Matt is four times as old as Fem. Currently, Fem is 11 years old. In two years, what is the sum of the ages of Matt and Fem?

How old is Matt now? ** Matt is 11 x 4 =

<<11*4=44>>44 years old now. How old will Matt be in 2 years? ** In 2 years, Matt will be 44 + 2 = <<44+2=46>>46 years old. How old will Fem be in 2 years? ** In 2 years, Fem will be 11 + 2 = <<11+2=13>>13 years old. What is the sum of their ages in 2 years? ** So, the sum of their ages in two years is 46 + 13 = <<46+13=59>>59 years old. #### 59 It's field trip month, and the students took six vans and four minibusses. There were 10 students on each van and 24 students on each minibus. How many students went on the field trip? How many students were on the van? ** The total number of students who took the van is 6 x 10 = <<6*10=60>>60. How many students were on the minibus? ** The total number of students who took the minibus is 4 x 24 = <<4*24=96>>96. How many students went on the field trip? ** Therefore, 60 + 96 = <<60+96=156>>156 students went on the field trip. #### 156 Mike buys 6 rose bushes at 75 dollars each, 2 of them are for his friend and the rest are for him. He also buys 2 tiger tooth aloes for 100 dollars each. How much money did he spend on plants for himself? How many rose bushes did Mike buy for himself? ** He bought 6-2=<<6-2=4>>4 rose bushes for himself How much did the rose bushes for himself cost? ** The rose bushes for himself cost 4*$75=$<<4*75=300>>300 How much did Mike spend on aloes? ** He also spent 2*$100=$<<2*100=200>>200 on aloes. How much money did Mike spend on plants for himself? ** He spent a total of $200+$300=$<<200+300=500>>500 #### 500 Jace drives 60 miles per hour. If Jace drives for 4 hours straight, take a 30-minute break, and then drives for another 9 hours straight, how many miles will he travel? How many hours total will Jace drive for? ** Jace drives a total of 4+9 = <<4+9=13>>13 hours. How many miles will he travel? ** Jace will travel 60*13 = <<60*13=780>>780 miles. #### 780 George went to a movie theater to see a movie. He paid $16 for the ticket and decided to buy some nachos. The nachos were half the price of the ticket. How much did George pay in total for the visit to the movie theater? How much did the nachos cost? ** The nachos cost was 16 / 2 = $<<16/2=8>>8. How much did George pay in total? ** So in total George paid 8 + 16 = $<<8+16=24>>24 during the whole visit. #### 24 Bald Mountain received 1.5 meters of snow last week. During a blizzard, Billy Mountain received 3.5 meters of snow and Mount Pilot received 126 centimeters of snow. How many more centimeters of snow did Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot have then Bald Mountain? How many centimeters of snow did Bald Mountain receive? ** Bald Mountain = 1.5 * 100 = <<1.5*100=150>>150 cm How many centimeters of snow did Billy Mountain receive? ** Billy Mountain = 3.5 * 100 = <<3.5*100=350>>350 cm How many centimeters of snow did Mount Pilot receive? ** Mount Pilot = <<126=126>>126 cm How many centimeters of snow did Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot receive? ** Billy + Pilot = 350 + 126 = <<350+126=476>>476 cm How many more centimeters of snow did Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot have then Bald Mountain? ** 476 - 150 = <<476-150=326>>326 cm How many more centimeters of snow did Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot have then Bald Mountain? ** Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot received 326 more centimeters of snow than Bald Mountain. #### 326 Each of the three Morales sisters owns an orange grove that has 110 trees. Each orange tree produces medium-sized oranges. At harvest time, Gabriela's grove produced 600 oranges per tree, while Alba harvested 400 per tree. Each of Maricela's trees produced 500 oranges. With such a huge harvest, the sisters are thinking of making orange juice for sale. If it takes three medium-sized oranges to make 1 cup of juice, and then they sell each cup for $4, how much money will they make? How many oranges did Gabriela's grove produce? ** Gabriela's grove produced 600 oranges/tree * 110 trees = <<600*110=66000>>66000 oranges How many oranges did Alba's grove produce? ** Alba’s grove produced 400 oranges/tree * 110 trees = <<400*110=44000>>44000 oranges How many oranges did Maricela's trees produce? ** Maricela's trees produced 500 oranges/tree * 110 trees= <<500*110=55000>>55000 oranges. How many oranges did the Morales sisters harvest? ** The Morales sisters therefore harvested a total of 66000 oranges + 44000 oranges + 55000 oranges = <<66000+44000+55000=165000>>165000 oranges How many cups of juice will the oranges yield? ** The oranges will therefore yield 165000 oranges/3 oranges/cup = <<165000/3=55000>>55000 cups of juice How much money will the oranges sell for? ** Total sales will be 55000 cups * $4/cup = $<<55000*4=220000>>220000 #### 220000 Toby wants to walk an average of 9,000 steps per day over the next week. On Sunday he walked 9,400 steps. On Monday he walked 9,100 steps. On Tuesday he walked 8,300 steps. On Wednesday he walked 9,200 steps. On Thursday he walked 8,900 steps. How many steps does he need to average on Friday and Saturday to meet his goal? How many steps does Toby need to walk in a week? ** He needs to walk 63,000 steps in a week because 7 x 9,000 = <<7*9000=63000>>63,000 How many steps does Toby have left to walk on Friday and Saturday? ** He has 18,100 steps to walk on Friday and Saturday because 63,000 - 9,400 - 9,100 - 8,300 - 9,200 - 8,900 = <<63000-9400-9100-8300-9200-8900=18100>>18,100 How many steps does Toby need to walk on Friday and Saturday? ** He needs to walk an average of 9,050 on Friday and Saturday because 18,100 / 2 = <<18100/2=9050>>9,050 #### 9,050 John is an eccentric millionaire. He decides to fill his swimming pool with bottled water. A cubic foot of water is 25 liters. His pool is 10 feet deep and 6 feet by 20 feet. A liter of water costs $3. How much does it cost to fill the pool? How many cubic feet is the pool? ** The pool is 10*6*20=<<10*6*20=1200>>1200 cubic feet How many liters is the pool? ** That means it is 25*1200=<<25*1200=30000>>30000 liters How much does it cost to fill the pool? ** So it cost 3*30,000=$<<3*30000=90000>>90,000 #### 90000 Mark wants to have a water balloon fight with his friends. He goes to the store to buy balloons and sees that they sell small bags for $4, medium bags for $6 and extra large bags for $12. He has $24 and wants to get the most balloons as possible. If the $4 bags contain 50 balloons, the $6 bags contain 75 balloons and the $12 bags contain 200 balloons, what is the greatest number of balloons he can buy? How many small bags can Mark buy? ** He can buy 6 small bags because 24 / 4 = <<24/4=6>>6 How many balloons do the small bags give him? ** These give him 300 balloons, because 6 x 50 = <<6*50=300>>300 How many medium bags can Mark buy? ** He can buy 4 medium bags because 24 / 6 = <<24/6=4>>4 How many balloons do the medium bags give him? ** These give him 300 balloons because 4 x 75 = <<4*75=300>>300 How many extra large bags can Mark buy? ** He can buy 2 extra large bags because 24 / 12 = <<24/12=2>>2 How many balloons do the extra large bags give him? ** This gives him 400 balloons because 2 x 200 = <<2*200=400>>400 How many balloons can Mark buy? ** 400 is the most he can buy because 400 is greater than 300 #### 400