Answer this question:Carrie is trying to sneak some mashed turnips into her kids' mashed potatoes. She knows they didn't notice when she mixed 2 cups of turnips with 5 cups of potatoes. If she has 20 cups of potatoes, how many cups of turnips can she add?
First find the number of cups of potatoes Carrie adds per one cup of turnips: 5 cups potatoes / 2 cups turnips = 2.5 cups potatoes / cup turnips. Then divide the number of cups of potatoes she has that that ratio to find the number of cups of turnips she adds: 20 cups potatoes / 2.5 cups potatoes / cup turnips = 8 cups turnips.
The answer is 8.

Answer this question:If a bunny comes out of its burrow 3 times per minute, calculate the combined number of times 20 bunnies at the same pace will have come out of their burrows in 10 hours.
If a bunny comes out of its hole three times in a minute, in an hour, with 60 minutes, the bunny will come out of the hole 60 * 3 = 180 times. In 10 hours, a bunny will come out of their hole 180 * 10 = 1800 times. The combined time that 20 bunnies coming out of their holes will have taken in 10 hours is 1800 * 20 = 36000 times.
The answer is 36000.

Answer this question:Bill's take-home salary is $40,000. He pays $2,000 in property taxes, $3,000 in sales taxes, and 10% of his gross salary in income taxes. What is Bill's gross salary?
First, figure out how much Bill has before he pays property taxes: $40,000 + $2,000 = $42,000. Then, figure out how much Bill has before he pays sales taxes: $42,000 + $3,000 = $45,000. Next, figure out what percent of his salary Bill keeps after income tax: 100% - 10% = 90%. Now we know that .9g = $45,000, where g is Bill's gross salary. Now we can divide both sides of the equation by .9 to find that g = $50,000.
The answer is 50000.

Answer this question:Mr. Caiden wants to do repairs to his house and requires 300 feet of metal roofing to do this. If each foot of roofing costs $8, and the supplier of the metal roofing brings in 250 feet of metal roofing for free, how much money is Mr. Caiden required to pay for the remaining metal roofing?
The supplier brought 300 ft - 250 ft = 50 fewer feet of metal roofing. Therefore the total amount of money Mr. Caiden has to pay for the remaining metal roofings is 50 feet * $8 / foot = $400.
The answer is 400.