[Question]Ron's baseball team scored 270 points in the year. There are 9 players on the team. If 5 of them averaged 50 points each, how many points did the remainder average?
[Answer]The first five players scored a total of 250 points because 5 x 50 = 250. There are 4 players left because 9 - 5 = 4. The 4 remaining players scored 20 points because 270 - 250 = 20. The 4 remaining players averaged 5 points because 20 / 4 = 5. The answer is 5.
Q: Mr. Curtis has 325 chickens on his farm where 28 are roosters and the rest are hens. Twenty hens do not lay eggs while the rest of the hens do. How many egg-laying hens does Mr. Curtis have on his farm?
A: Mr. Curtis has 325 - 28 = 297 hens. Out of the 297 hens, only 297 - 20 = 277 hens lay eggs. The answer is 277.
Question: Mary and Jay are planning a wedding. Of the 240 guests, 60 percent are female. Of the females, 50 percent are from Jay's family. How many female guests are from Jay's family?
Answer: Females:240(.60) = 144. Females on Jays side: 144(.50) = 72. The answer is 72.
[Question]Carly is thinking about buying a wallet that costs $22 and a purse that costs $3 less than four times the cost of the wallet. What is the combined cost of both items?
[Answer]First quadruple the price of the wallet: $22 * 4 = $88. Then subtract $3 to find the cost of the purse: $88 - $3 = $85. Then add the price of the wallet and purse to find the total cost: $85 + $22 = $107. The answer is 107.
Q: Tapanga and Corey have 66 candies together. However, Tapanga has 8 more candies than Corey. How many candies does Corey have?
A: Let x = the total number of candies Corey has. x + 8 = the total number of candies Tapanga has. The equation for the total number of candies is x + (x + 8) = 66. Combining like terms, we get 2x + 8 = 66. Subtracting 8 from both sides, we get 2x = 58. Dividing both sides by 2, we get x = 29, so Corey has 29 candies. The answer is 29.
Question: Tony has a piece of quilt that is 6 feet by 24 feet. If he wants to turn it into a square and use all the fabric, how long is each side of the square?
Answer:
The quilt is 144 square feet because 6 x 24 = 144. A square quilt would be 12 feet per side because (144) = 12. The answer is 12.