Answer this question:Andy can get 50 demerits in a month before getting fired. If he got 2 demerits per instance for showing up late 6 times and 15 demerits for making an inappropriate joke, how many more demerits can he get this month before getting fired?
First find how many demerits Andy got for showing up late: 2 demerits / time * 6 times = 12 demerits. Then subtract the number of demerits he's gotten so far to find how many more he can get before getting fired: 50 demerits - 12 demerits - 15 demerits = 23 demerits.
The answer is 23.

Answer this question:Lex is picking apples in his apple orchard when he notices some of the apples have bruises and some have worms. He wants to save the bruised apples to make applesauce, throw the wormy apples away, and keep the unbruised apples to eat raw. By his count, a fifth of the apples have worms and nine more than one fifth are bruised. He picked 85 apples. How many apples will he have left to eat raw?
A fifth of the apples have worms, so Lex has to throw 85 / 5 = 17 apples away. Nine more have bruises than worms, so Lex has 17 + 9 = 26 apples for applesauce. He picked 85 apples, so Lex has 85 - 26 - 17 = 42 apples left to eat raw.
The answer is 42.

Answer this question:Jerry owes a loan shark $200. The loan shark charges Jerry 10% interest compounded monthly. (This means that every month the loan shark adds Jerry's interest amount to his loan, and the next month Jerry has to pay 10% on the new total). If Jerry doesn't make any payments, how much (in dollars) does the loan shark charge in interest the second month?
First calculate how much the loan shark charges in interest the first month by multiplying the loan amount by the interest rate: $200 * 10% = $20. Now add the interest amount to the original amount of the loan to find Jerry's new total: $200 + $20 = $220. Now multiply the new total by 10% to find out how much Jerry owes the loan shark in interest the second month: $220 * 10% = $22.
The answer is 22.

Answer this question:At the salad bar, Grandma put three mushrooms on her salad. She also added twice as many cherry tomatoes as mushrooms, 4 times as many pickles as cherry tomatoes, and 4 times as many bacon bits as pickles. If one third of the bacon bits were red, than how many red bacon bits did Grandma put on her salad?
Twice as many tomatoes as mushrooms is 3 * 2 = 6 tomatoes. Four times as many pickles as tomatoes is 4 * 6 = 24 pickles. Four times as many bacon bits as pickles is 24 * 4 = 96 bacon bits. One third of 96 is 96 / 3 = 32 red bacon bits.
The answer is 32.