[Question]James wants to learn to become a chess grandmaster. It takes 2 hours to learn the rules. It then takes him 49 times that long to get a level of proficiency to start playing in local tournaments. After that, he devotes his life to chess and spends 100 times as much as the combined time to get proficient to becoming a master. How much total time did he spend?
[Answer]It takes him 2 * 49 = 98 hours to go from knowing how to play to proficient. So he spends 98 + 2 = 100 hours combined on those. So it takes him 100 * 100 = 10,000 hours to become a master from proficient. So the total time was 100 + 10000 = 10,100 hours. The answer is 10100.
Q: Mr. Ha owns 5 more silver dollars than Mr. Phung. Mr. Phung has 16 more silver dollars than Mr. Chiu has. If Mr. Chiu has 56 silver dollars, how many silver dollars the three have in total?
A: Mr. Chiu has 56 silver dollars. If Mr. Phung has 16 more silver dollars than Mr. Chiu, then his total silver dollars is 56 + 16 = 72. The total number of silver dollars that Mr. Ha owns is 72 + 5 = 77. Combined, together they have 77 + 72 + 56 = 205 silver dollars. The answer is 205.
Question: Maiya has two sisters. The first sister is twice as old as Maiya. The first sister is 1 year younger than Maiya. Their average age is 5. How old is Maiya?
Answer: Their total age is 15 because 3 x 5 = 15. 15 - X - 2X - (X - 1) is equivalent to 16 = 4X. Maiya is 4 years old because 16 / 4 = 4. The answer is 4.
[Question]Pierre decides to bring his mother out for ice cream. His treat. Each scoop is $2. If he gets 3 scoops and his mom gets 4, what is the total bill?
[Answer]His ice cream is $6 because 3 x 2 = 6. His mom's is $8 because 4 x 2 = 8. The total is $14 because 6 + 8 = 14. The answer is 14.
Q: A farmer has 46 chickens. Each chicken gives him 6 eggs a week. If he sells a dozen eggs for $3, how much money would he make in 8 weeks?
A: The farmer gets 46 x 6 = 276 eggs a week. That gives him 276 / 12 = 23 dozen eggs. In one week, he makes 23 x 3 = $69. In 8 weeks, he makes $69 x 8 = $552. The answer is 552.
Question: On their way driving to Los Angeles, Benjamin and James see lots of billboard ads. Curious, Benjamin starts to count how many they see. In the first hour once he starts counting he counts 17 billboards. In the second hour once he starts counting he sees 20 billboards. In the third hour he sees 23 billboards. James asks Benjamin the average number of billboards they've seen per hour. What should Benjamin tell him?
Answer:
Benjamin counts 17 + 20 + 23 = 60 billboards total on the way to Los Angeles. Benjamin saw those billboards over 3 hours, so the average number of billboards per hour they saw 60 / 3 = 20 billboards per hour. The answer is 20.