Q: The tornado picked up the Smith's car and transported it 200 feet in the air before dropping it into the neighbors' pool. Also in the pool was a lawn chair that had been blown twice as far as the car had been transported. And the pool also contained a birdhouse that had flown through the air three times farther than the lawn chair had been blown. How far, in feet, far had the birdhouse flown?
A: The lawn chair was blown twice as far as the car, or 2 * 200 = 400 feet. The birdhouse had flown 3 times farther than the lawn chair had been blown, or 3 * 400 = 1200 feet. The answer is 1200.
Question: There were students from three different schools taking part in a debate organized by the town's mayor on a stage. The first school had twice as many students as the second school, and the second school had 40 more students than the third school. If the third school had 200 students, and after the debate was over, every student shook the mayor's hand, calculate the total number of students who shook the mayor's hand on the stage.
Answer: If the third school had 200 students, and the second school had 40 more students than the third school, the second school had 200 + 40 = 240 students. The third and second schools had 240 + 200 = 440 students on stage taking part in the debate. Since the first school had twice as many students as the second school, and the second school had 240 students, the first school had 240 * 2 = 480 students on stage taking part in the debate. If after the debate was over, every student at the stage shook the mayor's hand, the number of students who shook the mayor's hand is 480 + 440 = 920 students. The answer is 920.
[Question]Janessa has a plan to give her brother Dexter his first collection of baseball cards. She currently has 4 cards in addition to the 13 that her father gave her. She ordered a collection of 36 cards from eBay. After inspecting the cards she found 4 cards are in bad shape and decides to throw them away. Janessa ended up giving Dexter 29 cards. How many cards did Janessa keep for herself?
[Answer]Janessa starts with 4 cards + 13 cards = 17 cards. She adds 17 cards + 36 cards = 53 cards from the eBay purchase. Janessa decides to throw away 53 cards - 4 cards = 49 cards due to damage. After giving Dexter the present we know that Janessa kept 49 cards - 29 cards = 20 cards for herself. The answer is 20.
Q: Emma is 7 years old. If her sister is 9 years older than her, how old will Emma be when her sister is 56?
A: Emma's sister is 7 + 9 = 16 years old. In this many years, Emma's sister will be 56 years old: 56 - 16 = 40 years. When her sister is 56 years old, Emma will be 7 + 40 = 47 years. The answer is 47.
Question: James buys 100 tennis balls and gives half of them away. The other half he puts into 5 large containers. How many tennis balls go in each container?
Answer: He keeps 100 / 2 = 50 tennis balls. So 50 / 5 = 10 go in each container. The answer is 10.
Q: Paul lives in a 5th story apartment. He makes 3 trips out from and back to his apartment throughout the day each day of a week. How many feet does he travel vertically in total over the week if each story is 10 feet tall?
A:
Since Paul makes 3 trips per day, and each trip involves going both down and up, this means he travels the full vertical distance of his apartment complex 3 * 2 = 6 times a day. Since there are 7 days in a week, this means he makes this trip 6 * 7 = 42 times a week. Since each story is 10 feet tall, that means with 5 stories he travels 5 * 10 = 50 feet each trip. Since he made 42 trips of 50 feet each, this means he traveled 50 * 42 = 2100 feet in a week. The answer is 2100.