Question: Gary buys 4 chickens. After two years, he has 8 times as many chickens as he started with. If each chicken lays 6 eggs a day, how many eggs does Gary currently collect every week?
Answer: After two years, Gary has 4 * 8 = 32 chickens. Gary collects each day 32 chickens * 6 eggs per chicken = 192 eggs. In a week he collects 192 eggs per day * 7 days per week = 1344 eggs. The answer is 1344.
[Question]Jessica wrote a long letter to her aunt and needed to put stamps on it to mail it. She used eight pieces of paper that weigh 1/5 of an ounce each, and her envelope weighs 2/5 of an ounce. She needed one stamp per ounce. How many stamps did Jessica need to mail her letter?
[Answer]Jessica's papers weigh 8 * 1 / 5 = 8 / 5 ounces. The papers in the envelope weigh 8 / 5 + 2 / 5 = 10 / 5 = 2 ounces. Thus, Jessica needs 2 * 1 = 2 stamps to mail her letter. The answer is 2.
Q: Leila spent $40 which is 1/4 of her money on a sweater. She was then left with $20 after spending the rest of her money on buying pieces of jewelry. How much more did Leila spend on jewelry than on the sweater?
A: Since 1 / 4 of her money is $40, then Leila originally had $40 x 4 = $160. $160 - $40 = $120 was left after buying a sweater. Since she is left with $20, Leila spent $120 - $20 = $100 on jewelry. Therefore, she spent $100 - $40 = $60 more for jewelry than on a sweater. The answer is 60.
Question: Marcos has to get across a 5 mile lake in his speedboat in 10 minutes so he can make it to work on time. How fast does he need to go in miles per hour to make it?
Answer: 10 minutes for 5 miles means 10 minutes / 5 miles = 2 minutes / mile. 1 hour is 60 minutes so 60 minutes / hour / 2 minutes / mile = 30 miles / hour. The answer is 30.
[Question]Joseph had socks of many different colors. His dresser drawer was filled to overflowing with red, blue, black, and white socks. Uncertain of how many pairs he had of each color, he began to sort his socks. He discovered that he had three more pairs of blue socks than he had pairs of black socks. He had one less pair of red socks than he had pairs of white socks. He had twice as many blue socks as he had of red socks. And he counted a total of 6 red socks. What is the total number of Joseph's socks?
[Answer]Starting with 6 red socks, twice the number of blue socks as red meant Joseph had 2 * 6 = 12 blue socks. With one less pair of red socks than white socks, this meant 2 fewer red socks than white, for a total of 6 - 2 = 4 white socks. Also, 12 blue socks = 6 pairs of blue socks. With three more pairs of blue socks than pairs of black socks, this means he had 6 - 3 = 3 pairs of black socks. And three pairs of black socks corresponds to 3 * 2 = 6 black socks. Thus, in total, he had 6 + 12 + 4 + 6 = 28 socks. The answer is 28.
[Question]The town of Belize has 400 homes. One fourth of the town's homes are white. One fifth of the non-white homes have a fireplace. How many of the non-white homes do not have a fireplace?
[Answer]
There are 400 / 4 = 100 white homes in Belize. There are 400 - 100 = 300 non - white homes in Belize. There are 300 / 5 = 60 non - white homes that have a fireplace. There are 300 - 60 = 240 non - white homes that do not have a fireplace. The answer is 240.