Question: Ben's potato gun can launch a potato 6 football fields. If a football field is 200 yards long and Ben's dog can run 400 feet/minute, how many minutes will it take his dog to fetch a potato he launches?
Answer: First find the total distance the potato flies in yards: 200 yards / field * 6 fields = 1200 yards. Then multiply that number by the number of feet per yard to convert it to feet: 1200 yards * 3 feet / yard = 3600 feet. Then divide that number by the dog's speed to find the number of minutes it has to run to fetch the potato: 3600 feet / 400 feet / minute = 9 minutes. The answer is 9.
[Question]Jane brings 75% as many pieces of bread as treats to feed the live pets at the zoo. Wanda brings half as many treats as Jane and three times as many pieces of bread as treats. If Wanda brings 90 pieces of bread, what is the total number of pieces of bread and treats that Wanda and Jane brought to the zoo?
[Answer]Wanda brought 90 pieces of bread, three times the number of treats, so Wanda brought 90 / 3 = 30 treats. Wanda brought half as many treats as Jane, which means Jane brought 30 * 2 = 60 treats. The total number of pieces of bread Jane brought is 75% of the number of treats, which means Jane brought 0.75 * 60 = 45 pieces of bread. Wanda and Jane brought a total of 30 treats + 60 treats + 45 pieces of bread + 90 pieces of bread = 225. The answer is 225.
Q: Two sisters go to the movies. Movie tickets are $8 per person. If the sisters brought $25 with them, how much change will they receive after buying the tickets?
A: Movie tickets cost for two people is $8 x 2 = $16. The sisters will receive change of $25 - $16 = $9. The answer is 9.
Question: Elizabeth uses $3.00 worth of ingredients to make a bag of granola. She makes 20 bags and sells them for $6.00 a bag at the farmer's market. An hour before closing, she has sold 15 bags and marks the remaining 5 bags down to $4.00 and sells them soon after. What is her net profit?
Answer: She uses $3.00 of ingredients per 1 bag of granola and she makes 20 bags so she spends 3 * 20 = $60.00 on ingredients. She sells 15 bags for $6.00 so she makes 15 * 6 = $90.00. She sells her last 5 bags for $4.00 so she makes 5 * 4 = $20.00. She made $90.00 and $20.00 for a total of 90 + 20 = $110.00. She made $110.00 but spent $60.00 on ingredients so her net profit is 110 - 60 = $50.00. The answer is 50.
[Question]Barbara asked the butcher for 4 1/2 pound steaks that cost $15.00/pound. She also asked for a pound and half of chicken breasts that were $8.00 a pound. How much did she spend at the butchers?
[Answer]She ordered 4 1 / 2 pound steaks so that's 4 * .5 = 2 pounds of steak. The steak cost $15.00 a pound and she bought 2 pounds so that's 15 * 2 = $30.00 for 4 steaks. She also needed 1.5 pounds of chicken breasts at $8.00 a pound so that's 1.5 * 8 = $12.00 for chicken. The steaks cost $30.00 and the chicken cost $12.00 for a total of 30 + 12 = $42.00 spent at the butchers. The answer is 42.
[Question]At the Sterling Auto Store, they have 500 cars for sale. If they have 10 sales professionals, and each salesperson sells 10 cars per month, how many months will it take for them to sell all of the cars?
[Answer]
If 10 sales professionals each sell 10 cars per month, then they sell a combined 10 * 10 = 100 cars per month. If the store has 500 cars, then it will take the sales team 500 / 100 = 5 months to sell all of the cars. The answer is 5.