Question: The largest animal to have ever lived on earth is the blue whale. The tongue of an adult blue whale can weigh 6000 pounds. If one ton is 2000 pounds, how many tons can the tongue of an adult blue whale weigh?
Answer: 1000 pounds more than 5ooo pounds is 6000 pounds. If one ton is 2000 pounds, then the tongue of a blue whale weighs 6000 / 2000 = 3 tons. The answer is 3.
[Question]Will's breakfast supplied him 900 calories of energy. Then he decided to jog for half an hour, which used up 10 calories of energy per minute. What is Will's net calorie intake after jogging?
[Answer]Will jogged for 60 / 2 = 30 minutes. He was able to use up 10 x 30 = 300 calories for jogging. The net calorie intake of Will after jogging is 900 - 300 = 600. The answer is 600.
Q: Hadassah took six hours to paint 12 paintings. What would be the total time she's taken to finish all the paintings if she paints 20 more paintings?
A: If it took Hadassah six hours to paint 12 paintings, then she paints 12 / 6 = 2 paintings in an hour. If two paintings take an hour to complete, 20 paintings will take 20 / 2 = 10 hours. The total time she took to finish all the paintings is 10 + 6 = 16 hours. The answer is 16.
Question: John buys 1000 balloons. Each balloon holds 10 liters of air. If he buys 500-liter tanks of gas, how many tanks does he need to buy to fill all the balloons?
Answer: He needs 1000 * 10 = 10000 liters of gas. So he needs 10000 / 500 = 20 tanks. The answer is 20.
[Question]In a grocery store, Julia bought 2 pieces of Snickers and 3 packs of M&M's. If each piece of Snickers costs $1.5 and a pack of M&M's has the same cost as 2 Snickers, how much is Julia's change if she gave the cashier 2 $10 bills?
[Answer]Two pieces of snickers cost $1.5 x 2 = $3. One pack of M&M's costs $3 so 3 packs cost $3 x 3 = $9. The total amount that she needs to pay is $3 + $9 = $12. Julia gave the cashier $10 x 2 = $20. So, her change is $20 - $12 = $8. The answer is 8.
[Question]Traveling from Manhattan to the Bronx, Andrew rides the subway for 10 hours, takes the train and rides for twice as much time as the subway ride, and then bikes the remaining distance for 8 hours. What's the total time he takes to reach the Bronx from Manhattan?
[Answer]
The train ride takes Andrew 2 * 10 = 20 hours. Together, the subway ride and the train ride take Andrew 10 + 20 = 30 hours. With an additional bike ride of 8 hours to reach the Bronx, Andrew takes 30 + 8 = 38 hours to travel from Manhattan to the Bronx. The answer is 38.