Answer this question:Jack needs to mop the bathroom and the kitchen. If the bathroom floor is 24 square feet and the kitchen floor is 80 square feet, and Jack can mop 8 square feet per minute, how many minutes does he spend mopping?
First find the total floor area Jack needs to mop: 24 sq ft + 80 sq ft = 104 sq ft. Then divide the total area that needs to be mopped by Jack's mopping rate: 104 sq ft / 8 sq ft / minute = 13 minutes.
The answer is 13.

Answer this question:Mary bought six apples from the store. From the apples she bought, for each that Mary ate, she planted two trees from the remaining ones. How many apples did Mary eat?
She planted eight trees. This means she used half of that amount of apples, which is 8 trees / 2 trees / apple = 4 apples. That means that she planted four of the six apples she bought, leaving only 6 apples - 4 apples = 2 apples to be eaten.
The answer is 2.

Answer this question:Jessica is six years older than Claire. In two years, Claire will be 20 years old. How old is Jessica now?
Claire's age now is 20 - 2 = 18 years old. Being 6 years older than Claire, Jessica is 18 + 6 = 24 years old.
The answer is 24.

Answer this question:Jimmy is setting up a garden. He has three plots: one plot for green beans, one plot for carrots, and one plot for corn. Each corn plant produces 5 times as many servings of veggies as each carrot, and each green bean plant produces half as many servings as each corn plant. If each carrot produces 4 servings of vegetables, and each plot has 9 plants, how many servings of vegetables is Jimmy growing?
First, find how many servings one corn plant produces by multiplying the number of carrot servings by 5: 4 servings * 5 = 20 servings. Then find how many servings one green bean plant produces by dividing the number of corn servings by two: 20 servings / 2 = 10 servings. Now multiply the number of servings per carrot plant by the number of carrot plants: 4 servings / plant * 9 plants = 36 servings. Do the same for corn: 20 servings / plant * 9 plants = 180 servings. And do the same for green beans: 10 servings / plant * 9 plants = 90 servings. Now add up the servings for all three types of plant: 36 servings + 180 servings + 90 servings = 306 servings.
The answer is 306.