Q: When Jason plays the video game, Duty for Ashes, his mission to slay the dragon hoard requires that he fire his weapon on average every 15 seconds. And each time he fires his weapon, his power-fire setting allows him to shoot a flame for 5 seconds. On average, how many seconds per minute does Jason shoot flames at the dragon hoard?
A: Since he fires his weapon on average every 15 seconds, then in one minute he fires the flamethrower 60 / 15 = 4 times. And since each time he fires his weapon, he shoots flame for 5 seconds, then Jason shoots flames at the dragon hoard a total of 4 * 5 = 20 seconds of every minute. The answer is 20.
Question: Kristine has 7 more CDs than Dawn. If Dawn has 10 CDs, how many CDs do they have together?
Answer: Kristine has 10 + 7 = 17 CDs. Thus, they both have 10 + 17 = 27 CDs together. The answer is 27.
[Question]Zane purchases 2 polo shirts from the 40% off rack at the men's store. The polo shirts are $50 each at the regular price. How much did he pay for the shirts?
[Answer]At regular price, the polo shirts are 2 x $50 = $100. At 40% off, he gets a discount of , $100 x 40% = $40. With this discount, the polo shirts cost $100 - $40 = $60. The answer is 60.
Q: Tracy feeds each of her two dogs 1.5 cups of food per meal. She feeds her dogs thrice a day. How many pounds of food do her two dogs consume if 1 pound is equal to 2.25 cups?
A: Each dog consumes 1.5 x 3 = 4.5 cups of food a day. In pounds, this is equal to 4.5 / 2.25 = 2. So both consume 2 x 2 = 4 pounds of food. The answer is 4.
Question: An apple tree has three times as many apples as the number of plums on a plum tree. If Damien picks 3/5 of the fruits from the trees, calculate the total number of plums and apples remaining on the tree if there were 180 apples on the apple tree before Damien picked any of the fruits.
Answer: Initially, the were 180 / / 3 = 60 plums on the plum tree. When Damien picked 3 / 5 of the apples from the apple tree, he picked 3 / 5 * 180 = 108 apples. The number of apples remaining on the apple tree is 180 - 108 = 72. The number of plums that Damien picked from the plum tree is 3 / 5 * 60 = 36. The number of plums remaining on the plum tree is 60 - 36 = 24. The total number of fruits remaining on the trees is 72 apples + 24 plums = 96. The answer is 96.
Q: Two boys, Ben and Leo, are fond of playing marbles. Ben has 56 marbles, while Leo has 20 more marbles than Ben. They put the marbles in one jar. How many marbles in the jar?
A:
Leo has 56 + 20 = 76 marbles. Therefore, there are 56 + 76 = 132 marbles in the jar. The answer is 132.