Question: Roberto recently received a 20% raise from his previous salary, which was already 40% higher than his starting salary. If Roberto's starting salary was $80,000, what is his current salary?
Answer: Roberto has received 2 raises. On his first raise he received a 40% bump, therefore his new salary was $80,000 * 140% = $112,000. On his second raise, Roberto received a 20% bump, therefore his current salary is $112,000 * 120% = $134,400. The answer is 134400.
[Question]Lori owns 15 times as many beanie babies as Sydney. If Lori has 300 beanie babies, how many beanie babies do they have in total?
[Answer]If Lori has 15 times as many beanie babies as Sydney, Sydney has 300 / 15 = 20 beanie babies. Together, they have 20 + 300 = 320 beanie babies. The answer is 320.
Q: Lorenzo put three full cans of thumbtacks into his pocket and went off to work at the corkboard factory. It was Lorenzo's job, as head of quality control, to test every cork board for its ability to hold thumbtacks. He placed one thumbtack from each of the three cans of thumbtacks into every board tested. At the end of the day, he had tested 120 boards and had 30 tacks remaining in each of the three cans. What was the total combined number of thumbtacks from the three full cans?
A: At the end of the day, he had tested 120 boards, each with three tacks, for a total of 3 * 120 = 360 tacks. He had 30 tacks remaining in each of the three cans, for an additional 3 * 30 = 90 thumbs tacks. Therefore, the original total combined number of thumbtacks in the three full cans of thumbtacks was 360 + 90 = 450 thumbtacks. The answer is 450.
Question: A farmer hires small trucks to transport his lemons to the markets. The load on a truck may not be more than 900 kilograms. One bag of lemons has a mass of 8 kilograms. If there are 100 bags of lemons, how many more kilograms can still be loaded into the truck?
Answer: The total weight of 100 bags of lemons is 100 x 8 = 800 kilograms. So, 900 - 800 = 100 kilograms can still be loaded into the truck. The answer is 100.
[Question]Mac loves the shape of quarters and is willing to trade money for them, even if he loses value. He tells his brother that he will trade him 3 dimes for a quarter or 7 nickels. He trades for 20 quarters with dimes and 20 quarters with nickels. How many dollars did Mac lose?
[Answer]Three dimes is equal to $.3 because 3 x .1 = .3. Seven nickels is equal to $.35 because 7 x .05 = .35. Each time he trades with dimes he lose $.05 because .3 - .25 = .05. Each time he traded with nickels he lost $.1 because .35 - .25 = .1. He lost $1 from trading with dimes because 20 x .05 = 1. He lost $2 from trading with nickels because 20 x .1 = 2. He lost $3 total because 1 + 2 = 3. The answer is 3.
[Question]At a birthday party, 30% of the guests are married, 50% are single, and the rest are children. If there are 1000 guests, how many more married people are there than children?
[Answer]
There are 1000 x 30 / 100 = 300 people who are married. There are 1000 x 50 / 100 = 500 people who are single. So, there are a total of 300 + 500 = 800 that are either married or single. This means, 1000 - 800 = 200 are children. Therefore, there are 300 - 200 = 100 more married people than children. The answer is 100.