[Question]A football team shares a single water cooler during practice. During practice, linemen get the first water break and will drink 8 ounces each. Skill position players get the second water break and drink 6 ounces each. The team has 12 linemen and 10 skill position players. If the cooler holds 126 ounces of water, how many skill position players must wait for the cooler to be refilled before they can get a drink?
[Answer]The 12 linemen go first and will drink a total of 12 * 8 = 96 ounces of water from the cooler. This will leave 126 - 96 = 30 ounces for the skill position players. Then, the 30 ounces of water that remains is enough for 30 / 6 = 5 of the skill position players. Therefore, 10 - 5 = 5 skill position players must wait for the cooler to be refilled before they can get a drink. The answer is 5.
Q: Martha spends 10 minutes turning the router off and on again, six times that long on hold with Comcast, and half as much time as she spent on hold yelling at a customer service representative. How much time did Martha spend on these activities total?
A: First find the total time Martha spent on hold: 10 minutes * 6 = 60 minutes. Then find the time she spent yelling: 60 minutes / 2 = 30 minutes. Then add all the amount of time to find the total time: 60 minutes + 30 minutes + 10 minutes = 100 minutes. The answer is 100.
Question: Francine wants to know if a local chemical plant is releasing toxic waste that makes the frogs mutate. In one local pond, she catches 5 frogs with extra legs, 2 frogs with 2 heads, two frogs that are bright red, and 18 normal frogs. What percentage of the frogs have mutated, rounded to the nearest integer?
Answer: First add up the numbers of the three kinds of mutant frog: 5 frogs + 2 frogs + 2 frogs = 9 frogs. Then add that number to the number of normal frogs to find the total number of frogs: 9 frogs + 18 frogs = 27 frogs. Finally, divide the number of mutant frogs by the total number of frogs and multiply by 100% to find the percentage of frogs that are mutants: 9 frogs / 27 frogs * 100% = 33.333...%, which rounds to 33%. The answer is 33.
[Question]The local salon offers mani/pedis for $40.00. They are running a Mother's day special and offering 25% off their regular rate. Charlotte is treating herself, her daughter and 3 granddaughters to a spa day. How much will Charlotte spend on 5 mani/pedis?
[Answer]A mani / pedi is $40.00 and they are offering 25% off so that's 40 * .25 = $10.00 discount. The mani / pedi is $40.00 and there is a $10.00 discount so each one is 40 - 10 = $30.00. Charlotte is treating herself and 4 other people for a total of 5 people at $30.00 each so it will cost 5 * 30 = $150.00. The answer is 150.
Q: Jenny collects cans and bottles to take down to the recycling center. Each bottle weighs 6 ounces and each can weighs 2 ounces. Jenny can carry a total of 100 ounces. She collects 20 cans and as many bottles as she can carry. If she gets paid 10 cents per bottle and 3 cents per can, how much money does she make (in cents)?
A: First, the weight of 20 cans is 20 cans * 2 oz per can = 40 oz. Thus, Jenny has the capacity to carry 100 oz - 40 oz = 60 oz of bottles. Jenny can carry 60 oz / 6 oz per bottle = 10 bottles. Jenny earns 10 bottles * 10 cents per bottle = 100 cents for the bottles. Jenny earns 20 cans * 3 cents per can = 60 cents for the cans. In total, she earns 100 cents + 60 cents = 160 cents. The answer is 160.
Question: Jonah decided to set up an aquarium. He started with 14 small fish. He added 2 more, but they ate 6 of his original fish before he could remove them and take them back to the store. He exchanged them for 3 new fish. How many fish does Jonah have now?
Answer:
Jonah started with 14 fish + 2 more = 16 fish. Of the 16 fish 6 were eaten 2 were returned to the store = 8 fish. After he returned the fish to the store, he exchanged them for 3 new fish + 8 fish that were left = 11 fish now in his tank. The answer is 11.