Question: In his first season at Best Hockey's team, Louie scored four goals in the last hockey match of this season. His brother has scored twice as many goals as Louie scored in the last match in each game he's played in each of the three seasons he's been on the team. Each season has 50 games. What is the total number of goals the brothers have scored between them if, in the previous matches, Louie scored 40 goals?
Answer: If Louie scored 4 goals last night, his brother has scored 2 * 4 goals = 8 goals in each game. The total number of games Louie's brother has played in is 3 seasons * 50 games / season = 150 games. Louie's brother's total number of goals in the three seasons is 8 goals / game * 150 games = 1200 goals. Louie's total number of goals this season is 40 goals + 4 goals = 44 goals. Together, they have a total of 44 goals + 1200 goals = 1244 goals in the team. The answer is 1244.
[Question]Denver uses 7 pieces of wood for each birdhouse and he pays $1.50 for each piece of wood. If he makes a $5.50 profit per birdhouse, how much will Denver charge to Danny for buying two birdhouses?
[Answer]The cost for making one birdhouse is $1.50 x 7 = $10.50. So the selling price of one birdhouse is $10.50 + $5.50 = $16. Thus, Denver will charge Danny $16 x 2 = $32 for the two birdhouses. The answer is 32.
Q: Jon's laundry machine can do 5 pounds of laundry at a time. 4 shirts weigh 1 pound and 2 pairs of pants weigh 1 pound. If he needs to wash 20 shirts and 20 pants, how many loads of laundry does he have to do?
A: The shirts weigh 20 / 4 = 5 pounds. The pants weigh 20 / 2 = 10 pounds. So he needs to do 10 + 5 = 15 pounds of laundry. So that would take 15 / 5 = 3 loads of laundry. The answer is 3.
Question: Brandon can catch 6 squirrels or two rabbits in 1 hour. Each squirrel has 300 calories and each rabbit has 800 calories. How many more calories will he get per hour if he catches squirrels instead of rabbits?
Answer: First find how many calories per hour Brandon gets from squirrels: 300 calories / squirrel * 6 squirrels = 1800 calories. Then find how many calories per hour Brandon gets from rabbits: 800 calories / rabbit * 2 rabbits = 1600 calories. Then subtract the number of calories per hour from rabbits from the number from squirrels to find the difference: 1800 calories - 1600 calories = 200 calories. The answer is 200.
[Question]Charley has a bag that contains 51 white beads and 90 black beads. He reaches in the bag and pulls out 1/6 of the black beads and a third of the white beads. How many beads in total did Charley pull out?
[Answer]Charley pulled out 90 / 6 = 15 black beads. Charley pulled out 51 / 3 = 17 white beads. Charley pulled out 15 + 17 = 32 beads in total. The answer is 32.
[Question]Ginger is weaving mats out of colored straw. Each mat takes 20 red straws, 30 orange straws, and half as many green straws as orange straws. How many straws does she need to make 10 mats?
[Answer]
First find the number of green straws each mat needs: 30 orange straws / 2 orange straws / green straw = 15 green straws. Then find the total number of straws in each mat: 15 straws + 20 straws + 30 straws = 65 straws. Then multiply that number by the number of mats to find the total number of straws Ginger needs: 65 straws / mat * 10 mats = 650 straws. The answer is 650.