[Question]Marta is weighing fruit at the grocery store. The apples weigh four ounces each and the oranges weight 3 ounces. Each plastic bag in the grocery store can hold 49 ounces of fruit before it splits. If Martha wants to put an equal number of apples and oranges in each bag, and she wants to buy 3 full bags of fruit, how many ounces of apples should she buy?
[Answer]First figure out how many ounces of fruit fit in three bags by multiplying the number of bags by the number of ounces per bag: 49 oz / bag * 3 bags = 147 oz. Since Marta wants the same number of apples and oranges in each bag, we know the fruits always come in pairs. Find the weight of each pair of fruit by adding the weight of one apple to the weight of one orange: 3 oz + 4 oz = 7oz. Now figure out how many pairs of fruit Marta needs to fill the bags by dividing the total weight in the bags by the weight of each pair of fruit: 147 oz / 7 oz = 21. Now multiply the number of apples Marta needs to buy (21) by the weight per apple (4 oz) to find how many ounces she should buy: 21 * 4 oz = 84 oz. The answer is 84.
Q: Danny has three picnics blankets. When they are unfolded they each have an area of 8 x 8. After he folds them up, their total area is 48 square feet. How many times did he fold them?
A: The total area of each blanket is 8 * 8 = 64. Their total area is 192 square feet because 3 x 64 = 192. He folded them 4 times because 192 / 48 = 4. The answer is 4.
Question: If the first skyscraper was built 100 years ago, how many years in the future will it be 5 years before its 200th anniversary of being built?
Answer: First, we perform 200 - 5 = 195 to find the number of total years from the building being built that we're looking for. Then, we subtract out the 100 years that have already passed to determine the remaining amount of time, performing 195 - 100 = 95 years in the future. The answer is 95.
[Question]400 adults and 200 children go to a Broadway show. The price of an adult ticket is twice that of a child's ticket. What is the price of an adult ticket if the total amount collected is $16,000?
[Answer]Let X be the price of a child ticket. So the price of an adult ticket is X * 2. We know from the problem that 400 * X * 2 + 200 * X = 16,000. After multiplying, we have 800 * X + 200 * X = 16,000. Combining like terms, we have 1000 * X = 16,000. Dividing both sides by 1000, we have X = $16. The price of an adult ticket is $16 * 2 = $32. The answer is 32.
Q: Every year in January, Natalia, the librarian, tidies up the books. She has 145 novels, 271 comics, 419 documentaries, and 209 albums to store. She wants to put these in crates that can hold 9 items. How many crates will Natalia use?
A: Let's first calculate the total number of items: 145 + 271 + 419 + 209 = 1044 items. Now let's put the items in the crates: 1044 / 9 = 116 crates. The answer is 116.
Question: The local salon offers mani/pedis for $40.00. They are running a Mother's day special and offering 25% off their regular rate. Charlotte is treating herself, her daughter and 3 granddaughters to a spa day. How much will Charlotte spend on 5 mani/pedis?
Answer:
A mani / pedi is $40.00 and they are offering 25% off so that's 40 * .25 = $10.00 discount. The mani / pedi is $40.00 and there is a $10.00 discount so each one is 40 - 10 = $30.00. Charlotte is treating herself and 4 other people for a total of 5 people at $30.00 each so it will cost 5 * 30 = $150.00. The answer is 150.