Every hour past noon shadows from a building stretch an extra 5 feet, starting at zero at noon. How long are the shadows from the building 6 hours past noon in inches?

If the shadows lengthen by 5 feet per hour, this means that in 6 hours the shadows would have lengthened from zero to 5*6=

<<5*6=30>>30 feet. Since there are 12 inches in every foot, this means the building's shadow would be 30*12= <<30*12=360>>360 inches in length. #### 360 You can buy 4 apples or 1 watermelon for the same price. You bought 36 fruits evenly split between oranges, apples and watermelons, and the price of 1 orange is $0.50. How much does 1 apple cost if your total bill was $66? If 36 fruits were evenly split between 3 types of fruits, then I bought 36/3 = <<36/3=12>>12 units of each fruit If 1 orange costs $0.50 then 12 oranges will cost $0.50 * 12 = $<<0.5*12=6>>6 If my total bill was $66 and I spent $6 on oranges then I spent $66 - $6 = $<<66-6=60>>60 on the other 2 fruit types. Assuming the price of watermelon is W, and knowing that you can buy 4 apples for the same price and that the price of one apple is A, then 1W=4A If we know we bought 12 watermelons and 12 apples for $60, then we know that $60 = 12W + 12A Knowing that 1W=4A, then we can convert the above to $60 = 12(4A) + 12A $60 = 48A + 12A $60 = <<60=60>>60A Then we know the price of one apple (A) is $60/60= $<<60/60=1>>1 #### 1 Jill and her brother Jack are going apple picking. Jill's basket can hold twice as much as Jack's basket when both are full. Jack's basket is full when it has 12 apples, but currently space for 4 more. How many times could Jack's current number of apples fit into Jill's basket? Since Jill's basket can hold twice as much as Jack's, and Jack's is capable of holding 12 apples in total, this means Jill's basket can hold 12*2=<<12*2=24>>24 apples in total. Since Jack has 4 less than the maximum amount of apples he can fit in his basket, this means Jack has 12-4= <<12-4=8>>8 apples in his basket. Therefore, Jill's basket can hold 24/8= <<24/8=3>>3 times the amount of apples Jack is currently carrying. #### 3 John plants a plot of 3 trees by 4 trees. Each tree gives 5 apples. He sells each apple for $.5. How much money does he make, in dollars? He has 3*4=<<3*4=12>>12 trees So he has 12*5=<<12*5=60>>60 apples So he sells the apples for 60*.5=$<<60*.5=30>>30 #### 30 An Italian restaurant earns $600 every weekday and twice as much on the weekend. How much money does it earn by the end of the month? On weekdays it earns $600/weekday * 5 weekdays = $<<600*5=3000>>3000 During the weekend it earns twice as much each day so it makes ($600 * 2)/weekend day * 2 weekend days = $<<(600*2)*2=2400>>2400 Every week it earns $3000 + $2400 = $<<3000+2400=5400>>5400 By the end of the month, it earns $5400/week * 4 weeks = $21600 #### 21600 Larry and Barry want to pick apples out of the tree, but neither is tall enough to reach the apples. Barry can reach apples that are 5 feet high. Larry is 5 feet tall, but his shoulder height is 20% less than his full height. If Barry stands on Larry's shoulders, how high can they reach? Larry's shoulder height is 20% less than 5 feet, or 0.2*5 =<<20*.01*5=1>>1 foot less than 5 feet. One foot less than 5 feet is 5-1=<<5-1=4>>4 feet. If Barry stands on Larry's shoulders, they can reach 4+5=<<4+5=9>>9 feet. #### 9 Johns goes to the gym 3 times a week. He spends 1 hour each day lifting weight. Additionally, he also spends a third of his weightlifting time warming up and doing cardio each day. How many hours does he spend at the gym a week? He spends 60/3=<<60/3=20>>20 minutes warming up So he spends 60+20=<<60+20=80>>80 minutes at the gym per day That means he spends 80*3=<<80*3=240>>240 minutes at the gym So he spends 240/60=<<240/60=4>>4 hours at the gym a week #### 4 Jimmy is going to sell pizzas at the carnival to make some money. The carnival only gave him 7 hours to do so. He bought a 22kg sack of flour to make his pizzas and he takes 10 min to make each pizza for the customers. At the end of the 7 hours, he saw some flour was left. Knowing that each pizza needs 0.5kg of flour to make, how many pizzas can he make to bring home with the flour left? Each hour Jimmy makes 60min ÷ 10min/pizza = <<60/10=6>>6 Pizzas The number of total pizzas made equals 7 hours x 6 pizzas/hour = <<7*6=42>>42 pizzas The amount of total flour used equals 42 pizzas x 0.5 kg/pizza = <<42*0.5=21>>21 kg The amount of flour left equals 22 kg - 21 kg = <<22-21=1>>1 kg The number of pizzas Jimmy can make is 1kg ÷ 0.5kg/pizza = <<1/0.5=2>>2 pizzas #### 2 Trevor buys several bouquets of carnations. The first included 9 carnations; the second included 14 carnations; the third included 13 carnations. What is the average number of carnations in the bouquets? The sum is 9+14+13=<<9+14+13=36>>36. There are 3 bouquets. The average is 36/3=<<36/3=12>>12. #### 12 John earned $18 on Saturday but he only managed to earn half that amount on Sunday. He earned $20 the previous weekend. How much more money does he need to earn to give him the $60 he needs to buy a new pogo stick? John earnt $18 / 2 = $<<18/2=9>>9 on Sunday. In total, John made $18 + $9 + $20 = $<<18+9+20=47>>47 over the two weekends. John needs $60 - $47 = $<<60-47=13>>13 extra to buy the pogo stick. #### 13