Q: There are 24 marbles in a jar. Half are blue. There are 6 red marbles. The rest of the marbles are orange. How many orange marbles are there?
A: There are 24 / 2 = 12 blue marbles. Blue and red marbles make up 12 + 6 = 18 of the 24 marbles. Thus, there are 24 - 18 = 6 orange marbles. The answer is 6.
Question: Jerry can run from his house to his school and back in the time it takes his brother Carson to run to the school. If it takes Jerry 15 minutes to make a one-way trip from his house to his school and the school is 4 miles away, how fast does Carson run in miles per hour?
Answer: We know that Carson takes twice as long as Jerry to get to the school, so we can find the time it takes him by multiplying Jerry's time by 2: 15 minutes * 2 = 30 minutes. Then convert that time to house by dividing by 60 minutes / hour = 30 minutes / 60 minutes / hour = .5 hour. Then divide the distance Carson runs by the time it takes him to run it to find his speed: 4 miles / 0.5 hours = 8 miles / hour. The answer is 8.
[Question]Zach rented a car for $150 plus 50 cents for each mile. He drove 620 miles on Monday and another 744 miles on Thursday. How much did he spend?
[Answer]On Monday Zach spent 620 * 0.5 = 310 dollars on miles. On Thursday Zach spent 744 * 0.5 = 372 dollars on miles. In total, Zach spent 150 + 310 + 372 = 832 dollars. The answer is 832.
Q: Martha's cat catches 3 rats and 7 birds. Cara's cat catches 3 less than five times as many animals as Martha's cat. How many animals does Cara's cat catch?
A: First find the total number of animals Martha's cat catches: 3 rats + 7 birds = 10 animals. Then multiply that number by 5: 10 animals * 5 = 50 animals. Then subtract 3 to find the total number of animals Cara's cat catches: 50 animals - 3 animals = 47 animals. The answer is 47.
Question: One-fourth of the airing time of a television program is spent on commercials. If there are 6 thirty-minute programs, how many minutes are spent on commercials for the whole duration of the 6 programs?
Answer: The total time of the programs is 6 programs * 30 minutes / program = 180 minutes. A quarter of this time is spent on commercials, so that's 180 minutes / 4 = 45 minutes. The answer is 45.
Q: Shyne can grow 14 eggplants in every seed packet and 10 sunflowers in every seed packet. She bought 4 seed packets of eggplants and 6 seed packets of sunflower, how many plants can Shyne grow in her backyard?
A:
Shyne can grow 14 x 4 = 56 eggplants. She can grow 10 x 6 = 60 sunflowers. So, she can grow a total of 56 + 60 = 116 plants in her backyard. The answer is 116.