Question: A basketball team played 40 games and won 70% of the games. It still had 10 games to play. How many games can they lose to win 60% of their games?
Answer: The team has won 40 x 70 / 100 = 28 games out of 40. There a total of 40 + 10 = 50 games to be played. The team has to win a total of is 50 x 60 / 100 = 30 games. So, it still needs to win 30 - 28 = 2 more games. Hence, they can still lose 10 - 2 = 8 games. The answer is 8.
[Question]Christine makes money by commission rate. She gets a 12% commission on all items she sells. This month, she sold $24000 worth of items. Sixty percent of all her earning will be allocated to her personal needs and the rest will be saved. How much did she save this month?
[Answer]This month, Christine earned a commission of 12 / 100 x $24000 = $2880. She allocated 60 / 100 x $2880 = $1728 on her personal needs. Therefore, she saved $2880 - $1728 = $1152 this month. The answer is 1152.
Q: A waterpark opens up and charges $30 for admission. Kids' tickets are half price. If a group of people brings a soda, they can get 20% off the total price of admission. Janet gets tickets for 10 people and 4 of them are children. She buys a soda for $5 to take advantage of the discount for her group. How much did she pay for everything?
A: She bought 10 - 4 = 6 adult tickets. So 6 * 30 = $180 was the cost for adult tickets. Children tickets cost 30 / 2 = $15 each. So the children tickets cost 15 * 4 = $60. So the total cost of tickets is 60 + 180 = $240. They get a 240 * .2 = $48 discount. So the tickets cost 240 - 48 = $192. So in total she paid 192 + 5 = $197. The answer is 197.
Question: Janice adds 2 tablespoons of koolaid power and 16 tablespoons of water to a jug. She leaves it out long enough for 4 tablespoons of water to evaporate. Then she quadruples the amount of water in the jug. What percentage of the liquid in the jug is koolaid powder?
Answer: First find how many tablespoons of water are left after the evaporation: 16 tbs - 4 tbs = 12 tbs. Then multiply this number by 4 to find how much water is in the jug after Janice refills it: 12 tbs * 4 = 48 tbs. Now add the 2 tablespoons of koolaid powder to find the total volume of the liquid in the jug: 48 tbs + 2 tbs = 50 tbs. Now divide the volume of the koolaid powder by the total volume and multiply by 100% to find the percentage of the liquid that's koolaid: 2 tbs / 50 tbs * 100% = 4%. The answer is 4.
[Question]Tonya has $150.00 on her credit card. If she leaves any balance on her card at the end of the month, she is charged 20% interest. If she makes a $50.00 payment on her card, what will be the new balance?
[Answer]Her card has a $150.00 balance and she makes a $50.00 payment so the new balance is 150 - 50 = $100.00. She didn't pay it off so she is charged 20% interest on her $100.00 balance so the interest is .20 * 100 = $20.00. Her balance was $100.00 and she was charged $20.00 in interest so her new balance is 100 + 20 = $120.00. The answer is 120.
[Question]Tom invites his parents and 3 siblings to his house. They each eat 3 times a day. How many plates do Tom and his guests use while they are there for the 4 days if each person uses 2 plates per meal?
[Answer]
There were 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 people at the house. That means they use 6 * 2 = 12 plates per meal. So they use 12 * 3 = 36 plates per day. That means they use 36 * 4 = 144 plates for the visit. The answer is 144.