Q: Brendan has entered a kickboxing competition and wins matches against multiple contestants. He wins all of the matches in the first 2 rounds, each of which had 6 matches, then wins half of the 4 matches in the last round. How many matches did Brendan win throughout the competition?
A: In the first 2 rounds, Brendan wins a total of 2 rounds * 6 matches per round = 12 matches. In the last round, Brendan wins half of the matches which is 4 matches / 2 = 2 matches. Throughout the competition, Brendan has therefore won 12 + 2 = 14 matches. The answer is 14.
Question: William is a jockey. He can ride his horse for 6 hours a day. Over 6 days, he only used the maximum riding time twice. On two days he rode his horse for only 1.5 hours a day and half the maximum time for the next two days. How many hours did William ride his horse during those 6 days?
Answer: William used two days to the limit, which means 6 * 2 = 12 hours of horse riding. For two days he rode a horse 1.5 a day, which makes up to 1.5 * 2 = 3 hours. For the next two days, he used only half of the maximum time which means 6 * 0.5 = 3 hours a day. That means 2 * 3 = 6 hours during these two days. So in total William rode his horse for 12 + 3 + 6 = 21 hours. The answer is 21.
[Question]During one hour, Tom can read 12 pages of a book. How many pages would he be able to read during 2 hours if he could increase his reading speed by a factor of 3?
[Answer]If Tom could triple his reading speed, he could read 12 * 3 = 36 pages of a book in one hour. Therefore, during two hours he could read 36 * 2 = 72 pages. The answer is 72.
Q: 3 families of 4 people shared a vacation rental for 7 days. Everyone uses 1 oversized beach towel a day before getting a new one. The washing machine can hold 14 oversized beach towels per load. How many loads of laundry will it take to wash all the oversized beach towels?
A: There are 3 families of 4 meaning there are 3 * 4 = 12 people in the vacation rental. They all use 1 oversized beach towel a day so they use 1 * 12 = 12 towels a day. They use 12 towels a day for 7 days so in one week they use 12 * 7 = 84 beach towels. The washing machine can only hold 14 towels and they have 84 towels to wash which means there are 84 / 14 = 6 loads of laundry. The answer is 6.
Question: Max attended 40 college courses in 2 years. Sid attended four times as many college courses as Max in the same period. What's the total of college courses they both attended?
Answer: If Sid attended four times as many college courses as Max, he attended 4 * 40 = 160 college courses. The total of college courses they both attended is 160 + 40 = 200. The answer is 200.
Q: Phillip's mother asked him to go to the supermarket to buy some things and gave him $95, so he spent $14 on oranges, $25 on apples and $6 on candy. How much money does he have left?
A:
If we add everything Phillip bought, we will have: $14 + $25 + $6 = $45. He spent $45, and we know that he had $95 dollars, so now we have to subtract: $95 - $45 = $50. The answer is 50.