Question: Alex needs to be 54 inches tall to ride the newest roller coaster at the theme park. He is 48 inches tall this year. He hears a rumor that for every hour he hangs upside down, he can grow 1/12 of an inch. Normally he grows 1/3 of an inch per month. On average, how many hours does he need to hang upside down each month to be tall enough next year to ride the rollercoaster?
Answer: He is 6 inches too short this year because 54 - 48 = 6. He will naturally grow 4 inches taller because 12 x (1 / 3) = 4. He needs to grow 2 inches from hanging because 6 - 4 = 2. He needs to hang for 24 hours because 2 / (1 / 12) = 24. He needs to hang for 2 hours a month because 24 / 12 = 2. The answer is 2.
[Question]Shane prepares sandwiches for the Boy Scouts. He buys 2 packages of sliced bread containing 20 slices each, and he also buys 2 packages of sliced ham containing 8 slices each. Shane will make as many sandwiches as he can according to the ham he has. How many slices of bread will he have leftover?
[Answer]With 2 packages of sliced ham, Shane has 2 * 8 = 16 slices of ham. Since he has 16 slices, Shane makes 16 sandwiches. With 2 packages of sliced bread, he has 20 * 2 = 40 slices of bread. To make the 16 sandwiches, he needs 16 * 2 = 32 slices of bread. He has 40 - 32 = 8 slices of bread leftover. The answer is 8.
Q: Jill has a difficult test to study for. She decides to study one day for 2 hours. The next day she doubles this amount, and the day after that she studies one hour less than the previous day. How many minutes does Jill study over the 3 days?
A: First, we need to determine how many hours Jill studied in total. To find this out, we begin by performing 2 * 2 = 4 hours spent on day two, double what she spent on day 1. Next, we perform 4 - 1 = 3 hours to determine the amount she studied on the third day. We then add 2 + 4 + 3 = 9 hours spent in total across 3 days. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, she studied 9 * 60 = 540 minutes in total. The answer is 540.
Question: Jaron wants to raise enough money selling candy bars to win the Nintendo Switch prize. He needs 2000 points for the Nintendo Switch. He has already sold 8 chocolate bunnies that are worth 100 points each. Each Snickers bar he sells earns 25 points. How many Snickers bars does he need to sell the win the Nintendo Switch?
Answer: Jaron has earned a total of 8 * 100 points = 800 points. To win the Switch he needs to earn 2000 - 800 = 1200 points. Therefore, he needs to sell 1200 / 25 = 48 Snickers bars. The answer is 48.
[Question]A bead shop sells one set of crystal beads at $9 each and one set of metal beads at $10 each. Nancy buys one set of crystal beads and two sets of metal beads. How much does she spend in all?
[Answer]Two sets of metal beads cost 2 x $10 = $20. Therefore, Nancy spends $9 + $20 = $29 in all. The answer is 29.
[Question]Four cats live in the old grey house at the end of the road. Their names are Puffy, Scruffy, Buffy, and Juniper. Puffy has three times more whiskers than Juniper, but half as many as Scruffy. Buffy has the same number of whiskers as the average number of whiskers on the three other cats. If Juniper has 12 whiskers. how many whiskers does Buffy have?
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If Juniper has 12 whiskers, then Puffy has 3 * 12 = 36 whiskers. Since Puffy has half as many whiskers and Scruffy, then Scruffy has 36 * 2 = 72 whiskers. Since the number of whiskers on Buffy is the average between 12, 36, and 72 whiskers, then he has (12 + 36 + 72) / 3 = 40 whiskers. The answer is 40.