[Question]There are 42 apples in a crate. 12 crates of apples were delivered to a factory. 4 apples were rotten and had to be thrown away. The remaining apples were packed into boxes that could fit 10 apples each. How many boxes of apples were there?
[Answer]The total number of apples delivered was 42 × 12 = 504. There are 504 - 4 = 500 apples were left remaining. Finally, there are 500 ÷ 10 = 50 boxes of apples. The answer is 50.
Q: There were 25 peaches in each basket. Five baskets of peaches were delivered to a market. The farmers have eaten 5 peaches. The remaining peaches are packed into smaller boxes of 15 each. How many boxes of peaches are there?
A: The total number of peaches delivered to a market was 5 x 25 = 125. The remaining peaches after 5 were eaten was 150 - 5 = 145. So, there are 120 / 15 = 8 smaller boxes of peaches. The answer is 8.
Question: Cary starts working at Game Stop for $10/hour. She gets a 20% raise the first year, but the second year the company's profits decrease and her pay is cut to 75% of what it used to be. How much does Cary make now?
Answer: First find the amount of Cary's raise by multiplying $10 by 20%: $10 * .2 = $2. Then add Cary's raise to her initial wage to find her wage after one year: $10 + $2 = $12. Then multiply that wage by 75% to find Cary's wage after her pay cut: $12 * .75 = $9. The answer is 9.
[Question]Paul went to the sporting goods store to buy a tennis racket. His favorite brand was having a sale that offered customers a deal to buy one racket at full price and get the second racket for half off the full price.  If he purchased two rackets that were each originally marked at a full price of $60, how much did he spend on the two rackets, in dollars?
[Answer]Half off the full price of $60 is $60 / 2 = $30 off. Thus, for the two rackets, Paul spends $60 + $60 - $30 = $90. The answer is 90.
Q: After violating the group's policies, 20 members of a Facebook group were removed by the group's admin. If each member posted 50 messages per day in the group and the number of members in the group was 150 before the admin removed some, calculate the total number of messages the remaining members would send in a week.
A: If there were 150 members in the group before the admin removed 20, then 150 - 20 = 130 members remained after 20 were removed. The group members each posted 50 messages in a day, a total of 50 * 130 = 6500 messages. In a week, with seven days, the group members would have posted 6500 * 7 = 45500 messages. The answer is 45500.
Question: Tommy's mother lets him ride his bike 2 blocks north of his block, 3 blocks east, 2 blocks west, and 2 blocks south. His friend's father lets his friend ride his bike 80 square blocks. How many times greater is the area his friend can ride in compared to Tommy?
Answer:
Tommy's area is 5 blocks wide because 3 + 2 = 5. His area is 4 blocks tall because 2 + 2 = 4. The total area is 20 square blocks because 5 x 4 = 20. His friend's area is 4 times bigger because 80 / 20 = 4. The answer is 4.