Q: Before James starts the strength phase training of his cycle he has a powerlifting total of 2200 pounds at a bodyweight of 245 pounds. He manages to gain 15% on his total and 8 pounds of body weight. What is the ratio of his lifting total to bodyweight?
A: He added 2200 * .15 = 330 pounds to his total. That means his new title is 2200 + 330 = 2530 pound total. His new body weight is 245 + 8 = 253 pounds. So he has 2530 / 253 = 10 for his ratio. The answer is 10.
Question: An opera house has 150 rows; each row has ten seats. The ticket costs $10 per show. How much did the opera house earn from one of the shows if 20% of the seats were not taken?
Answer: The opera house has 150 x 10 = 1500 seats. There are 1500 x 20 / 100 = 300 seats that were not taken. The total number of seats taken was 1500 - 300 = 1200. Therefore, the opera house earned $10 x 1200 = $12000 from one of the shows. The answer is 12000.
[Question]Rita put a $120 elliptical machine on layaway at her local sports good store. After making a down payment equal to half the cost of the machine, she completely forgot about it. Sometime before the pick-up date, a store employee called offered to waive all layaway fees and taxes on the condition that Rita paid the balance within 10 days. What is the daily minimum amount, in dollars, that Rita must pay to own the elliptical machine?
[Answer]The down payment Rita made was 120 / 2 = 60 dollars. The balance was therefore 120 - 60 = 60 dollars. To pay off the balance within 10 days, Rita must make payments of 60 / 10 = 6 dollars per day. The answer is 6.
Q: Ariana heard the news that a new grocery store had opened up in their town, so she decided to buy some flowers for her house. She bought a bunch of 40 flowers, 2/5 of which were roses, 10 were tulips, and the rest were carnations. How many carnations did she buy?
A: The number of roses in the bunch is 2 / 5 * 40 flowers = 16 flowers. The total number of roses and tulips is 16 flowers + 10 flowers = 26 flowers. There were 40 flowers - 26 flowers = 14 carnations. The answer is 14.
Question: To earn an airplane pilot certificate, Sangita is required to fly 1,500 hours. She has already completed 50 hours of day flying, 9 hours of night flying, and 121 hours flying cross-country. To meet her goal in exactly 6 months, how many hours per month must Sangita fly?
Answer: Sangita has already flown for a total of 50 hours + 9 hours + 121 hours = 180 hours. The flight time she has remaining is 1500 hours - 180 hours = 1320 hours. Sangita's monthly target must therefore be 1320 hours / 6 months = 220 hours / month. The answer is 220.
Q: Hannah is making banana bread. She needs to use 3 cups of flour for every cup of banana mush. It takes 4 bananas to make one cup of mush. If Hannah uses 20 bananas, how many cups of flour should she use?
A:
First find the number of cups of banana mush Hannah gets: 20 bananas / 4 bananas / cup = 5 cups. Then multiply the number of cups of mush by the ratio of flour to mush to find the number of cups of flour: 5 cups mush * 3 cups flour / 1 cup mush = 15 cups flour. The answer is 15.