Q: A baseball cap factory made 320 caps the first week, 400 the second week, and 300 the third week. If the company makes their average number of caps from the first 3 weeks during the fourth week, how many total caps will they make?
A: During the first 3 weeks the factory made 320 caps + 400 caps + 300 caps = 1020 caps total. The average for the first 3 weeks is 1020 caps / 3 weeks = 340. If the factor makes the average during the fourth week they will make 1020 caps + 340 = 1360 caps. The answer is 1360.
Question: Two trains left the station at the same time, but took different tracks to their destination. One took a track that was 200 miles long and it went 50 MPH. The other took the other track that was 240 miles long and it went 80 MPH. How much time did it take them on average? (Round to the nearest integer.)
Answer: The first train took 5 hours because 200 / 40 = 5. The second train took 3 hours because because 240 / 80 = 3. The total time was 8 hours because 5 + 3 = 8. The average time was 4 hours because 8 / 2 = 4. The answer is 4.
[Question]Jack and Rose want to start a dog-walking business after school. They made 1,236 flyers to hand out around their neighborhood. Jack handed 120 flyers while Rose handed 320 flyers. How many flyers are left to be handed out around?
[Answer]Jack and Rose handed a total of 120 + 320 = 440 flyers. So, they still have 1236 - 440 = 796 flyers left to be handed out around. The answer is 796.
Q: A TV show has been going on for 14 years. Out of those 14 years, 8 seasons had 15 episodes, 4 seasons had 20 episodes, and 2 seasons had 12 episodes. What is the average number of episodes per year?
A: 8 seasons with 15 episodes had 8 x 15 = 120 episodes. 4 seasons with 20 episodes had 4 x 20 = 80 episodes. 2 seasons with 12 episodes had 2 x 12 = 24 episodes. All together, there have been 120 + 80 + 24 = 224 episodes. The average number of episodes a year is 224 / 14 = 16 episodes. The answer is 16.
Question: Lillian went out to forage for mushrooms with her handy guidebook. She found 32 mushrooms and used her guidebook to identify which ones were poisonous and which were safe to eat. In the end, she had 9 mushrooms she could safely eat for dinner. Of the rest, she identified twice the amount she ate as poisonous, and a remaining bunch she was uncertain about. How many mushrooms was she uncertain were safe or poisonous?
Answer: Lillian found 9 of the mushrooms were safe, so there were 32 - 9 = 23 that she found poisonous or uncertain. She knew twice the amount she ate were poisonous, so she found 9 * 2 = 18 poisonous mushrooms. Thus, she was uncertain about 23 - 18 = 5 mushrooms. The answer is 5.
Q: September's temperature fluctuated severely in 1 week. They started off with 40 degrees on Sunday then hit 50 on Monday, 65 on Tuesday, 36 on Wednesday, 82 on Thursday, 72 on Friday and ended the week at 26 on Saturday. What was the average temperature for that week?
A:
When you add up the temperature for the entire week, it comes to 40 + 50 + 65 + 36 + 82 + 72 + 26 = 371. These temperatures were over 7 days so the average temperature was 371 / 7 = 53 degrees. The answer is 53.