user: [Question]James writes a comic every other day for 4 years. If there was no leap year, how many comics has he written?
[Answer]There have been 365 days in a year * 4 years = 1460 days. So he wrote 1460 / 2 = 730 comics. The answer is 730.
Q: Timmy plans to ride a skateboard ramp that is 50 feet high. He knows he needs to go 40 mph at the start to make it all the way to the top. He measures his speed on three trial runs and goes 36, 34, and 38 mph. How much faster does he have to go than his average speed to make it up the ramp?
A: His total speed from the trials is 108 because 36 + 34 + 38 = 108. His average speed was 36 mph because 108 / 3 = 36. He needs to go 4 mph faster to make it to the top because 40 - 36 = 4. The answer is 4.
Question: In Dana's senior high school class there were 200 students. 60% of the students were female, and 50% of the females were brunettes. If 50% of the female brunettes were under 5 feet tall, then how many female brunettes in Dana's high school senior class were under 5 feet tall?
Answer: In Dana's senior class, the 60% of 200 students is 0.6 * 200 = 120 female students. Fifty percent of the females, or 0.5 * 120 = 60 of the female students were brunettes. If 50% of the female brunettes were under 5 feet tall, then there were 60 * 0.5 = 30 female brunettes under five feet tall in Dana's senior class. The answer is 30.
[Question]A mother is serving pizza at her son's birthday party. After buying 5 pizzas, she must decide how many slices to divide each pizza into so that everyone at the party ends up with an equal number of slices. There are a total of 20 children at the party, and she can choose to divide each pizza into either 6, 8, or 10 slices. Assuming she does not want to throw away any pizza, how should many slices should she choose to divide the pizzas into to make sure everyone receives an equal amount?
[Answer]Checking each possibility, we can see that dividing each pizza into 6 slices yields 5 * 6 = 30 total slices, dividing each pizza into 8 slices yields 5 * 8 = 40 total slices, and dividing each pizza into 10 slices yields 5 * 10 = 50 total slices. Because each child must receive the same number of slices, the total number of slices must be evenly divisible by 20. The only option that satisfies this requirement is dividing the pizza into 8 slices, as 40 / 20 = 2 slices per child. Therefore, the mother should divide each pizza into 8 slices. The answer is 8.
Q: There are 235 books in a library. On Tuesday, 227 books are taken out. On Thursday, 56 books are brought back and 35 books are taken out again on Friday. How many books are there now?
A: On Tuesday, 227 books were taken, so there are 235 - 227 = 8 books left. 56 books were brought back on Thursday, so there are 8 + 56 = 64 books in the library. Finally, 35 books are taken out on Friday, leaving 64 - 35 = 29 books available. The answer is 29.
Question: Jenny wants to read 3 books in the next 10 days. She can read 100 words per hour. If the first book has 200 words, the second book has 400 words, and the third book has 300 words, how many minutes per day, on average, should she spend reading?
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assistant: She wants to read 200 + 400 + 300 = 900 pages total. She needs to spend 900 / 100 = 9 hours reading in the next three weeks. In minutes, she will need to spend 9 * 60 = 540 minutes. Thus, she should spend 540 minutes / 10 days = 54 minutes per day reading. The answer is 54.