Q: Alex gets paid $500 a week and 10% of his weekly income is deducted as tax. He also pays his weekly water bill for $55 and gives away another 10% of his weekly income as a tithe. How much money does Alex have left?
A: His income tax is 10% of 500 which is 500 * 10% = $50. His tithe costs 10% of $500 which is 500 * 10% = $50. The total expenses are 50 + 55 + 50 = $155. He is then left with $500 - $ 155 = $345. The answer is 345.
Question: It's Yvette's turn to treat herself and her three best friends to a round of ice cream sundaes. Alicia orders the peanut butter sundae for $7.50. Brant orders the Royal banana split sundae for $10.00. Josh orders the death by chocolate sundae for $8.50 and Yvette orders the cherry jubilee sundae for $9.00. She leaves her waiter a 20% tip. How much will her final bill be?
Answer: Yvette spent 7.50 + 10 + 8.5 + 9 = $35.00 on ice cream sundaes. Her bill comes to $35.00 and she leaves a 20% tip for the waiter so that's 35 * .20 = $7.00. The bill was $35.00 and she added a $7.00 tip for a total of 35 + 7 = $42.00. The answer is 42.
[Question]Troy had 300 straws. He fed 3/5 of the straws to the adult pigs and an equal number of straws to the piglets. If there were 20 piglets, how many straws did each piglet eat?
[Answer]The adult pigs ate 3 / 5 * 300 = 180 straws. The total number of straws that the piglets shared is 300 - 180 = 120. Since there were 20 piglets, each piglet ate 120 / 20 = 6 straws. The answer is 6.
Q: Quinton brought 40 cupcakes to school on his birthday. He gave a cupcake to each of the 18 students in Ms. Delmont's class. He also gave a cupcake to each of the 16 students in Mrs. Donnelly's class. He also gave a cupcake to Ms. Delmont, Mrs. Donnelly, the school nurse, and the school principal. How many cupcakes did he have left over?
A: Quinton had 40 cupcakes - 18 = 22 cupcakes. He then had 22 cupcakes - 16 students = 6 cupcakes. Quinton then gave away 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 = 2 cupcakes left. The answer is 2.
Question: Martha needs 4 cups of berries and 2 cups of heavy cream to make 1 quart of ice cream. She wants to make 1 quart of strawberry ice cream and 1 quart of raspberry ice cream. At the farmers market, the 2 cup packages of strawberries are $3.00 each and the 2 cup package of raspberries are $5.00 each. The heavy cream is sold for $4.00 for a 4 cup container. How much will it cost her to make 1 quart of each ice cream?
Answer: She needs 4 cups of strawberries per quart of ice cream and the strawberries are sold in 2 cup packages. So 4 / 2 = 2 packages of strawberries. The strawberries cost $3.00 per package and she needs 2 so 3 * 2 = $6.00. She needs 4 cups of raspberries per quart of ice cream and the raspberries are sold in 2 cup packages. So 4 / 2 = 2 packages of raspberries. The raspberries cost $5.00 per package and she needs 2 so 5 * 2 = $10.00. Every quart needs 2 cups of heavy cream and she's making 2 quarts so 2 * 2 = 4 quarts. She will spend $6.00 on strawberries, $10.00 on raspberries and $4.00 on heavy cream bringing the total to 6 + 10 + 4 = $20.00. The answer is 20.
Q: A pea patch is twice as big as a radish patch. If one sixth of the pea patch is 5 square feet. How much is a whole radish patch in square feet?
A:
A whole pea patch is 5 * 6 = 30 square feet. A radish patch is 30 / 2 = 15 square feet. The answer is 15.