Q: Robi and Rudy contributed money to start a business that could earn them profit. Robi contributed $4000, and Rudy contributed 1/4 more money than Robi. If they made a profit of 20 percent of the total amount and decided to share the profits equally, calculate the amount of money each got.
A: If Robi contributed $4000, then Rudy contributed 1 / 4 * 4000 = $1000 more. The total amount of money Rudy contributed is $4000 + $1000 = $5000. Together, the contributed a total of $5000 + $4000 = $9000. They made a 20% profit, a total of 20 / 100 * $9000 = $1800. When they decided to share the profit equally, each received $1800 / 2 = $900. The answer is 900.
Question: Jenny is trying to convince her cat to walk on a leash. The cat spends twenty minutes resisting. Then Jenny coaxes the cat to walk 64 feet at a rate of 8 feet/minute. How many minutes does this whole process take?
Answer: First find how many minutes the cat spends walking: 64 feet / 8 feet / minute = 8 minutes. Then add this to the time the cat spent resisting to find the total amount of time: 8 minutes + 20 minutes = 28 minutes. The answer is 28.
[Question]Mr. Sanchez found out that 40% of his Grade 5 students got a final grade below B. How many of his students got a final grade of B and above if he has 60 students in Grade 5?
[Answer]Since 40% of his students got below B, 100% - 40% = 60% of Mr. Sanchez's students got B and above. Thus, 60 x 60 / 100 = 36 students got B and above in their final grade. The answer is 36.
Q: Bailey bought 8 dog treats and an additional 2 chew toys. She also got 10 more rawhide bones. Sadly, she forgot her money and had to split the charges equally across 4 credit cards. How many items were included in each charge?
A: Bailey got 8 + 2 = 10 dog supplies. After adding the rawhide bones, she had 10 + 10 = 20 dog supplies. She needed to split the charges across 4 cards, so each charge had 20 * .25 = 5 items. The answer is 5.
Question: Matthew and his brother Shawn played swimming-pool-basketball. Each basket was worth 3 points. Matthew scored 9 points. Shawn scored 6 points. What is the total number of baskets made during this game?
Answer: Matthew scored 9 points and there are 3 points per basket, so he made 9 / 3 = 3 baskets. Shawn scored 6 points, so he made 6 / 3 = 2 baskets. The total number of baskets made is 3 + 2 = 5 baskets made. The answer is 5.
Q: In a basketball game, Tobee scored 4 points. Jay scored 6 more than Tobee and Sean scored 2 less than the points of Tobee and Jay together. If Tobee, Jay, and Sean are on the same team, how many points did they score for their team?
A:
Jay scored 4 + 6 = 10 points. Together, Tobee and Jay scores 4 + 10 = 14 points. So, Sean scored 14 - 2 = 12 points. Thus, Tobee, Jay, and Sean scored a total of 4 + 10 + 12 = 26 points for their team. The answer is 26.