Question: Louise is hanging 30 of her pictures on the wall. She hangs some of them vertically, half of them horizontally, then hangs the remaining 5 pictures haphazardly. How many pictures did Louise hang vertically?
Answer: There are 30 / 2 = 15 pictures hanging horizontally. So there is a total of 15 + 5 = 20 pictures hanging either horizontally or haphazardly. Therefore, there are 30 20 = 10 pictures hanging vertically. The answer is 10.
[Question]Carolyn wants to embroider her new jeans. She can sew 4 stitches/minute. A flower takes 60 stitches to embroider, a unicorn takes 180 stitches, and Godzilla takes 800 stitches. If Carolyn wants to embroider Godzilla crushing 3 unicorns and 50 flowers, how many minutes does she need to spend embroidering?
[Answer]First find the total stitches in all the flowers by multiplying the number of stitches per flower by the number of flowers: 50 flowers * 60 stitches / flower = 3000 stitches. Then do the same for the total number of stitches in the unicorns: 3 unicorns * 180 stitches / unicorn = 540 stitches. Then add the number of stitches for all the flowers, unicorns, and Godzilla to find the total number of stitches: 800 stitches + 540 stitches + 3000 stitches = 4340 stitches. Finally, divide the total number of stitches by the number of stitches Carolyn can make per hour to find how many hours she spends embroidering: 4340 stitches / 4 stitches / minute = 1085 minutes. The answer is 1085.
Q: Lisa makes breakfast for her family every morning, Monday through Friday. She makes 2 eggs for each of her 4 children and 3 eggs for her husband. Then, she makes 2 eggs for herself. How many eggs does Lisa cook for her family for breakfast in a year?
A: Lisa makes 2 eggs / child x 4 children = 8 eggs for her children. She makes 3 eggs for her husband + 2 for herself + 8 for her children = 13 eggs. Lisa makes breakfast 5 days a week for 52 weeks a year, so 5 * 52 = 260 breakfasts. So Lisa makes 13 eggs / breakfast x 260 breakfasts = 3,380 eggs. The answer is 3380.
Question: On a normal day, Julia can run a mile in 10 minutes. However, today she decided to wear her new shoes to run. They were uncomfortable and slowed her mile down to 13 minutes. How much longer would it take Julia to run 5 miles in her new shoes than if she wore her old ones?
Answer: With her regular shoes, it should take 5 * 10 = 50 minutes to run five miles. If she wore her new shoes it would take 13 * 5 = 65 minutes to run five miles. 65 - 50 = 15 more minutes. The answer is 15.
[Question]Pat is hunting for sharks to take photos. For every photo he takes he earns $15. He sees a shark about every 10 minutes. His boat fuel costs $50 an hour. If he shark hunts for 5 hours, how much money can he expect to make in profit?
[Answer]He will use $250 in fuel because 5 x 50 = 250. He will be shark hunting for 300 minutes because 5 x 60 = 300. He can expect to see 30 sharks because 300 / 10 = 30. He will make $450 off these photos because 30 x 15 = 450. He will make $200 in profit because 450 - 250 = 200. The answer is 200.
[Question]Rachel is stuffing envelopes. She has eight hours to complete the task, and there are 1,500 envelopes. In the first hour, Rachel stuffs 135 envelopes. The second hour she stuffs 141 envelopes. How many envelopes will Rachel need to stuff per hour to finish the job?
[Answer]
Rachel has 1500 - 135 - 141 envelopes = 1224 envelopes remaining to stuff. Rachel has 8 hours - 2 hours = 6 hours left to finish the task. Rachel needs to stuff 1224 envelopes / 6 hours = 204 envelopes per hour. The answer is 204.