[Question]Bob gets rent assistance because he's low-income. If he gets a raise of $0.50/hour and works 40 hours a week, how much more will he actually earn a week if his housing benefit is reduced by $60/month?
[Answer]First find the total increase in Bob's earnings: $0.50 / hour * 40 hours / week = $20 / week. Then find the weekly decrease in Bob's housing assistance: $60 / month / 4 weeks / month = $15 / week. Then subtract the lost assistance from the increased wages to find Bob's net increase in money: $20 / week - $15 / week = $5 / week. The answer is 5.
Q: A department store displays a 20% discount on all fixtures. What will be the new price of a 25 cm high bedside lamp that was worth $120?
A: The amount of the discount is $120 x 0.2 = $24. The new price will be $120 – $24 = $96. The answer is 96.
Question: James has five huskies, two pitbulls and four golden retrievers, all female. They became pregnant and each golden retriever had two more pups than each husky. If the huskies and pitbulls had 3 pups each, How many more pups than adult dogs are there in total?
Answer: There are 5 + 2 = 7 huskies and pitbulls. 7 huskies and pitbulls had 3 pups each for a total of 3 * 7 = 21 pups. Each golden retriever had 2 more pups each than the huskies who had 3 each so each golden retriever had 3 + 2 = 5 pups. 4 golden retrievers had 5 pups each for a total of 20 pups. There are a total of 21 + 20 = 41 pups. There are a total of 5 + 2 + 4 = 11 adult dogs. There are 41 - 11 = 30 more pups than adult dogs. The answer is 30.
[Question]Tara's taking a road trip for the weekend. She drives for two days, stopping to fill up her gas tank each time from empty to full when she needs it. She visits 4 different gas stations in total, with the price of gas being $3, $3.50, $4, and $4.50 respectively at each. If Tara's car has a 12-gallon tank, how much does she spend on gas for her road trip?
[Answer]The first station Tara stops at charges $3 for a gallon of gas, so for her 12 - gallon tank she spends 12 * 3 = 36 dollars. The second station Tara stops at charges $3.50 for a gallon of gas, so for her 12 - gallon tank she spends 12 * 3.5 = 42 dollars. The third station Tara stops at charges $4 for a gallon of gas, so for her 12 - gallon tank she spends 12 * 4 = 48 dollars. The fourth station Tara stops at charges $4.50 for a gallon of gas, so for her 12 - gallon tank she spends 12 * 4.5 = 54 dollars. Now that we know all the individual amounts, we add 36 + 42 + 48 + 54 = 180 dollars in gas in total. The answer is 180.
Q: A certain school bought 10 cases of bottled water for their athletes. There are 20 bottles in each case. Seventy bottles of water were used during the first game. After the second game, only 20 bottles of water were left. How many bottles of water were used during the second game?
A: The school bought 10 x 20 = 200 bottled water. There were 200 - 70 = 130 bottled water left after the first game. So, there were 130 - 20 = 110 bottled water used during the second game. The answer is 110.
Question: Jake sold 10 more stuffed animals than Thor. Quincy sold ten times as many stuffed animals as Thor. If Quincy sold 200 stuffed animals, how many more stuffed animals did Quincy sell than Jake?
Answer:
Thor sold 200 / 10 = 20 stuffed animals. Jake sold 20 + 10 = 30 stuffed animals. Quincy sold 200 - 30 = 170 more stuffed animals than Jake. The answer is 170.