Question: Denise will be 25 years old in two years. Her sister, Diane, is 4 years younger. In how many years will Diane be 25 years old?
Answer: Denise is 25 - 2 = 23 years old now. So, Diane is 23 - 4 = 19 years old now. Diane will be 25 years old in 25 - 19 = 6 years. The answer is 6.
[Question]Sally picks 30 seashells on Monday. On Tuesday, she picks half as many seashells as she did on Monday. If she can sell each seashell for $1.20, how much money can she make if she sells all of her seashells?
[Answer]On Tuesday, Sally picks 30 / 2 = 15 seashells. In total, Sally picks 30 + 15 = 45 seashells. The total amount of money Sally can make is 45 * $1.20 = $54. The answer is 54.
Q: Bob is building a vegetable garden. It is 220 feet long by 120 feet wide. Half of the garden is going to be tilled land. A third of the rest of it will have trellises for vining plants, and the rest will be devoted to raised beds. How big will the raised bed section of the garden be?
A: The garden is 220 * 120 = 26,400 square feet. The tilled land will take up half the area, and the trellises and raised beds will be the other half. Each half is 26,400 / 2 = 13,200 square feet. The trellises will take up 1 / 3 of the remaining land, so the raised beds will take 1 - 1 / 3 = 2 / 3 of the remaining land. So the total area of the raised bed area will be 13,200 square feet * (2 / 3) = 8,800 square feet. The answer is 8800.
Question: James binges on Cheezits and eats 3 bags that are 2 ounces each. There are 150 calories in an ounce of Cheezits. He then goes for a 40-minute run and burns 12 calories per minute. How many excess calories did he eat?
Answer: He ate 2 * 3 = 6 ounces of cheez its. That means he ate 6 * 150 = 900 calories. He burned 40 * 12 = 480 calories. So he ate an excess of 900 - 480 = 420 calories. The answer is 420.
[Question]James is building an army of Warhammer 40k figurines. It takes him 20 minutes to paint a space marine and 70 minutes to paint a dreadnought. If he paints 6 space marines and 2 dreadnoughts, how long does he spend painting total?
[Answer]First find the total time James spends painting space marines: 20 minutes / marine * 6 marines = 120 minutes. Then find the total time James spends painting dreadnoughts: 70 minutes / dreadnought * 2 dreadnoughts = 140 minutes. Then add the two amounts of time to find the total time James spends painting: 120 minutes + 140 minutes = 260 minutes. The answer is 260.
[Question]Angel has written letters to all of her pen pals and is putting all of the letters in envelopes. Most of the letters are put into large envelopes and the remaining 20 letters are put into small envelopes. The large envelopes each contain 2 letters each. If Angel has written a total of 80 letters, how many large envelopes did she use?
[Answer]
As some of the letters are in small envelopes, there must be 80 total letters 20 letters in small envelopes = 60 letters in large envelopes. Angel therefore used 60 letters / 2 letters per large envelope = 30 large envelopes. The answer is 30.