Q: Tommy's home is worth 25% more than he bought it for. He sells it and buys a new house that costs $500,000. If he had to take a loan for the 75% he can't pay, how much did he buy his first house for?
A: He paid 25% of the new home price because 100 - 75 = 25. He paid $125,000 towards the new home because 500,000 x .25 = 125,000. Therefore he paid $100,000 for his first home because 125,000 / 1.25 = 100,000. The answer is 100000.
Question: An apple tree produces 40 apples in its first year. The second year the apple tree produces 8 more than double the amount of apples that it produced the first year, and the third year production went down by a fourth due to an insect infestation. How many apples did the tree produce in total in the first three years?
Answer: First Year:40 apples. Second Year:8 + 2(40) = 88 apples. Third year:88 - 88 / 4 = 66 apples. Total 40 + 88 + 66 = 194 apples. The answer is 194.
[Question]Donna made a cake to take to a party where the guests ate half the cake. The day after the party, she shared half the leftovers with her brothers. The following day, she ate one piece as a midnight snack. Twice as many pieces as her snack were left. How many pieces was the cake to begin with?
[Answer]Donna had 2 * 1 = 2 pieces of cake left. Before her snack, there were 2 + 1 = 3 pieces left. Those 3 pieces were half the leftovers, so she had 3 * 2 = 6 pieces before sharing with her brothers. Those 6 pieces were half the party leftovers, so the cake was 2 * 6 = 12 pieces before the party. The answer is 12.
Q: Carly had 42 lollipops to share with her friends. Half of the lollipops were cherry, and the rest were equal amounts of watermelon, sour apple, and grape. How many lollipops were grape?
A: Of her 42 lollipops, half were cherry, so 42 lollipops / 2 = 21 were not cherry. Of the 21 that were not cherry, 1 / 3 of them were grape, so 21 lollipops / 3 = 7 grape lollipops. The answer is 7.
Question: Sandy's monthly phone bill expense is equal to ten times her age now. In two years, Sandy will be three times as old as Kim. If Kim is currently 10 years old, calculate Sandy's monthly phone bill expense.
Answer: If Kim is currently 10 years old, she will be 10 + 2 = 12 years old in two years. In two years, Sandy will be three times as old as Kim, meaning Sandy will be 3 * 12 = 36 years old. Currently, Sandy is 36 - 2 = 34 years old. If Sandy's monthly phone bill expense is equal to ten times her age now, she pays 10 * 34 = $340 in phone bill expense. The answer is 340.
Q: A company has 1000 employees. There will be three rounds of layoffs. For each round of layoff, 10% of the remaining employees will be laid off. How many employees will be laid off in total?
A:
The first round will result in 1000 * 10% = 100 employee layoffs. There are 1000 - 100 = 900 employees remaining. The second round will result in 900 * 10% = 90 employee layoffs. There are 900 - 90 = 810 employees remaining. The third round will result in 810 * 10% = 81 employee layoffs. The total number of of employees laid off is 100 + 90 + 81 = 271. The answer is 271.