Q: Zane purchases 2 polo shirts from the 40% off rack at the men’s store. The polo shirts are $50 each at the regular price. How much did he pay for the shirts?
A: At regular price, the polo shirts are 2 x $50 = $100. At 40% off, he gets a discount of , $100 x 40% = $40. With this discount, the polo shirts cost $100 - $40 = $60. The answer is 60.
Question: During the Easter egg hunt, Kevin found 5 eggs, Bonnie found 13 eggs, George found 9 and Cheryl found 56. How many more eggs did Cheryl find than the other three children found?
Answer: We know that Kevin found 5, Bonnie found 13 and George found 9 so 5 + 13 + 9 = 27. Cheryl found 56 eggs while the others found 27 eggs so 56 - 27 = 29 more eggs. The answer is 29.
[Question]Five friends eat at Wendy's and ordered the following: a platter of Taco Salad that cost $10, 5 orders of Dave's Single hamburger that cost $5 each, 4 sets of french fries that cost $2.50, and 5 cups of peach lemonade that cost $2 each. How much will each of them pay if they will split the bill equally?
[Answer]The cost of 5 pieces of Dave's Single hamburger is $5 x 5 = $25. The cost of 4 sets of french fries is $2.50 x 4 = $10. The cost of 5 cups of peach lemonade is $2 x 5 = $10. So, their total bill is $10 + $25 + $10 + $10 = $55. Therefore, each of them will contribute $55 / 5 = $11. The answer is 11.
Q: Miriam currently has 30 marbles, but she used to have more. Miriam gave her brother 60 marbles, gave her sister twice that amount and gave her friend Savanna three times the amount she currently has. How many marbles did Miriam start with?
A: If Mariam remains with 30 marbles after giving her brother 60 marbles, she had 30 + 60 = 90 marbles. Mariam's sister receives twice as many marbles as her brother, a total of 2 * 60 = 120 marbles. The total number of marbles before giving any to her brother or sister is 120 + 90 = 210. Savannah is to receive three times as many marbles as Mariam has to remain with, a total of 3 * 30 = 90 marbles. Before giving out any marble, Mariam has 210 + 90 = 300 marbles. The answer is 300.
Question: Wendy just started working at an Italian restaurant. She polished 50 small glasses and 10 more large glasses than small glasses. How many glasses did she polish?
Answer: She polished 50 + 10 = 60 large glasses. Therefore, Wendy polished 50 + 60 = 110 glasses. The answer is 110.
Q: Luke takes a 70-minute bus to work every day. His coworker Paula takes 3/5 of this time to arrive by bus at work. If Luke takes a bike ride back home every day, 5 times slower than the bus, and Paula takes the bus back home, calculate the total amount of time, in minutes, they take traveling from home to work and back each day.
A:
When Luke takes the 70 - minute bus to work, his coworker Paula takes 3 / 5 * 70 = 42 minutes to travel from home to work. From work to home, Paula spends the same amount of time she spent going to work, giving a total of 42 + 42 = 84 minutes in a day traveling. From work to home, while riding the bike, Luke spends 5 * 70 = 350 minutes on the road. The total time Luke takes to travel from home to work and back is 350 + 70 = 420 minutes. Together, Luke and Paula takes 420 + 84 = 504 minutes. The answer is 504.