Q: Megan works eight hours a day and earns $7.50 per hour. If she works 20 days a month, how much will be her total earnings for two months of work?
A: In a day, Megan earns 8 x $7.50 = $60. In a month, she will be earning 20 x $60 = $1200. Therefore, Megan will earn a total of 2 x $1200 = $2400 for two months of work. The answer is 2400.
Question: The Kwik-e-Tax Center charges $50 for a federal return, $30 for a state return, and $80 for quarterly business taxes. If they sell 60 federal returns, 20 state returns, and 10 quarterly returns in one day, what was their total revenue for the day?
Answer: First find the total income from the federal returns: $50 / return * 60 returns = $3000. Then find the total income from the state returns: $30 / return * 20 returns = $600. Then find the total income from the quarterly returns: $80 / return * 10 returns = $800. Then add the income from each source to find their total income: $3000 + $600 + $800 = $4400. The answer is 4400.
[Question]Francine has five full boxes of crayons and 5 loose crayons, and her friend has 27 loose crayons. They need to put all of their loose crayons in a box. How many more boxes do they need if Francine has a total of 85 crayons?
[Answer]Francine has 85 - 5 = 80 crayons in total that are in the boxes. Thus, each box of crayons is filled with 80 / 5 = 16 crayons. A total of 5 + 27 = 32 crayons need to be placed in the boxes. Therefore, they still need 32 / 16 = 2 boxes for the loose crayons. The answer is 2.
Q: A bag of pistachios has 80 pistachios in it. 95 percent have shells, and 75 percent of those have shells that are opened. How many pistachios in the bag have shells and have an opened shell?
A: Shells:80(.95) = 76. Opened Shells:76(.75) = 57. The answer is 57.
Question: There are twice as many surfers on Malibu beach as in Santa Monica beach. If there are 20 surfers in Santa Monica, calculate the total number of surfers on the two beaches.
Answer: If there are 20 surfers at Santa Monica, Malibu beach has twice as many surfers as Santa Monica has 2 * 20 = 40 surfers. Together, the two beaches have a total of 40 + 20 = 60 surfers. The answer is 60.
Q: Madeline wants to plant 20 flowers in her garden. She assumes that about half of the seeds she plants will die before they bloom. However, the flower shop only sells packs of seeds with 25 seeds per pack. Each pack is $5. How much will Madeline spend on seeds to plant 20 flowers?
A:
Madeline needs to buy 2 * 20 = 40 seeds to make sure that she will have 20 flowers. Thus, Madeline will need to buy 2 packs of flowers to have at least 40 seeds. Thus, Madeline will spend 2 * 5 = $10 on seeds. The answer is 10.