[Question]Mary only has 8 screws on hand and needs to buy 2 times more to fix her sink. When she is beginning repairs, she has to split the screws into four sections. How many are in each pile?
[Answer]Mary originally had 8 screws, then went to buy twice more screws and ended up with 8 + (8 * 2) = 24 of them. She then split them into four piles of 24 / 4 = 6. The answer is 6.
Q: The novel that everyone is reading for English class has half as many pages as their history book. Their science book has 4 times the amount of pages as their novel. If the history book has 300 pages, how many pages does their science book have?
A: Their novel is half as long as their 300 - page history book so it is 300 / 2 = 150 pages. Their science book has 4 times the amount of pages as their novel, which is 150 pages, so their science book has 4 * 150 = 600 pages. The answer is 600.
Question: Jerome bought 5 new toy cars last month. This month he bought twice as many so that he has 40 toy cars now. How many toy cars did Jerome have originally?
Answer: Jerome bought 5 x 2 = 10 toy cars this month. So he bought a total of 5 + 10 = 15 toy cars. Therefore, Jerome had 40 - 15 = 25 toy cars originally. The answer is 25.
[Question]An apartment building has 12 floors and half of them are full. The remaining floors are all at half-capacity. If each floor has 10 apartments and each apartment has four people, how many people are in the building?
[Answer]Half the floors are full, so there are 12 floors * 0.5 = 6 floors that are full. So the full floors contain 6 floors * 10 apartments = 60 apartments. The remaining floors are at half - capacity, so there are 12 floors 6 full floors = 6 half - full floors. Each of these floors therefore contains 10 apartments * 0.5 = 5 apartments. So on the half - full floors, there are a total of 6 floors * 5 apartments = 30 apartments. In total, there are 30 + 60 = 90 filled apartments in the building. This means there are 90 apartments * 4 people per apartment = 360 people in the building. The answer is 360.
Q: Ryan builds model mustang cars. A full size mustang is 240 inches long. The mid-size model that Ryan creates is 1/10th the size, and the smallest model that Ryan creates is half the size of the mid-size model. How many inches long is the smallest model mustang?
A: Mid - size:240 / 10 = 24 inches. Small Model:24 / 2 = 12 inches. The answer is 12.
Question: Carla's teacher tells her that she needs to collect 30 leaves and 20 bugs for a project that's due in 10 days. How many items does Carla need to collect each day if she always wants to collect the same daily amount?
Answer:
First find the total number of items Carla needs to find by adding the number of leaves to the number of bugs: 30 leaves + 20 bugs = 50 items. Now divide the total number of items by the number of days Carla has to do her assignment to find the daily collection amount: 50 items / 10 days = 5 items / day. The answer is 5.