Question: Jason is making pasta. He fills the pot with 41 degree water. Each minute the temperature of the water increases by 3 degrees. Once the water reaches 212 degrees and is boiling, Jason needs to cook his pasta for 12 minutes. Then it will take him 1/3 that long to mix the pasta with the sauce and make a salad. How many minutes does it take Jason to cook dinner?
Answer: First find how many degrees the temperature of the water needs to increase: 212 degrees - 41 degrees = 171 degrees. Then divide that amount by the number of degrees the water temperature increases each minute to find how long it takes the water to boil: 171 degrees / 3 degrees / minute = 57 minutes. Now figure out how long it takes to mix the pasta and make salad by dividing the pasta cook time by 3: 12 minutes / 3 = 4 minutes. Now add the boiling time, cook time, and mixing time to find the total time it takes to make dinner: 57 minutes + 4 minutes + 12 minutes = 73 minutes. The answer is 73.
[Question]Trisha just got a job offer for an hourly job that pays 15 dollars an hour, 40 hours per week. She has been told to estimate that 20 percent of her pay will be withheld to pay taxes, unemployment insurance, and social security. Assuming Trisha works 52 weeks in a year, what is her annual "take-home" pay?
[Answer]Trisha's pay before taxes is 15 dollars an hour x 40 hours per week x 52 weeks = 31,200 dollars. The amount withheld is 20 percent, or 0.2 x 31,200 = 6,240 dollars. Trisha's gross pay of 31,200 - 6,240 = 24,960 dollars. The answer is 24960.
Q: If Layla scored 104 goals in four hockey games and Kristin scored 24 fewer goals in the same four games, calculate the average number of goals the two scored.
A: If Layla scored 104 goals in four hockey games and Kristin scored 24 fewer goals in the same four games, Kristin scored 104 - 24 = 80 goals. The combined number of goals they scored is 80 + 104 = 184. The average number of goals they scored is 184 / 2 = 92. The answer is 92.
Question: Maria collects stamps and wants to enlarge her collection. She has collected 40 stamps so far and plans to have 20% more. How many stamps in total does Maria want to collect?
Answer: Maria plans on having 40 * 20 / 100 = 8 more stamps in her collection. This means she wants to have 40 + 8 = 48 stamps. The answer is 48.
[Question]Ariel is collecting fish. She has 45 fish. 2/3 are male. How many female fish does she have?
[Answer]1 / 3 of her fish are female because 1 - (2 / 3) = 1 / 3. She has 15 female fish because 45 x (1 / 3) = 15. The answer is 15.
[Question]Miles and Daphne are comparing their reading collection and want to figure out who has more pages. They are about to count each page, but their parents suggest that they see whose collection is taller. Mile's collection is taller, but then Daphne notices that Miles reads board books, and so the pages are thicker. After some more measuring, they figure out that for Miles, 1 inch equals 5 pages, but for Daphne 1 inch equals 50 pages. If Miles's books are 240 inches tall and Daphne's collection is 25 inches tall, how many pages are in the longest collection?
[Answer]
Miles's collection has 1,200 pages because 240 x 5 = 1,200. Daphne's collection has 1,250 pages because 25 x 50 = 1,250. The largest collection has 1,250 pages because 1,250 > 1,200. The answer is 1250.