[Question]Toby is in a juggling contest with a friend. The winner is whoever gets the most objects rotated around in 4 minutes. Toby has 5 baseballs and each one makes 80 rotations. His friend has 4 apples and each one makes 101 rotations. How many total rotations of objects are made by the winner?
[Answer]Toby gets 400 full rotations because 5 x 80 = 400. His friend get 404 rotations because 4 x 101 = 404. The winner rotated 404 objects because 404 > 400. The answer is 404.
Q: Jason is climbing a telephone pole next to a tree his friend Matt is climbing. Matt can climb 6 feet/minute and Jason can climb 12 feet per minute. After 7 minutes, how much higher will Jason be than Matt?
A: First find the distance Matt climbs in 7 minutes: 6 feet / minute * 7 minutes = 42 feet. Then find the distance Jason climbs in 7 minutes: 12 feet / minute * 7 minutes = 84 feet. Then subtract the distance Matt climbs from the distance Jason climbs to find the difference: 84 feet - 42 feet = 42 feet. The answer is 42.
Question: Wanda weighs 30 pounds more than Yola currently. Wanda also weighs 80 pounds more than Yola did 2 years ago. How much did Yola weigh 2 years ago if she currently weighs 220 pounds?
Answer: If Yola currently weighs 220 pounds, then Wanda, who weighs 30 pounds more than Yola, weighs 220 + 30 = 250 pounds. Wanda also weighs 80 pounds more than Yola did 2 years ago, meaning Yola weighed 250 - 80 = 170 pounds 2 years ago. The answer is 170.
[Question]Jake has $5000. He spends $2800 on a new motorcycle, and then spends half of what's left on a concert ticket. Jake then loses a fourth of what he has left. How much money does he have left?
[Answer]Jake has 5000 - 2800 = $2200 left. Jake has 2200 / 2 = $1100. Jake loses 1100 / 4 = $275. Jake has 1100 - 275 = $825 left. The answer is 825.
Q: There are 12 crates that each contain 150 oranges. There are 16 boxes that each hold 30 nectarines. How many pieces of fruit are in the crates and the boxes in total?
A: Oranges = 12 * 150 = 1800. Nectarines = 16 * 30 = 480. 1800 + 480 = 2280. There are 2280 pieces of fruit in total. The answer is 2280.
Question: John cuts his grass to 2 inches. It grows .5 inches per month. When it gets to 4 inches he cuts it back down to 2 inches. It cost $100 to get his grass cut. How much does he pay per year?
Answer:
He cuts his grass 4 - 2 = 2 inches. So he gets it cut every 2 / .5 = 4 months. That means he gets it cut 12 / 4 = 3 times a year. So he pays 100 * 3 = $300 per year. The answer is 300.