has 10 fewer steps than the second one. Each step is 0.5 feet. How many feet did he climb?
A: The second flight had 20 * 2 = 40 steps. The third had 40 - 10 = 30 steps. So in total, he climbed 20 + 40 + 30 = 90 steps. So he climbed 90 * .5 = 45 feet. The answer is 45.
Question: Elysse can carry 3 bags of groceries into her home with each trip from the car. Her brother can carry the same amount. How many trips will it take them to carry 30 bags of groceries?
Answer: Elysse and her brother can carry 3 x 2 = 6 bags of groceries with each trip from the car. Therefore, it will take both of them 30 / 6 = 5 trips. The answer is 5.
[Question]James joins a football team and becomes the star. He scores 4 touchdowns per game and each touchdown is worth 6 points. There are 15 games in the season. He also manages to score 2 point conversions 6 times during the season. The old record was 300 points during the season. How many points did James beat the old record by?
[Answer]He scored 4 * 6 = 24 points per game. So he scored 15 * 24 = 360 points from touchdowns. He also scored 2 * 6 = 12 points from the 2 point conversions. So he scored a total of 360 + 12 = 372 points. That means he beat the old record by 372 - 300 = 72 points. The answer is 72.
Q: Jessica has one hour to take an exam. She has answered 16 out of 80 questions. She has used 12 minutes of her time. If she keeps up this same pace, how many minutes will be left when she finishes the exam?
A: She takes .75 minutes to answer a question because 12 / 16 = .75. It will take her 60 minutes to take the entire exam because 80 x .75 = 60. She has 0 minutes left when she is done because 60 - 60 = 0. The answer is 0.
Question: Gina can paint six cups an hour with roses and 7 cups an hour with lilies. Her Etsy store gets an order for 6 rose cups and 14 lily cups. If Gina gets paid $90 total for the order, how much does she make per hour?
Answer:
First find the total time to paint the rose cups: 6 cups / 6 cups / hour = 1 hour. Then find the total time to paint the lily cups: 14 cups / 7 cups / hour = 2 hours. Then add the painting time for each type of cup to find the total painting time: 1 hour + 2 hours = 3 hours. Then divide Gina's total earnings by the number of hours she works to find her hourly wage: $90 / 3 hours = $30 / hour. The answer is 30.