Answer this question:Porter earns $8 per day and works 5 times a week. His manager is asking him to work an extra day that promises him an extra fifty percent on top of his daily rate. How much money will he earn after a month if he renders overtime every week?
Porter's weekly earning is $8x5 = $40. Porter's monthly earning is $40x4 = $160. The extra amount he will earn when he works on his overtime is $8 x 50 / 100 = $4. So the amount he will earn on his overtime is $8 + $4 = $12. Since he will render overtime once every week, the total overtime pay he will earn in a month is $12 x 4 = $48. Therefore the total money he will earn in a week is $160 + $48 = $208.
The answer is 208.

Answer this question:James buys 100 tennis balls and gives half of them away. The other half he puts into 5 large containers. How many tennis balls go in each container?
He keeps 100 / 2 = 50 tennis balls. So 50 / 5 = 10 go in each container.
The answer is 10.

Answer this question:Peter and Kristin are to read 20 fantasy novels each in a week. Peter can read three times as fast as Kristin. If Peter reads one book in 18 hours, how long will Kristin read half of her books?
Since Peter reads three times as fast as Kristin, Kristin will take 18 * 3 = 54 hours to read one book. Kristin reads half of her books, a total of 20 / 2 = 10 books. The time Kristin will take to read half of her books is 10 * 54 = 540.
The answer is 540.

Answer this question:Ed has 2 dogs, 3 cats and twice as many fish as cats and dogs combined. How many pets does Ed have in total?
If Ed has 2 dogs and 3 cats he has in total 2 + 3 = 5 pets that are not fish. If Ed has twice as many cats and dogs combined he has 2 * 5 = 10 fish. Therefore, in total Ed has 5 + 10 = 15 pets.
The answer is 15.