[Question]Amanda has taken 4 quizzes this semester and averaged a 92% score on them. The final quiz is coming up, which is worth the same as each previous quiz. What score does she need in order to get an A in the class, which requires her to average 93% over the 5 quizzes?
[Answer]Amanda's total number of points from the first 4 quizzes is 368 because 4 x 92 = 368. She needs a total of 465 points because 5 x 93 = 465. She needs to score a 97 on the final quiz because 465 - 368 = 97. The answer is 97.
Q: Sam and Drew have a combined age of 54. Sam is half of Drew's age. How old is Sam?
A: Let x be Drew's age. Sam is (1 / 2)x. x + (1 / 2)x = 54. (3 / 2)x = 54. 3x = 108. x = 36. Sam is 36 / 2 = 18 years old. The answer is 18.
Question: One batch of cookies requires 4 cups of flour and 1.5 cups of sugar. How many cups of flour and sugar combined would be needed for 8 batches?
Answer: Flour + sugar = 4 + 1.5 = 5.5 cups. 8 batches = 5.5 * 8 = 44 cups. There would be 44 cups of flour and sugar combined for 8 batches of cookies. The answer is 44.
[Question]Tamia is making dinner. She is using 5 bell peppers to make her meal. She likes to have a variety of sizes so some will melt and some will be thick enough to eat whole. First she cuts each bell pepper into 20 large slices. Then she takes half those slices and cuts them into 3 smaller pieces each. How many slices and pieces of bell pepper total is Tamia going to add to her meal?
[Answer]First, Tamia cuts the 5 bell peppers into 20 slices each, 5 x 20 = 100 slices. Then, she takes 1 / 2 of those to cut into smaller pieces, 100 / 2 = 50 slices to cut smaller. Tamia takes each of those 50 slices and cuts them into 3 pieces each, 50 x 3 = 150. Tamia is adding 50 slices + 150 smaller pieces = 200 pieces of bell pepper added to her meal. The answer is 200.
Q: There were 200 students on a field playing football. Suddenly a military plane flew by, and 3/4 of the students looked up. How many eyes saw the airplane?
A: If there were 200 students on the field and 3 / 4 of the students looked up at the flying plane, 3 / 4 * 200 = 150 students saw the plane. Since each student has two eyes, the number of eyes that looked at the plane is 2 * 150 = 300 years. The answer is 300.
Question: If a tarantula has eight legs, and one tarantula egg sac can contain 1000 tarantulas, how many baby tarantula legs would be in one less than 5 egg sacs?
Answer:
One less than 5 is 5 - 1 = 4. If one tarantula egg sac can contain 1000 tarantulas, then four egg sacs can hold 4 * 1000 = 4000 tarantula babies. If each tarantula baby has eight legs, the 4 egg sacs can contain 4000 * 8 = 32,000 baby tarantula legs. The answer is 32000.