Q: Mr. Bodhi is transporting some animals using a yacht across a river. He has 20 cows, 15 foxes and three times as many zebras as foxes. To balance the yacht to ensure a smooth sail across the river, the total number of animals in the yacht needs to be 100. If he decides to add sheep to the yacht to make the yacht sail-worthy, how many sheep did he add to the yacht?
A: The number of cows and foxes in the yacht is 20 + 15 = 35. Mr. Bodhi also has three times as many zebras as foxes in the yacht, equal to 3 * 15 = 45 zebras. The number of animals in the yacht so far is 35 + 45 = 80. To balance the yacht, Mr. Bodhi needs to add 100 - 80 = 20 sheep. The answer is 20.
Question: We harvested 405 kg of apples. 90 kg were used to make fruit juice and 60 kg were given to a restaurant. The rest was sold in 5 kg bags and their sale brought in $408. What was the selling price of one bag of apples?
Answer: The weight of apples used for juice and given to the restaurant is 60 + 90 = 150 kg. Thus 405 150 = 255kg worth of apples were sold in 5 kg bags. There were 255 / 5 = 51 bags sold. So each bag was sold for 408 / 51 = $8. The answer is 8.
[Question]Together, Alan and Marcy handed out 150 parking tickets. If Marcy handed out 6 fewer than 5 times as many tickets as Alan, how many tickets did Alan hand out?
[Answer]Let a be the number of tickets Alan hands out and m be the number Marcy hands out. We know that a + m = 150 and m = 5a - 6. Substituting the second equation into the first, we get a + 5a - 6 = 150. Adding 2 to both sides, we get a + 5a = 156. Combining like terms, we get 6a = 156. Dividing both sides by 6, we get a = 26. The answer is 26.
Q: John starts climbing a very steep hill. He travels 1 foot vertically for every two feet horizontally. His elevation increases from 100 feet to 1450 feet. How far does he move horizontally, in feet?
A: He travels 1450 - 100 = 1350 feet vertically. So he travels 1350 * 2 = 2700 feet horizontally. The answer is 2700.
Question: Justin needs to read at least 100 pages or more of his book in one week to pass his class. He has read 10 pages already on the first day. Assuming he reads twice the amount of pages as the first day each day in the remaining 6 days, how many pages will he have read after the week is over?
Answer: 10 pages per day on day 1 * 2 = 20 pages per day for days 2 through 7. 20 * 6 remaining days = 120 pages total from days 2 through 7. 10 pages day 1 + 120 pages days 2 through 7 = 130 total pages read in one week. The answer is 130.
Q: Tim used to run 3 times a week but decided to add an extra 2 days a week. She runs 1 hour in the morning and 1 in the evening every day she runs. How many hours a week does she run now?
A:
He now runs 3 + 2 = 5 times a week. Each day he runs for 1 + 1 = 2 hours. So he runs 2 * 5 = 10 hours a week. The answer is 10.