[Question]A gecko eats 70 crickets every three days. The first day she eats 30% of the crickets. The second day she eats 6 less than the first, and the third day she finishes up the remaining crickets. How many crickets does she eat on the third day?
[Answer]Day 1:70(.30) = 21 crickets. Day 2:21 - 6 = 15 crickets. Day 3:70 - 21 - 15 = 34 crickets. The answer is 34.
Q: A small theater company sells tickets to a show. They have a 400 seat theater and fill to 80% capacity. Each ticket cost $30. They repeated the same performance 2 other days. How much did they make?
A: They sold 400 * .8 = 320 tickets each day. So each day they made 320 * 30 = $9600. They did 2 + 1 = 3 days. So they made 9600 * 3 = $28,800. The answer is 28800.
Question: The Parker family needs to leave the house by 5 pm for a dinner party. Mrs. Parker was waiting to get into the bathroom at 2:30 pm. Her oldest daughter used the bathroom for 45 minutes and her youngest daughter used the bathroom for another 30 minutes. Then her husband used it for 20 minutes. How much time will Mrs. Parker have to use the bathroom to leave on time?
Answer: Between 2:30 pm and 5:00 pm, there are 2.5 hours. There are 60 minutes in an hour, so 2.5 hours x 60 = 150 minutes. Her family was in the bathroom 45 + 30 + 20 = 95 minutes. Mrs. Parker has 150 minutes 95 minutes = 55 minutes in the bathroom. The answer is 55.
[Question]If Jason eats three potatoes in 20 minutes, how long, in hours, would it take for him to eat all 27 potatoes cooked by his wife?
[Answer]Since 1 hour is 60 minutes, 20 minutes is 20 / 60 = 1 / 3 of an hour. Eating 3 potatoes per 20 minutes is 3 / (1 / 3) = 9 potatoes per hour. At 9 potatoes per hour, it will take Jason 27 / 9 = 3 hours to eat all of the potatoes. The answer is 3.
Q: There are 3414 yellow balloons and there are 1762 more black balloons than yellow balloons. If the balloons will be evenly divided among 10 schools, how many balloons will one school receive?
A: Black balloons: 3414 + 1762 = 5176. Total balloons: 3414 + 5176 = 8590. 8590 / 10 = 859. Each school will receive 859 balloons. The answer is 859.
Question: Tom has a job mowing lawns around his neighborhood. Each month he spends $17 on gas and mows 3 lawns, charging $12 per lawn mowed. Last month he also made extra money pulling weeds for $10. How much profit did Tom earn last month?
Answer:
Tom earns 3 lawns * $12 per lawn = $36 per month. Tom earned $36 + $10 = $46 last month. Tom's profit last month was $46 - $17 gas money = $29. The answer is 29.