Howard is taking his kindergarten class to the museum on a school trip. He splits the class equally into 3 groups and then each of the groups goes through the museum one student at a time. If the class has 18 students in total and each student takes 4 minutes to go through the museum, then how long, in minutes, does it take each group to go through the museum? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. As the groups are equally sized, they must each have 18 students in the class / 3 groups = 6 students in each group. So each group takes 6 students in each group * 4 minutes per each student's trip = 24 minutes to go through the museum.. The answer is: 24.

A car manufacturing company that produces 100 cars per month wants to increase its production to reach 1800 cars per year. How many cars should the company add to the monthly production rate to reach that target? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. Let Y be the number of cars needed to be added to the current monthly production. Then ((100 + Y) * 12) = 1800. So 1200 + 12 * Y = 1800. 12 * Y = 1800 - 1200 = 600. Y = 600 / 12 = 50.. The answer is: 50.

Dolly wants to ride the Ferris wheel twice, the roller coaster three times, and the log ride seven times. The Ferris wheel costs 2 tickets, the roller coaster costs 5 tickets and the log ride costs 1 ticket. Dolly has 20 tickets. How many more tickets should Dolly buy? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. It costs 2 rides x 2 tickets / ride = 4 tickets to ride the Ferris wheel twice. It costs 3 rides x 5 tickets / ride = 15 tickets to ride the roller coaster three times. It costs 7 rides x 1 ticket / ride = 7 tickets to ride the roller coaster seven times. In total Dolly needs 4 tickets + 15 tickets + 7 tickets = 26 tickets. Dolly needs to buy 26 tickets - 20 tickets = 6 more tickets.. The answer is: 6.