Question: Clive opens a box full of different colored balls.  The box contains 6 blue balls, 4 red balls, 3 times as many green balls as blue ones and twice as many yellow ones as red ones.  How many balls are in the box Clive opens?
Answer: There are 3 times as many green balls as blue balls so green balls = blue balls * 3. Green balls = 6 blue balls * 3 = 18 green balls. There are 2 times as many yellow balls as red ones so yellow balls = red balls * 2. Yellow balls = 4 red balls * 2 = 8 yellow balls. The total number of all the balls is 6 blue + 4 red + 18 green + 8 yellow: 6 + 4 + 18 + 8 = 36 balls. The answer is 36.
[Question]Giselle had 20 female doves in a birdhouse. After a month, the doves laid 3 eggs each. If 3/4 of the eggs hatched, calculate the total number of doves Giselle has now.
[Answer]If Giselle had 20 doves that laid 3 eggs each, the total number of eggs in the birdhouse is 20 * 3 = 60 eggs. If 3 / 4 of the eggs hatched into birds, their total number is 3 / 4 * 60 = 45. In the birdhouse, there are 20 initial doves + 45 new squabs = 65 birds. The answer is 65.
Q: Alvin is selling his marble set. He has 100 marbles. 20% are white, 30% are black, and the rest are different colors. He sells the white ones for a nickel each, the black ones for a dime each, and the colors for $0.20 each. How much does he earn?
A: He has 20 white marbles because 100 x .2 = 20. He has 30 black marbles because 100 x .3 = 30. He has 50 color marbles because 100 - 20 - 30 = 50. He earns $1 from white marbles because 20 x .05 = 1. He earns $3 from the black marbles because 30 x .1 = 3. He earns $10 from the colors because 50 x .2 = 10. He earns $14 in total because 1 + 3 + 10 = 14. The answer is 14.
Question: Mrs. Amaro has 80 roses in her garden. Three-fourths of her roses are red, one-fourth of the remaining are yellow, and the rest are white. How many of Mrs. Amaro's roses are either red or white?
Answer: Mrs. Amaro has 80 x 3 / 4 = 60 red roses. So, 80 - 60 = 20 roses are not red. Then, 20 x 1 / 4 = 5 of those 20 non - red roses are yellow. Hence, 20 - 5 = 15 roses are white. Therefore, 60 + 15 = 75 roses are either red or white. The answer is 75.
[Question]Brittany got a 78 on her first test. After her second test, her average rose to an 81. What grade did she get on her second test?
[Answer]First multiply her average grade by the number of tests she took to find the total number of points she scored: 81 points * 2 = 162 points. Then subtract the number of points she scored on her first exam to find how many points she scored on her second exam: 162 points - 78 points = 84 points. The answer is 84.
[Question]Arlene hiked 24 miles on Saturday, carrying a 60-pound backpack. She is exactly 5 feet tall. She spent 6 hours hiking. The temperature during the day was 60 degrees Fahrenheit. What was Arlene's average hiking pace, in miles per hour?
[Answer]
She hiked 24 miles. She spent 6 hours hiking. Her average pace was 24 / 6 = 4 mph. The answer is 4.