Question: 6 kids in Carolyn's daycare prefer peas, 9 prefer carrots, and 5 prefer corn. What percentage of the children prefer corn?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: First find the total number of children: 6 kids + 9 kids + 5 kids = 20 kids. Then divide the number of kids who prefer corn by the total number of kids and multiply by 100% to express as a percentage: 5 kids / 20 kids * 100% = 25%.
So the answer is 25.


Question: Carrie works for $8 an hour and 35 hours a week at her job. It’s been a month since she started working there. She has saved up all of her money because she wants to buy a bike for $400. How much money will she have left over after she buys her bike?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: It will be easy to solve the problem by first calculating how much money she makes in a week at her job by multiplying her hourly rate by the number of hours she works in a week: $8 * 35 = $280 in a week. The weekly earnings need to be multiplied by the number of weeks in a month to get how much she made in a month: $280 * 4 = $1120. The bike’s cost must be subtracted from her earnings made in a month to get how much money is left over after purchasing the bike: $1120 - $400 = $720 is left over after purchasing her bike.
So the answer is 720.


Question: Mickey and Johnny are having a contest to see who can run around their block the most. One time around the block equals 200 meters. Johnny runs around the block 4 times. Mickey runs around the block half as many times as Johnny. What is the average distance run by Johnny and Mickey?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:

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Mickey runs around the block twice because half of 4 is 2. Mickey runs 400 meters in total because 2 times 200 equals 400. Johnny runs 800 meters because 4 times 200 equals 800. In total, they run 1200 meters because 400 plus 800 equals 1200. On average, they run 600 meters because 1200 divided by 2 equals 600.
So the answer is 600.