Question: There were 63 Easter eggs in the yard. Hannah found twice as many as Helen. How many Easter eggs did Hannah find?
Answer: Hannah found twice as many as Helen, so there are 2 + 1 = 3 units of eggs. There were 63 Easter eggs total and there are 3 units of eggs so 63 / 3 = 21 easter eggs per unit. So if Helen found 21 eggs and Hannah found twice as many, then Hannah found 2 * 21 = 42 Easter eggs. The answer is 42.
[Question]Lidia has a collection of books. Her collection is four times bigger than the collection which her friend Susan has. In total Susan and Lidia, both have 3000 books. How many books does Susan have in her collection?
[Answer]Let x be the number of books in Susan's collection. The collection of both Susan and Lidia would then be 4 * x + x = 3000. 5 * x = 3000. x = 600. The answer is 600.
Q: There are 26 chickens, 40 piglets, and 34 goats at Stacy’s farm. A really bad storm hits and half of all the animals get sick. How many animals in total get sick?
A: 26 / 2 = 13 chickens get sick. 40 / 2 = 20 piglets get sick. 34 / 2 = 17 goats get sick. In total, 13 + 20 + 17 = 50 animals get sick. The answer is 50.
Question: Bill is doing weight training before trying out for the boxing team. He gets two 2-gallon jugs and fills them 70% full with sand. If sand has a density of 5 pounds/gallon, how many pounds do Bill's improvised weights weigh?
Answer: First find the volume of the sand in one jug: 2 gallons * 70% = 1.4 gallons. Then double this amount since there are two jugs: 1.4 gallons * 2 = 2.8 gallons. Then multiply the total volume by the density of sand to find the total weight: 2.8 gallons * 5 pounds / gallon = 14 pounds. The answer is 14.
[Question]Katy participated in a summer reading program at her local library. She read 8 books in June, twice as many in July and three fewer in August than she did in July. How many books did Katy read during the summer?
[Answer]Katy read twice as many books in July as she did in June, so she read 2 * 8 = 16 books in July. She read three fewer books in August than she did in July, so she read 16 - 3 = 13 books in August. So, including June, she read 8 + 16 + 13 = 37 books total. The answer is 37.
[Question]Mary and Jimmy start running from the same spot, but in opposite directions. Mary runs at 5 miles per hour and Jimmy runs at 4 miles per hour. What is the distance between them after 1 hour?
[Answer]
In 1 hour, Mary will have traveled 5 miles / hour * 1 hour = 5 miles. In 1 hour, Jimmy will have traveled 4 miles / hour * 1 hour = 4 miles. Since they are running in opposite directions, the distance between them will be 5 miles + 4 miles = 9 miles. The answer is 9.