Question: On his farm, Mr. Mathews has goats and sheep in the ratio of 5:7. He decides to sell half of the goats at $40 each and 2/3 of the sheep at $30 each. How much money does he make from the sale of the animals if the total number of sheep and goats on the farm is 360?
Answer: The total ratio of goats and sheep on the farm is 5 + 7 = 12. The fraction that represents goats from the total ratio is 5 / 12, and since there are 360 goats and sheep on the farm, the number of goats is 5 / 12 * 360 = 150. The number of sheep on Mr. Mathews's farm is 360 - 150 = 210. Mr. Mathews sold 1 / 2 * 150 = 75 goats. If each goat went for $40, the total amount of money Mr. Mathews made from the sale of his goats is 75 * $40 = $3000. He also sold 2 / 3 * 210 = 140 of the total sheep on his farm. The income from the sale of the sheep is 140 * $30 = $4200. From the sale of goats and sheep, Mr. Mathews made $4200 + $3000 = $8600. The answer is 7200.

Question: Jessica wrote a long letter to her aunt and needed to put stamps on it to mail it. She used eight pieces of paper that weigh 1/5 of an ounce each, and her envelope weighs 2/5 of an ounce. She needed one stamp per ounce. How many stamps did Jessica need to mail her letter?
Answer: Jessica's papers weigh 8 * 1 / 5 = 8 / 5 ounces. The papers in the envelope weigh 8 / 5 + 2 / 5 = 10 / 5 = 2 ounces. Thus, Jessica needs 2 * 1 = 2 stamps to mail her letter. The answer is 2.

Question: Gunther just financed a John Deere tractor through the dealership. If his monthly payment is $150.00 a month, for 5 years, with no interest, how much did he finance the tractor for?
Answer: There are 12 months in 1 year and his loan is for 5 years so that's 12 * 5 = 60 months. His monthly payment is $150.00 and he pays this for 60 months so his loan for the tractor was 150 * 60 = $9,000.00. The answer is 9000.

Question: The middle school sold 6 more than two times the number of fair tickets as it did tickets to the baseball game. If 25 fair tickets were sold, how many baseball game tickets did the school sell?
Answer:
Two times the number of fair tickets is 25 * 2 = 50 tickets. 50 + 6 = 56 tickets. The answer is 56.