Question: A class composed of 12 girls and 10 boys was sent to the library for their reading class. Their teacher found out that only 5/6 of the girls and 4/5 of the boys are reading. How many students are not reading?
Answer: There are 12 x 5 / 6 = 10 girls who are reading. So, 12 - 10 = 2 girls are not reading. There are 10 x 4 / 5 = 8 boys who are reading. So, 10 - 8 = 2 boys are not reading. Thus, there are a total of 2 girls + 2 boys = 4 students who are not reading. The answer is 4.
[Question]Emma has saved $230 in her bank account. She withdrew $60 to buy a new pair of shoes. The next week, she deposited twice as much money as she withdrew. How much is in her bank account now?
[Answer]Emma had $230 - $60 = $170 left in her bank account after she withdrew $60. The next week, she deposited $60 x 2 = $120. Hence, she now has a total of $170 + $120 = $290 in her bank account. The answer is 290.
Q: Bubba bought a new two-story warehouse. When empty, the first floor of the building contains twice as much floor space for storage as the second floor. The first items he brought into his empty building were several thousand boxes; and he put them all on the second floor, which filled one-quarter of the second floor storage space. If the boxes used up 5,000 square feet of storage space, how many square feet of storage space is still available in the building?
A: If 5,000 square feet represents one - quarter of the second floor storage space, then the second floor has 5,000 * 4 = 20,000 square feet of storage space. Since the first floor has twice as much space as the second floor, then the first floor has 20,000 * 2 = 40,000 square feet of storage space. Altogether, when empty, the entire building has 20,000 + 40,000 = 60,000 square feet of storage space. Since the second floor has 5,000 square feet of storage space filled with boxes, then there are 60,000 - 5,000 = 55,000 square feet of unused storage space still available in the building. The answer is 55000.
Question: The coffee shop sold 8 more than four times the number of lattes as it did teas. If 6 teas were sold how many lattes did the coffee shop sell?
Answer: Four times the number of teas sold is 4 * 6 = 24. 24 + 8 = 32 lattes were sold. The answer is 32.
[Question]Woody wants to buy a games console that costs $282. Woody already has $42 and receives an allowance of $24 every week. How many weeks will it take him to save the money he needs for the game console?
[Answer]Woody needs to save another $282 - $42 = $240 to be able to afford a games console. It will take Woody $240 / $24 / week = 10 weeks to save up enough money. The answer is 10.
[Question]Tom weighs 150 kg. He manages to hold 1.5 times his weight in each hand while wearing a weight vest weighing half his weight. How much total weight was he moving with?
[Answer]
He was carrying 150 * 1.5 = 225 kg in each hand. So he had 225 * 2 = 450 kg in his hands. The weight vest weighed 150 * .5 = 75 kg. So he had a total of 450 + 75 = 525 kg he was moving. The answer is 525.