Question: There are 3414 yellow balloons and there are 1762 more black balloons than yellow balloons. If the balloons will be evenly divided among 10 schools, how many balloons will one school receive?
Answer: Black balloons: 3414 + 1762 = 5176. Total balloons: 3414 + 5176 = 8590. 8590 / 10 = 859. Each school will receive 859 balloons. The answer is 859.
[Question]Wayne wants to serve shrimp cocktail as an appetizer. He plans on 5 shrimp per guest and will have 40 guests. If the shrimp costs $17.00 per pound and each pound has 20 shrimp, how much will he spend on the appetizer?
[Answer]He wants to serve 5 shrimp per guest and will have 40 guests so he needs 5 * 40 = 200 shrimp. Each pound of shrimp has 20 shrimp and he needs 200 shrimp so he needs 200 / 20 = 10 pounds of shrimp. The shrimp is $17.00 per pound and he needs 10 pounds so he will spend 17 * 10 = $170.00 on shrimp. The answer is 170.
Q: Carla needs to drive her car to do a bunch of errands. She needs to drive 8 miles to the grocery store, 6 miles to pick up her kids from school, 12 miles to drop her kids off at soccer practice, and twice the distance from the school to soccer practice to get everyone home again. If Carla's car gets 25 miles per gallon, and gas costs $2.50, how much will Carla have to spend on gas for her trip?
A: First find the distance between soccer practice and home by multiplying the distance between soccer practice and school by 2: 12 miles * 2 = 24 miles. Then find the total distance Carla drives by adding the length of each trip: 24 miles + 12 miles + 6 miles + 8 miles = 50 miles. Then find how many gallons of gas she needs by dividing the distance of the trip by her car's gas mileage: 50 miles / 25 mpg = 2 gallons. Then multiple the gallons of gas by the price per gallon to find the total cost: 2 gallons * $2.50 = $5. The answer is 5.
Question: The marching band has 110 members. There are 4 times as many percussion players as there are woodwind, and twice as many woodwinds as brass. How many brass players are there?
Answer: Let x represent the number of brass players in the band. Woodwind:2x. Percussion:4(2x) = 8x. Total:x + 2x + 8x = 110. 11x = 110. x = 10. The answer is 10.
[Question]In a Geometry exam, Madeline got 2 mistakes which are half as many mistakes as Leo. Brent scored 25 and has 1 more mistake than Leo. What is Madeline's score?
[Answer]Leo got 2 x 2 = 4 mistakes. So, Brent got 4 + 1 = 5 mistakes. This means that 25 + 5 = 30 is the perfect score. Hence, Madeline got a score of 30 - 2 = 28. The answer is 28.
[Question]Jacob is trying to eat less than 1800 calories a day. If he eats 400 calories for breakfast, 900 calories for lunch, and 1100 calories for dinner, how many more calories did he eat than he planned?
[Answer]
First add up the calories from all three meals: 900 + 400 + 1100 = 2400. Then subtract Jacob's goal from the number of calories he actually ate: 2400 - 1800 = 600. The answer is 600.