Q: Bob buys 50 feet of rope. He uses a 5th of it to make a small piece of art. He takes the rest and gives half of it to the friend. After that, he cuts 2-foot sections. How many sections does he get?
A: He cuts off 50 / 5 = 10 feet. So he has 50 - 10 = 40 feet left. He gives half away which means he has 40 / 2 = 20 feet. So he has 20 / 2 = 10 sections. The answer is 10.
Question: James' keyboard is missing 1/7 of the consonants and two vowels. How many keys are missing in total? (Remember there are 5 vowels and 21 consonants in the alphabet.)
Answer: First find how many consonants are missing: 21 consonants * 1 / 7 = 3 consonants. Then add the number of missing vowels to find the total number of missing keys: 3 consonants + 2 vowels = 5 keys. The answer is 5.
[Question]Carlos is doing his laundry. He needs to wash two loads, which takes 45 minutes per load. Then he can combine both loads and dry them, which takes 75 minutes. How long does his laundry take in total?
[Answer]First multiply the number of loads by the time per load to find the washing time: 2 loads * 45 minutes / load = 90 minutes. Then add that time to the drying time to find the total laundry time: 90 minutes + 75 minutes = 165 minutes. The answer is 165.
Q: Building A has 4 floors, which is 9 less than Building B. Building C has six less than five times as many floors as Building B. How many floors does Building C have?
A: A = 4 floors. B = 4 + 9 = 13 floors. C = (13 * 5) - 6 = 59 floors. Building C has 59 floors. The answer is 59.
Question: The city of Richmond has 1000 more people than Victoria. Victoria has 4 times as many people as Beacon. If Richmond has 3000 people, how many people are there in Beacon?
Answer: Victoria has 3000 - 1000 = 2000 people. Beacon has 2000 / 4 = 500 people. The answer is 500.
Q: Mr. McNeely takes a register of the total number of students present in class every day. On a particular week, the number of students in the class on the second day was 40 more than the first day. The number of students who didn't turn up for the class on the second day was twice the number of students who didn't turn up on the third day. On the third day, 1/7 of the total number of students of the class called in sick. If the total number of students in the class is 280, calculate the number of absent students in the three days.
A:
On the third day, 1 / 7 * 280 = 40 students called in sick. If the number of students absent on the second day was twice the number on the third day, then 2 * 40 = 80 students didn't show up for the class on the second day. The total number of students present in the class on the second day was 280 - 80 = 200. If 40 fewer students showed up for the class on the first day than on the second day, then 200 - 40 = 160 students showed up for the class on the first day. The number of students absent on the first day is 280 - 160 = 120. In the three days, the total number of absentees is 120 + 80 + 40 = 240. The answer is 240.