Question: Amy bought a 15-foot spool of string to cut up into wicks for making candles.  If she cuts up the entire string into an equal number of 6-inch and 12-inch wicks, what is the total number of wicks she will have cut?
Answer: 15 feet of string is 15 * 12 = 180 inches long. If for every 6 - inch wick she also cuts a 12 - inch wick, then the pair of wicks are 6 + 12 = 18 inches long. Thus, in 180 inches of string, she can cut 180 / 18 = 10 pairs of wicks. 10 pairs of wicks are a total of 10 * 2 = 20 wicks. The answer is 20.
[Question]A colony of bees can contain up to 80000 individuals. In winter they are more exposed to death, and if the winter is really cold the bees can begin to die slowly. If the colony starts to lose 1200 bees per day, how many days will pass until the number of bees in the colony reaches a fourth of its initial number?
[Answer]A fourth of the initial number of bees is 80000 bees / 4 = 20000 bees. The number of bees that has to die is 80000 bees – 20000 bees = 60000 bees. For the colony to reach a fourth of its population, 60000 bees ÷ 1200 bees / day = 50 days have to pass. The answer is 50.
Q: Shelly makes braided keychains for her friends at school. Each keychain takes 12 inches of thread to braid. This year, she made six friends in classes and half that number from after-school clubs. She wants to make each of them a keychain. How many inches of thread does Shelly need?
A: Shelly made 6 / 2 = 3 friends from after - school clubs. She made 6 + 3 = 9 new friends at school this year. Shelly will need 9 * 12 = 108 inches of thread to make each friend a keychain. The answer is 108.
Question: Quinton is looking to add 4 fruit trees to his backyard. He wants to plant 2 apple trees that will be 10 feet wide each and need 12 feet between them. The peach trees will be closer to the house and will grow to be 12 feet wide and will need 15 feet between each tree. All told, how much space will these trees take up in his yard?
Answer: Both apple trees will be 10 feet wide at maturity so they will be 2 * 10 = 20 feet wide. Quinton will need to leave 12 feet between these 2 trees so the apple trees will take up 20 + 12 = 32 feet. Both peach trees will be 12 feet wide at maturity so they will be 2 * 12 = 24 feet wide. Quinton will need to leave 15 feet between these 2 trees so the peach trees will take up 24 + 15 = 39 feet. Together, the apple trees will take up 32 feet and the peach trees will take up 39 feet so they will take 32 + 39 = 71 feet. The answer is 71.
[Question]A passenger train transports passengers between two stations located in two separate cities. On a particular day, the train carried 100 passengers from one station to the other one way, and on the return trip carried 60 passengers. If the train made three more round trips that day, taking the same number of people as the first trip in each trip, calculate the total number of passengers transported between both stations?
[Answer]The total number of people transported in the first trip is 100 one way + 60 on the return trip = 160 people. If the train made three more round trips that day carrying the same number of passengers in each trip as the first, it carried a total of 3 * 160 = 480 in all three round trips. In total, the train carried 160 + 480 = 640 people over all its trips that day. The answer is 640.
[Question]Sammy has 8 gifts to wrap. Each gift requires 1.5 meters of ribbon. Unfortunately, she has no available ribbon so Tom let her use his 15-meter long ribbon. How many meters of ribbon will be left from Tom's ribbon?
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The eight gifts require 1.5 meters / gift x 8 gifts = 12 meters of ribbon. So, Tom will be left with 15 meters - 12 meters = 3 meters of ribbon. The answer is 3.