Question: Diane shows Sarah a game that deciphers at what age she will marry based on her name and current age. Sarah is 9 years old. The game consists of adding the number of letters in the player's name plus twice the player's age. According to the game, at what age will Sarah get married?
Answer: Sarah's name has 5 letters, so the first number to add is 5. The second number is twice Sarah's age, so it is 2 * 9 = 18. Adding the numbers together, the game predicts that Sarah will get married at 5 + 18 = 23 years old. The answer is 23.
[Question]At a recent fishing tournament, Alex caught 7 times as many fish as Jacob. Jacob did not think that he had any chance of winning, but Alex became overconfident and knocked over his bucket of fish, losing 23 fish back to the lake. If Jacob had 8 fish at the beginning, how many more fish does he need to catch to beat Alex by just 1 fish?
[Answer]At the beginning, Jacob had 8 fish. Alex had 7 * 8 = 56 fish. After knocking the bucket over, Alex was left with 56 - 23 = 33 fish left. The final amount caught by Jacob to beat Alex by 1 fish is 33 + 1 = 34 fish. Then Jacob needs to catch 34 - 8 = 26 fish more. The answer is 26.
Q: In twenty years, Ramon will be twice as old as Loui today. If Loui is currently 23 years old, how old is Ramon now?
A: If Loui is currently 23 years old, twice her age, which is the same as twice Ramon's age in twenty years, is 23 * 2 = 46. If in twenty years Ramon will be 46, currently he is 46 - 20 = 26 years old. The answer is 26.
Question: There is a group of 18 people who are ordering pizza. If each person gets 3 slices and each pizza has 9 slices, how many pizzas should they order?
Answer: Each person eats 3 slices of pizza, the group in total eats 18 x 3 = 54 slices. There are 54 slices in 54 / 9 = 6 pizzas. The answer is 6.
[Question]Musa is the class teacher of a class of 45 students. He wants to split them into three groups by age. If a third of the class is under 11 years, and two-fifths are above 11 but under 13, how many students will be in the third group (13 years and above)?
[Answer]The first group is a third of the class which is (1 / 3) * 45 = 15 students. There are 15 students in the first group, so there are 45 - 15 = 30 students. The second group is two - fifths of the class which is (2 / 5) * 45 = 18 students. There are 18 in the second group so there are 30 - 18 = 12 students left in the third group. The answer is 12.
[Question]24 gallons per second of water flows down a waterfall. If you have an empty basin that can hold 260 gallons of water. The basin leaks water at 4 gallons per second. how long would it take to fill the basin with water from the waterfall in seconds?
[Answer]
24 gallons in minus 4 gallons out is 24 - 4 = 20 gallons per second. 260 gallons divided by 20 gallons per second 260 / 20 = 13 seconds. The answer is 13.