Q: Justin can run 2 blocks in 1.5 minutes. If he is 8 blocks from home, in how many minutes can he run home?
A: There are 8 / 2 = 4 sets of two blocks that Justin can run. Thus, he can run home for 4 x 1.5 = 6 minutes. The answer is 6.
Question: Mr. Finnegan has 3 tanks with a capacity of 7000 gallons, 5000 gallons, and 3000 gallons, respectively. If he fills the first tank up to 3/4 full, the second tank with water up to 4/5 of its capacity, and the third tank up to half of its capacity, how many gallons in total are in the tanks?
Answer: The capacity of the first tank is 7000 gallons, and if it is filled up to 3 / 4 full, it carries 3 / 4 * 7000 = 5250 gallons. When the second tank is filled up to 4 / 5 of its capacity, it carries 4 / 5 * 5000 = 4000 gallons. The total amount of water in the first two tanks is 5250 + 4000 = 9250 gallons. If Mr. Finnegan fills the third tank with water up to half its capacity, the tank fills up with 1 / 2 * 3000 = 1500 gallons. In total, the three tanks have 9350 + 1500 = 10850 gallons of water. The answer is 10850.
[Question]Jackson works 5 days a week going door-to-door collecting for charity. His goal is to raise $1000 for the week. He earned $300 on Monday and $40 on Tuesday. If he collects an average of $10 for every 4 houses he visits, how many houses will he have to visit on each of the remaining days of the week to meet his goal?
[Answer]First find the total amount Jackson still needs to collect: $1000 - $300 - $40 = $660. Then subtract the number of days he already worked from the number of workdays in the week to find how many more days he'll work: 5 days - 2 days = 3 days. Then divide the total amount he still needs to earn by the number of days he has to earn it to find how much he needs to earn per day: $660 / 3 days = $220 / day. Then find how much money he collects per house: $10 / 4 houses = $2.50 / house. Then divide the amount he needs to collect per day by the amount he collects per house to find how many houses he needs to visit per day: $220 / day / $2.50 / house = 88 houses / day. The answer is 88.
Q: Ava planted 9 apple trees in her backyard. That's 3 more than Lily planted in her backyard. How many apple trees did they plant in their backyards collectively?
A: Lily planted 9 - 3 = 6 apple trees in her backyard. They planted 9 + 6 = 15 apple trees in their backyards collectively. The answer is 15.
Question: Forest and his friends have prepared a birthday cake for their friend Juelz having 240 cake pieces. After singing the birthday song, they ate 60% of the cake's pieces, and later, Juelz divided the remaining pieces among his three sisters. What is the number of pieces of cake each sister received?
Answer: If they ate 60% of the pieces of cake, the friends ate 60 / 100 * 240 pieces = 144 pieces of the cake. The total number of pieces remaining is 240 pieces - 144 pieces = 96 pieces. When Juelz divided the remaining pieces of cake to his sisters, each sister received 96 pieces / 3 sisters = 32 pieces / sister. The answer is 32.
Q: Once a week, it takes Kitty 5 minutes to pick up toys and straighten the living room. It takes another 20 minutes to vacuum the living room floor, seating and drapes. She spends 15 minutes cleaning the windows and 10 minutes dusting the furniture. After 4 weeks, how long has Kitty spent cleaning just the living room?
A:
5 minutes for picking up toys, 20 minutes to vacuum, 15 minutes on windows and 10 minutes on furniture is 5 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 50 minutes. After 4 weeks, she has spent 4 weeks * 50 minutes / week = 200 minutes cleaning the living room. The answer is 200.