Question: Jason, Ryan, and Jeffery went fishing at the lake. Ryan caught three times the number of fish that Jason caught. Jefferey caught twice the number of fish that Ryan got. If Jeffery caught 60 fish, how many fish did all of them catch in total?
Answer: Ryan caught 60 / 2 = 30 fish. Jason caught 30 / 3 = 10 fish. So, all of them caught a total of 10 + 30 + 60 = 100 fish. The answer is 100.
[Question]Mark constructs a cube of pure gold. The cube is 6 cm on each side. The density of gold is 19 grams per cubic centimeter. He buys the gold for $60 per gram. He sells it for 1.5 times its gold value. What was the profit?
[Answer]The cube is 6 * 6 * 6 = 216 cubic cm. So it has a mass of 216 * 19 = 4104 grams. So it uses 60 * 4104 = $246240. That means he sells it for 246240 * 1.5 = $369360. So he has a profit of 369360 - 246240 = $123,120. The answer is 123120.
Q: Daryl is loading crates at a warehouse and wants to make sure that they are not overloaded. Each crate can weigh up to 20kg and he has 15 crates he can fill. He has 4 bags of nails to load, each of which weighs 5kg; he has 12 bags of hammers, each of which weighs 5 kg; he also has 10 bags of wooden planks, each of which weighs 30kg and can be sub-divided. He realizes that he has too much to load and will have to leave some items out of the crates to meet the weight limit. In kg, how much is Daryl going to have to leave out of the crates?
A: Daryl can load up to 15 crates * 20kg per crate = 300kg. The nails weigh a total of 4 bags of nails * 5kg per bag of nails = 20kg. The hammers weigh a total of 12 bags of hammers * 5kg per bag of hammers = 60kg. The wooden planks weigh a total of 10 bags of wooden planks * 30kg per bag of wooden planks = 300kg. So in total, Daryl's items weigh a total of 20kg nails + 60kg hammers + 300kg wooden planks = 380kg. He will therefore need to leave out 380kg in items 300kg weight limit = 80kg. The answer is 80.
Question: Johnny is buying planks of wood to build some tables. Each table needs a plank of wood for each of the legs and 5 planks of wood for the surface. If Johnny wants to build 5 tables, how many planks of wood does he need?
Answer: Each table needs 1 plank of wood * 4 legs = 4 planks of wood for the legs. This means each table needs 4 planks of wood for legs + 5 planks of wood for the surface = 9 planks of wood. To build 5 tables, Johnny will therefore need 9 planks of wood * 5 tables = 45 planks of wood. The answer is 45.
[Question]There were three jars of candy in the cabinet. The jar of peanut butter candy had 4 times as much candy as the jar of grape candy. The jar of grape candy had 5 more pieces of candy than the jar of banana candy. How many pieces of candy did the peanut butter jar have if the banana jar had 43?
[Answer]The grape jar had 43 + 5 = 48 pieces of candy. The peanut butter jar had 48 * 4 = 192 pieces of candy. The answer is 192.
[Question]A company has 100 employees. 60% of the employees drive to work. Of the employees who don't drive to work, half take public transportation. How many employees use public transportation to get to work?
[Answer]
Drive to work:100(.60) = 60. Don't Drive to work:100 - 60 = 40. Public Transportation:40(.50) = 20 employees. The answer is 20.