Question: Robby, Jaylen and Miranda are employed at a Cheesecake factory, earning $10 per hour. They work 10 hours a day, five days a week. Robby saves 2/5 of his salary, Jaylene saves 3/5 of his salary, while Miranda saves half of her salary. What are the combined savings of the three employees after four weeks?
Answer: In a day, each of them earns $10 / hour * 10 hours / day = $100 / day. The total number of days each of them work in a month is five days per week * 4 weeks = 20 days. If each of them earns $100 per day, in 20 days, they'll earn 20 days / month * $100 / day = $2000 / month. Robby saves 2 / 5 * $2000 = $800 from his salary. Jaylene's savings is 3 / 5 * $2000 = $1200 of her salary. Miranda saves 1 / 2 * $2000 = $1000 from her salary. The total saving for the three employees is $1000 + $1200 + $800 = $3000. The answer is 3000.
[Question]Carrie and her mom go to the mall to buy new clothes for school. Carrie buys 4 shirts, 2 pairs of pants, and 2 jackets. Each shirt costs $8. Each pair of pants costs $18. Each jacket costs $60. If Carrie’s mom pays for half of the total cost of all the clothes, how much does Carrie pay for the clothes?
[Answer]The total cost of shirts is 4 * $8 = $32. The total cost of pants is 2 * $18 = $36. The total cost of the jackets is 2 * $60 = $120. The total cost of the clothes is $32 + $36 + $120 = $188. Since Carrie’s mom pays for half of the total cost, Carrie pays $188 / 2 = $94. The answer is 94.
Q: A quarterback steps back to throw 80 times in a game. 30 percent of the time he does not get a pass thrown. Half of the times that he does not throw the ball he is sacked for a loss. How many times is the quarterback sacked for a loss in the game?
A: No pass thrown:80(.30) = 24. Sacked:24 / 2 = 12. The answer is 12.
Question: Tom turned 32 years old 5 years ago. 7 years ago Jim was 5 years older than half Tom's age. How old is Jim in 2 years?
Answer: Tom is 32 + 5 = 37 years old. So 7 years ago he was 37 - 7 = 30 years old. Half of his age was 30 / 2 = 15 years old. So 7 years ago Jim was 15 + 5 = 20. So he is now 20 + 7 = 27 years old. That means in 2 years he will be 27 + 2 = 29 years old. The answer is 29.
[Question]Rebecca drinks half a bottle of soda a day. She bought three 6-packs of sodas the last time she was at the store. How many bottles of soda will she have left after four weeks?
[Answer]Rebecca bought 3 * 6 = 18 bottles of soda. A week is 7 days, so she will drink 4 * 7 = 28 half bottles of soda in four weeks. A bottle is two half bottles, so she will drink 28 / 2 = 14 bottles of soda in four weeks. Thus, after 4 weeks, she will have 18 - 14 = 4 bottles of soda left. The answer is 4.
[Question]Mason is cleaning out all the junk in his attic. 20% of the items are useful, 10% are valuable heirlooms, and 70% are junk. If Marcus's attic has 8 useful items in it, how many junk items does it have?
[Answer]
First find the total number of items in the attic by dividing the number of useful items by the percentage of useful items: 8 items / .2 = 40 items. Then multiply the total number of items by the percentage that are junk to find the number of junk items: 40 items * .7 = 28 items. The answer is 28.