Question: Jenna runs a wholesale business. She pays $3 for each widget and resells it for $8. Every month she has to pay $10,000 in rent, 20% of her total profit in taxes, and $2,500 each to four workers. If Jenna sells 5000 widgets one month, how much is her total profit or loss?
Answer: First calculate how much Jenna spends on salaries: $2,500 * 4 = $10,000. Next find Jenna's total fixed costs by adding the cost of salaries and rent: $10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000. Next calculate how much profit Jenna makes on each widget by subtracting the cost from the sale price: $8 - $3 = $5. Now multiply the profit per widget by the number of widgets sold: $5 * 5000 = $25,000. Now subtract Jenna's costs from her sales to find her total profit before taxes: $25,000 - $20,000 = $5,000. Now multiply Jenna's profit by her 20% tax rate to find how much she owe in taxes: $5,000 * .2 = $1,000. Now subtract Jenna's taxes from her profit before taxes to find her total profit: $5,000 - $1,000 = $4,000. The answer is 4000.
[Question]George went to a movie theater to see a movie. He paid $16 for the ticket and decided to buy some nachos. The nachos were half the price of the ticket. How much did George pay in total for the visit to the movie theater?
[Answer]The nachos cost was 16 / 2 = $8. So in total George paid 8 + 16 = $24 during the whole visit. The answer is 24.
Q: Gina's snake eats one mouse every 4 weeks. How many mice will it eat in a decade?
A: First find the number of mice the snake eats each year: 52 weeks / year / 4 weeks / mouse = 13 mice / year. Then multiply the number of mice the snake eats per year by the number of years per decade to find the number of mice it eats per decade: 13 mice / year * 10 years / decade = 130 mice / decade. The answer is 130.
Question: Marla is thinking about getting a canvas tote bag to avoid using plastic bags at the grocery store. If making the canvas bag released 600 pounds of carbon dioxide, each plastic bag released 4 ounces of carbon dioxide, and Marla uses eight bags per shopping trips, how many shopping trips will she have to make before the canvas bag is the lower-carbon solution? (There are 16 ounces in a pound.)
Answer: First find how many ounces of carbon dioxide are released per shopping trip: 8 bags / trip * 4 oz / bag = 32 oz / trip. Then divide that amount by the number of ounces per pound to find the pounds of carbon per shopping trip: 32 oz / trip / 16 oz / pound = 2 pounds / trip. Then divide the amount of carbon used to make the tote bag by the amount of carbon saved per shopping trip to find the number of trips needed for the bag to be a better option: 600 pounds / 2 pounds / trip = 300 trips. The answer is 300.
[Question]Tom is binge-watching a show on Netflix. The show has 90 episodes, each one of which is 20 minutes long because there are no commercials. If Tom can spend two hours a day watching the show, how many days will it take him to finish watching the show?
[Answer]Each episode is 20 minutes long, and there are 90 episodes, so the series takes 20 minutes per episode * 90 episodes = 1800 minutes to watch. 1800 minutes / 60 minutes per hour = 30 hours to watch the series. Tom can watch 2 hours of TV a day, so it will take him 30 hours / 2 hours per day = 15 days to watch the entire series. The answer is 15.
[Question]Mark orders 100 chicken nuggets. A 20 box of chicken nuggets cost $4. How much did he pay for the chicken nuggets?
[Answer]
He orders 100 / 20 = 5 boxes. So that means he spent 5 * 4 = $20 on nuggets. The answer is 20.