Question: Stuart is going on a cross-country trip and wants to find the fastest route. On one route the total distance is 1500 miles and the average speed is 75 MPH. On the second trip, the total distance is 750 but the average speed is 25 MPH. How long does his trip take if he goes on the fastest route?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: The first route will take 20 hours because 1,500 / 75 = 20. The second route will take 30 hours because 750 / 25 = 30. The fastest route takes 20 hours because 20 < 30.
So the answer is 20.


Question: Henley bought 300 candies and shared them with her two brothers. However, they realized 40% of them were sour, and they had to separate those out. If they then shared the good candies equally, how many candies did each get?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: If the number of candies was 300, and 40% percent were sour, then there were 40 / 100 * 300 = 120 sour candies. The number of good candies was 300 - 120 = 180. The number of people who received candy is Henley, 1 + 2 brothers = 3 people. if they divided the good candies equally, each person got 180 / 3 = 60 candies.
So the answer is 60.


Question: When Pogo, the four-legged martian, walks across the soft Martian soil, it leaves 4 footprints every meter. But Grimzi, the three-legged Plutonian, leaves only 3 footprints in the soft sands of Pluto for every 6 meters it walks. If Pogo travels 6000 meters across the soil of Mars, and Grimzi travels for 6000 meters across the fine sands of Pluto, what is the combined total number of footprints the two creatures will leave on the surfaces of their respective planets?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
Since Pogo leaves 4 prints per meter, then over 6000 meters it would leave 4 * 6000 = 24,000 footprints on the soils of Mars. Grimzi leaves 3 prints per 6 feet, or 3 / 6 = 0.5 footprints per meter. Then over 6000 meters, Grimzi leaves 0.5 * 6000 = 3000 footprints on the sands of Pluto. In total, the two creatures will leave 24,000 + 3000 = 27,000 footprints.
So the answer is 27000.