Q: Tara has been planning to buy a laptop which costs $1000. A computer shop accepts payment in installments of $65 per month provided that a 20% down payment is made. If Tara wants to pay an additional $20 for the down payment, how much will her balance be after paying for 4 months?
A: Tara has to make a $1000 x 20 / 100 = $200 down payment. Since Tara wants to pay $20 more for the down payment, her total down payment will be $200 + $20 = $220. So her remaining balance payable over a year is $1000 - $220 = $780. Tara has to make a monthly payment of $780 / year / 12 months / year = $65 / month. The total cost of her payments for 4 months is $65 / month x 4 months = $260. Therefore, Tara's balance after 4 months is $780 - $260 = $520. The answer is 520.
Question: A hotel had operations expenses totaling $100. If the hotel received clients whose total payments for services offered totaled 3/4 of the cost of the operations, calculate the loss the hotel incurred.
Answer: The total payment from the clients who used the hotel's services is 3 / 4 * 100 = $75. The hotel incurred a loss of $100 - $75 = $25. The answer is 25.
[Question]Debby and Maggie agreed to share a sum of money so that Debby takes 25% and Maggie takes the rest. If Maggie's share is $4,500, how much did they share?
[Answer]If Debby's share is 25% and Maggie takes the rest, then Maggie's share is 100% - 25% = 75%. 75% of the total amount is Maggie's share = total amount * (75 / 100) = $4500. Multiplying both sides of the equation by 100 / 75 gives the total amount = (100 / 75) * $4500 = $6000. The answer is 6000.
Q: Patricia is growing her long very long to donate it to a charity that makes wigs for cancer survivors. Her hair is 14 inches long. She needs to donate 23 inches to make a wig. She wants her hair to be 12 inches long after the donation. How much longer does she have to grow her hair?
A: Her hair needs to be 35 inches long when she cuts it because 23 + 12 = 35. She needs to grow it 21 more inches because 35 - 14 = 21. The answer is 21.
Question: Anika has 4 more than twice the number of pencils as Reeta. If Reeta has 20 pencils, how many pencils do the two have together?
Answer: If Reeta has 20 pencils, then twice that number is 2 * 20 = 40 pencils. Anika has 4 more than twice the number of pencils as Reeta, which means she has 40 + 4 = 44 pencils. Together, the two have 44 + 20 = 64 pencils. The answer is 64.
Q: Roy has 2 blue pens. He has twice as many black and 2 less than twice as many red than black pens. How many pens does Roy have in all?
A:
Roy has 2 x 2 = 4 black pens. Twice the number of black pens is 4 x 2 = 8. So, there are 8 - 2 = 6 red pens. Therefore, Roy has 2 + 6 + 4 = 12 pens in all. The answer is 12.