[Question]Jamie is a firefighter. One day an emergency call comes in from Mrs. Thompson, an elderly woman whose cat can't get down a 20-foot tree. The last time Jamie rescued a cat, he got it down from a 6-foot tree and had to climb 12 rungs of his ladder. How many rungs does he have to climb this time to get the cat down from the tree?
[Answer]Jamie needed 12 / 6 = 2 rungs per foot of the tree to save the first cat. To climb a 20 - foot tree, Jamie needs 20 * 2 = 40 rungs. The answer is 40.
Q: A colony of bees can contain up to 80000 individuals. In winter they are more exposed to death, and if the winter is really cold the bees can begin to die slowly. If the colony starts to lose 1200 bees per day, how many days will pass until the number of bees in the colony reaches a fourth of its initial number?
A: A fourth of the initial number of bees is 80000 bees / 4 = 20000 bees. The number of bees that has to die is 80000 bees 20000 bees = 60000 bees. For the colony to reach a fourth of its population, 60000 bees 1200 bees / day = 50 days have to pass. The answer is 50.
Question: John buys 4 pounds of beef. He uses all but 1 pound in soup. He uses twice as many pounds of vegetables as beef. How many pounds of vegetables did he use?
Answer: He used 4 - 1 = 3 pounds of beef. So he used 3 * 2 = 6 pounds of vegetables. The answer is 6.
[Question]Two brick walls are being built. Each wall has 30 bricks in a single row and there are 50 rows in each wall. How many bricks will be used to make both walls?
[Answer]Each brick wall needs 30 x 50 = 1500 bricks. Thus, the two walls need 1500 x 2 = 3000 bricks. The answer is 3000.
Q: Together Felipe and Emilio needed a combined time of 7.5 years to build their homes. Felipe finished in half the time of Emilio. How many months did it take Felipe to build his house?
A: Let F = the number of years Felipe needed to build his house. Emilio = 2F. 3F = 7.5 years. F = 2.5 years. 2.5 years = 30 months. It took Felipe 30 months to build his house. The answer is 30.
Question: George and Amelia are picking oranges and apples at an orchard. George picks 45 oranges and 5 more apples than Amelia. Amelia picks 18 fewer oranges than George and 15 apples. How many fruits do they pick altogether?
Answer:
Amelia picks 45 - 18 = 27 oranges. The total number of oranges that they pick is 45 + 27 = 72. George picks 15 + 5 = 20 apples. The total number of apples that they pick is 20 + 15 = 35. So, they pick 72 + 35 = 107 fruits altogether. The answer is 107.