Q: Uncle Ben has 440 chickens on his farm. 39 are roosters and the rest are hens. 15 of his hens do not lay eggs, and the rest do. If each egg-laying hen lays 3 eggs, how many eggs will Uncle Ben have?
A: Uncle Ben has 440 chickens - 39 roosters = 401 hens. Uncle Ben has 401 hens - 15 that don't lay eggs = 386 hens that lay eggs. The egg - laying hens each lay 3 eggs * 386 hens = 1158 eggs. The answer is 1158.
Question: Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?
Answer: The amount of material that Jennie needs per quilts is 21 yards / 7 quilts = 3 yards per quilt. In order to make 12 quilts, Jennie will need 12 quilts * 3 yards = 36 yards. The answer is 36.
[Question]Saturday at the ice cream shop, there were twice as many people who ordered vanilla ice cream as ordered chocolate ice cream. If 220 people ordered ice cream on Saturday, and 20% of those ordered vanilla ice cream, how many people ordered chocolate ice cream?
[Answer]If 20% of 220 customers ordered vanilla, then there were 0.2 * 220 = 44 customers who ordered vanilla. If there were twice as many people who ordered vanilla as chocolate, then 44 / 2 = 22 customers ordered chocolate. The answer is 22.
Q: Tina is a professional boxer. She wins her first 10 fights of her career. She then goes on to win 5 more before losing her first fight, and then doubles her number of wins before losing again. She then retires. How many more wins than losses does she have at the end of her career?
A: Tina wins her first 10, and then wins 5 more for 10 + 5 = 15 wins before losing 1. She then doubles her number of wins for a total of 15 * 2 = 30 wins, before losing 1 more for 1 + 1 = 2 losses. For her career she has 30 - 2 = 28 more wins than losses. The answer is 28.
Question: Alani earned $45 for 3 hours of baby-sitting. At the same rate, for how many hours would she need to baby-sit to earn $75?
Answer: The rate is $45 / 3 = $15 / hr. She would need to baby - sit for $75 / $15 = 5 hours. The answer is 5.
Q: Nina enjoys keeping insects as pets. She has 3 spiders and 50 ants. Each spider has 8 eyes. Each ant has 2 eyes. How many eyes are there in total among Nina's pet insects?
A:
The number of eyes from the spiders is 3 * 8 = 24 eyes. The number of eyes from the ants is 50 * 2 = 100 eyes. The total number of eyes among Nina's insects is 24 + 100 = 124 eyes. The answer is 124.