Question: In the Oprah Winfrey High School marching band, each trumpet and clarinet player carries 5 pounds of weight, each trombone player carries 10 pounds of weight, each tuba player carries 20 pounds of weight, and each drum player carries 15 pounds of weight. If there are 6 trumpets, 9 clarinets, 8 trombones, 3 tubas, and 2 drummers, how much weight does the total marching band carry?
Answer: First find the total number of clarinet and trumpet players: 6 players + 9 players = 15 players. Then find the total weight of the trumpets and clarinets: 15 players * 5 pounds / player = 75 pounds. Then find the total weight of the trombones: 8 players * 10 pounds / player = 80 pounds. Then find the total weight of the tubas: 3 players * 20 pounds / player = 60 pounds. Then find the total weight of the drummers: 2 drummers * 15 pounds / player = 30 pounds. Then add the weight of each type of instrument to find the total weight: 75 pounds + 80 pounds + 60 pounds + 30 pounds = 245 pounds. The answer is 245.
[Question]Mitch made 20 macarons. Joshua made 6 more macarons than Mitch but half as many macarons as Miles. Renz made 1 fewer than 3/4 as many macarons as Miles. If they will combine their macarons to give them to the kids on the street, how many kids would receive 2 macarons each?
[Answer]Joshua made 20 + 6 = 26 macarons. Miles made 26 x 2 = 52 macarons. Three - fourths of Miles' macarons is 52 x 3 / 4 = 39. So Renz made 39 - 1 = 38 macarons. The four of them have a total of 20 + 26 + 52 + 38 = 136 macarons combined. Thus, 136 / 2 = 68 kids would receive 2 macarons each. The answer is 68.
Q: Joel is picking peppers from his garden. He picks 7 on Sunday, 12 on Monday, 14 on Tuesday, 12 on Wednesday, 5 on Thursday, 18 on Friday and 12 on Saturday. He knows that in his garden 20% of the peppers are hot and the rest are not. How many non-hot peppers did he pick?
A: He picked 80 peppers because 7 + 12 + 14 + 12 + 5 + 18 + 12 = 80. 80% of the peppers are not hot because 100 - 20 = 80. He picked 64 non - hot peppers because 80 x .8 = 64. The answer is 64.
Question: The hobby store normally sells 21,122 trading cards per month. In June, the hobby store sold 3,922 more trading cards than normal. If the hobby store sold the regular number of trading cards in July, how many trading cards did the hobby store sell in June and July combined?
Answer: In June the hobby store sold 21,122 + 3,922 = 25,044 trading cards. Over June and July the store sold 25,044 + 21,122 = 46,166 trading cards. The answer is 46166.
[Question]Jacob is making s'mores. Each s'more takes two graham crackers and one marshmallow. If Jacob has 48 graham crackers and 6 marshmallows, how many more marshmallows does he need to buy?
[Answer]First find the number of marshmallows Jacob needs: 48 graham crackers / 2 graham crackers / marshmallow = 24 marshmallows. Then subtract the number of marshmallows Jacob already has from the number he needs to find the number he needs to buy: 24 marshmallows - 6 marshmallows = 18 marshmallows. The answer is 18.
[Question]Brad's zip code consists of five numbers that add up to 10. The first and second numbers are the same. The third number is zero. The fourth number is double the first number. The fourth and fifth numbers add up to 8. What is Brad's zip code?
[Answer]
The five numbers add up to 10, so the first three numbers add up to 10 - 8 = 2. The third number is 0, so the first two numbers add up to 2 - 0 = 2. The first and second numbers are equal, so they are both 2 / 2 = 1. The fourth number is double the first number, so it is 2 * 1 = 2. The fifth number is 8 - 2 = 6. Thus, Brad's zip code is 11026. The answer is 11026.