[Question]Carla has 6 sunflowers and 8 dandelions. The sunflowers have 9 seeds per plant and the dandelions have 12 seeds per plant. What percentage of Carla's seeds come from the dandelions?
[Answer]First calculate the number of seeds from the sunflowers by multiplying the number of sunflowers by the number of seeds per sunflower: 6 sunflowers * 9 seeds / sunflower = 54 seeds. Next calculate the number of seeds from the dandelions by multiplying the number of dandelions by the number of seeds per dandelion: 8 dandelions * 12 seeds / dandelion = 96 seeds. Now add the number of seeds from each group of plants to find the total number of seeds: 54 seeds + 96 seeds = 150 seeds. Now divide the number of dandelion seeds by the total number of seeds and multiply the answer by 100 to find the percentage of seeds that come from the dandelions: 96 seeds / 150 seeds * 100% = 64%. The answer is 64.
Q: A bear is hunting for her cubs and herself. She needs 210 pounds of meat in a week. Each cub needs 35 pounds a week and she has 4 cubs. She hunts rabbits, which are five pounds each. If she hunts daily, how many rabbits does she need to catch each day?
A: The cubs need 140 pounds a week because 4 x 35 = 140. The family needs 350 pounds a week because 210 + 140 = 350. The family needs 50 pounds a day because 350 / 7 = 50. She needs to hunt 10 rabbits a day because 50 / 5 = 10. The answer is 10.
Question: Paul, a biology teacher, assigns 265 points in the first quarter. There are 4 times as many test points as quiz points, and 5 more quiz points than homework points. How many homework points are there in the first quarter?
Answer: Let x represent the number of homework points. Quiz:x + 5. Test:4(x + 5) = 4x + 20. Total:x + x + 5 + 4x + 20 = 265. 6x + 25 = 265. 6x = 240. x = 40 points. The answer is 40.
[Question]Marcel bought a pen for $4, and a briefcase for five times the price. How much did Marcel pay for both items?
[Answer]The cost of the briefcase was 5 * 4 = $20. So for both items Marcel paid 4 + 20 = $24. The answer is 24.
Q: A book is 98 pages long. Half of the pages are filled with images, and 11 with an introduction. Of the remaining pages, half are blank and the other half are filled with text. How many pages with text are there?
A: Half of the pages are images, which means 98 * 0.5 = 49 pages. So there are 98 - 49 - 11 pages for the introduction = 38 remaining pages. Half of the remaining pages are filled with text, which means 38 * 0.5 = 19 pages. The answer is 19.
Question: Tom decides to get a new floor for his room. It cost $50 to remove the floor. The new floor costs $1.25 per square foot and Tom's room is 8*7 feet. How much did it cost to replace the floor?
Answer:
The room is 8 * 7 = 56 square feet. So the new carpet cost 56 * 1.25 = $70. So the total cost was 50 + 70 = $120. The answer is 120.