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Question 943461: Read the problem in the box below. See if you can figure out the most logical answer.
Mark is building a pyramid out of blocks. The top of his pyramid has 1 block, the second layer has 4 blocks, the third layer has 9 blocks, the fourth layer has 16 blocks, and the fifth layer has 25 blocks. If Mark decided to add a sixth layer to his pyramid, how many blocks would that layer have?
A. 36 blocks
B. 30 blocks
C. 38 blocks
D. 40 blocks
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Question 943463: the magician has 3 jars of invisible ink. Jar 2 has twice as much as Jar 1. Jar 3 has twice as much as Jar 2. Together, the three jars hold 154 ounces of ink. How much ink is in each jar? Thanks if you can help me by 1/30/2015 In the morning
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Question 943471: Read the problem and decide whether it has too much or too little information.
Judy bought 2 cotton candies and 2 funnel cakes. Her total cost was $10. Wayne bought 3 cotton candies and 1 funnel cake. What was the total cost of Wayne's food?
A. Too little
B. Too much
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Question 943490: According to soap box derby rules, a racer must weigh 250 pounds or less. The math Club's car weighed in at 266 pounds on the day of the derby. How many pounds did the Math club need to remove from their soap box racer ?
Dana added the weight limit to the racer's weight. Since 250+266=516, the math club needed to remove 516 pounds from the racer.
Hector subtracted the weight limit from the racer's weight. Since 266-250= 16, The Math Club needed to remove 16 pounds from the racer.
A. Dana
B. Hector
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Question 943555: Read the problem below and find the solution. Use a model or act the problem out to help solve it.
Mike collects toy cars. He decides to put all of his toy cars in a line so that he can count them. The 9th car in line ends up being exactly at the middle of the line. How many toy cars does Mike have?
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Question 943550: at the end of the 2007 wnba regular season, the phoenix Mercury had 12 more victories than losses. The number of victories they had was one more than two times than the numbers of losses. How many regular season games did the phoenix mercury play during the 2007 WNBA season
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Question 943589: 73 ice cream cones were ordered. Some were soft serve at $2.25 each and the rest were hard serve at $1.25 each. The total amount spent was $125.25. How many of each kind were ordered?
Thank you if you can solve this today.
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Question 943617: A local Computer City sells batteries ($4) and small boxes of pens ($7). In August, total sales were $1,995. Customers bought 7 times as many batteries as boxes of pens.
How many of each did Computer City sell?
Boxes of Pens___ Batteries ____
Computer City sold
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Question 943770: Suppose you deposit $12,000 in a bank account bearing 7.3% interest compounded monthly.
How many months would it take (to the nearest month) for your account balance to top $15,000? Use the trial and error method with a calculator to find your answer.
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Question 943489: According to soap box derby rules, a racer must weigh 250 pounds or less. The math Club's car weighed in at 266 pounds on the day of the derby. How many pounds did the Math club need to remove from their soap box racer ?
Dana added the weight limit to the racer's weight. Since 250+266=516, the math club needed to remove 516 pounds from the racer.
Hector subtracted the weight limit from the racer's weight. Since 266-250= 16, The Math Club needed to remove 16 pounds from the racer.
A. Dana
B. Hector
Click here to see answer by KMST(5328)  |
Question 943818: Jack and harry are class-fellows.they received equal amounts as pocket money from their fathers on certain day.jack bought an ice cream cup while harry bought three ice cream cupsof the same kind if the remaining amounts of jack and harry were 40 and 20 respectively.
A.find amount they received as pocket money.
b.the price of an ice cream
solve by simultaneous equation
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Question 943978: A harried parent leaves his house during rush-hour each weekday to fetch his
wife at the railroad station and return to pick up his child from school. His
house, station and school are equal distance of 1 mile from each other. (On an
imaginary triangle.) He usually makes the whole trip in 15 minutes. Because of
heavy traffic at rush-hour, he averages 10 miles/hour slower between the station
and the school. How fast is his speed between the house and the station?
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Question 943999: Please help me with the problem below:
Grandma was riding her Harley through the desert when she remembered that she left her knitting needles at the bar. The road runs 15 miles west and 30 miles south of the bar where Grandma is currently. If she can ride 50 miles per hour on road and 30 miles per hour on sand, and she begins by first backtracking up the road, what route will get her back the quickest?
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Question 944058: What is the logical conclusion, based on the information given in the problem below?
Traveling north on the Lexington Avenue subway, Astor Place is 3 stops after Canal Street. Bleeker Street is before Astor Place. Spring Street is after Canal but before Bleeker. What stop comes after Bleeker?
A. Spring Street
B. Bleeker Street
C. Canal Street
D. Astor Place
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Question 944073: Read the problem below and find the solution. Use a model or act the problem out to help solve it.
Holly's Bike Shop sells bicycles and tricycles. Holly wants to know how many bicycles she has in her store. She asks an employee to count for her. The employee counts them and says, "There is a total of 14 bicycles and tricycles in the store. The total number of wheels in the store is 34." How many bicycles are in the store?
Answer:?????
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Question 944121: Read the problem below and find the solution. Use a model or act the problem out to help solve it.
The Boxerville Fighting Hens's record has improved every year. The 2000 team won 3 more games than the 1999 team, and the 2001 team won 2 more games than the 2000 team. If the 2001 team won 20 games, how many did the 1999 team win?
Answer: ????
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Question 944280: The word problem below has too little information. Read carefully and then choose the fact or facts needed to solve the problem.
Some of the animals that you can ride on the jungle carousel are lions, tigers, and elephants. How many more lions than elephants are there on the carousel?
A. The elephants move faster than the lions.
B. There are six lions on the carousel.
C. The two elephants don't go up and down.
D. The lions are always beside the tigers.
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Question 944265: What could you do to solve the problem below?
There are 25 streets in Squaresville. Each day, there are 5 police officers working. If all of the officers want to patrol the same number of streets each day, how many streets will each officer need to patrol?
A. Multiply 25 by 5
B. Subtract 5 from 25
C. Add 5 to 25
D. Divide 25 by 5
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Question 944361: Make a 3-by-6 logic grid on your own paper. Use it to help you solve the logic puzzle and answer the question given below.
Davis, Roy, and Tom are on the rowing team. Each sits in a different position (front, middle, and end) and is a different age (18, 19, and 20).
Tom and the 19-year-old do not sit in the rear.
The person who sits in the rear is 20 years old.
Neither Tom nor Roy sits in the front.
Who sits in the middle, and how old is he? Be sure to check both answers.
A. 20
B. Roy
C. Tom
D. Davis
E. 19
F. 18
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Question 944400: What larger conclusion can you reach by stringing together the sentences given below?
If the restaurant is closed, we will eat at home.
If we eat at home, we will save money.
If we save money, we will become rich.
A. If we become rich, we will eat at home.
B. If the restaurant is closed, we will make meatloaf.
C. If we become rich, the restaurant will be closed.
D. If the restaurant is closed, we will become rich.
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Question 944400: What larger conclusion can you reach by stringing together the sentences given below?
If the restaurant is closed, we will eat at home.
If we eat at home, we will save money.
If we save money, we will become rich.
A. If we become rich, we will eat at home.
B. If the restaurant is closed, we will make meatloaf.
C. If we become rich, the restaurant will be closed.
D. If the restaurant is closed, we will become rich.
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Question 944395: Make a 3-by-6 logic grid on your own paper. Use it to help you solve the logic puzzle and answer the question given below.
Davis, Roy, and Tom are on the rowing team. Each sits in a different position (front, middle, and end) and is a different age (18, 19, and 20).
1.Tom and the 19-year-old do not sit in the rear.
2.The person who sits in the rear is 20 years old.
3.Neither Tom nor Roy sits in the front.
Who sits in the middle, and how old is he? Be sure to check both answers.
A. 20
B. Roy
C. Tom
D. Davis
E. 19
F. 18
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Question 944425: Read the problem below. Make a list to help you solve the problem.
Ted's Takeout sells 5 kinds of sandwiches: BLT, chicken salad, tuna salad, ham, and grilled eggplant. There are 3 kinds of bread: wheat, rye, and pumpernickel. How many different sandwich and bread combinations can Ted make?
A. 10 sandwiches
B. 16 sandwiches
C. 18 sandwiches
D. 15 sandwiches
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Question 944422: 1. the difference of two numbers is 5 and the difference of their reciprocal is1/10.find the numbers.
2. a two digit number is such that the product of the digit is 35.when 18 is added to the number, the digits interchange their place.find the numbers
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Question 944606: What is the logical conclusion, based on the information given in the problem below?
Sheila, Lydia and Leila are sisters. One of them is allergic to dairy products. At the school bazaar, Lydia ordered a chocolate milk, Leila ordered a coffee milk shake, and Sheila ordered a ginger ale. Which sister has the allergy to dairy products?
A. Leila
B. Lydia
C. Sheila
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Question 944634: What conclusions can you make from the information below? Check all that apply.
Three dogs (Cosmo, Fido, and Max) have three different favorite toys (ball, stick, and doll).
Cosmo's favorite toy is a doll.
A. Fido's favorite toy is not a doll.
B. Cosmo's favorite toy is not a stick.
C. Max's favorite toy is a ball.
D. Max's favorite toy is not a doll.
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Question 944650: Use the clues given below to figure out the mystery number.
The mystery number is a three-digit number. Its digits are 1, 8, and 6.
The 8 has a digit on its left and on its right.
The 6 is not the last digit.
What is the mystery number?
Answer:
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Question 944704: What conclusion can you make from the information below?
Three people (Jack, Karen, and Louis) drive three different types of cars (Ford, Chevrolet, and Honda).
Jack does not drive a Chevrolet.
Karen does not drive a Chevrolet.
A. Jack drives a Honda.
B. Louis drives a Chevrolet.
C. Louis does not drive a Chevrolet.
D. Karen does not drive a Ford.
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Question 944783: Bully takes 5 mathematics tests, each scaled from 0 to 100, and obtains an average of 73%. After his teacher deletes one of his 5 test scores, Bully's new average is 76%. What was the score on the test that the teacher deleted?
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Question 944786: Purchase a sofa for $1922, would have paid $2480 for same sofa. what rate of discount was the designer receiving off retail price?
2. If 250 ft of wire weighs 22 lb, what would be the weight of 100 ft of the same wire?
3.Medication Q is available only in tablets containing 30mg of the drug. How many tablets(or fraction of tablets) should be administered if physician orders 75mg of medication Q?
4. Every 1-mph reduction of average speed below 65mph, a trucker will save 1.5% in fuel consumption. If trucker reduces average speed from 65mph to 60mph, how much will she save if currently spends $4000 per week on fuel?
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Question 944790: brent lent his brother bob some money at 8% simple interest and he lent his sister betty half as much money at twice the interest rate. both loans were for one year. if brent made a total of 24 cents in interest then how much did he lend to each one
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