Q: Tony has a piece of quilt that is 6 feet by 24 feet. If he wants to turn it into a square and use all the fabric, how long is each side of the square?
A: The quilt is 144 square feet because 6 x 24 = 144. A square quilt would be 12 feet per side because √(144) = 12. The answer is 12.
Question: Jim is baking loaves of bread. He has 200g of flour in the cupboard, 100g of flour on the kitchen counter, and 100g in the pantry. If one loaf of bread requires 200g of flour, how many loaves can Jim bake?
Answer: Altogether, Jim has 200g + 100g + 100g = 400g of flour. He can therefore bake 400g / 200g = 2 loaves of bread. The answer is 2.
[Question]68% of all pies are eaten with forks. If there are 2000 pies of all kinds, how many of the pies are not eaten with forks?
[Answer]If there are 2000 pies of all kinds, and 68% of all pies are eaten with forks, there are 68 / 100 * 2000 = 1360 pies eaten with forks. The number of pies that are not eaten with pie is 2000 - 1360 = 640. The answer is 640.
Q: Samuel swept the porch and cleared nine-tenths of the dust particles from it. As he walked across the porch afterward, his shoes left 223 dust particles behind. How many dust particles were on the porch before Samuel swept if there were 331 after he walked across it?
A: Before Samuel walked across the porch, there were 331 - 223 = 108 dust particles. Those 108 were 1 / 10 of the original amount, so there were 108 * 10 = 1080 dust particles on the porch before Samuel swept. The answer is 1080.
Question: A woman is trying to decide whether it will be quicker to take an airplane or drive herself to a job interview. If she drives herself, the trip will take her 3 hours and 15 minutes. If she takes an airplane, she will first need to drive 10 minutes to the airport, and then wait 20 minutes to board the plane. After that, she will be on the airplane for one-third of the time it would have taken her to drive herself before landing in the destination city. Finally, it will take her an additional 10 minutes to get off the airplane and arrive at her interview site after the plane lands. Given this information, how many minutes faster is it for her to take the airplane?
Answer: First, we must convert the driving time of 3 hours and 15 minutes to minutes. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, driving takes a total of 3 * 60 + 15 = 195 minutes. Next, the woman will be on the airplane for one - third of 195 minutes, or 195 / 3 = 65 minutes. Therefore, in total, the airplane trip will take the woman 10 + 20 + 65 + 10 = 105 minutes. Thus, the airplane trip is 195 - 105 = 90 minutes faster than driving herself to the interview. The answer is 90.
Q: John decides to get a new apartment with a roommate. His former rent was $2 per square foot for a 750 square foot apartment. His new apartment cost $2800 per month, which he splits evenly with the roommate. How much money does he save a year?
A:
His old apartment cost 750 * $2 = $1500 a month. His new apartment cost $2800 / 2 = $1400 a month. So he saves $1500 - $1400 = $100 a month. That means he saves $100 * 12 = $1200 a year. The answer is 1200.