James opens up a flower shop. He needs to pay rent of $1200 a week with an additional 20% of rent to pay for utilities and he has 2 employees per shift with the store open 16 hours a day for 5 days a week. If he pays each employee $12.50 an hour, what are his weekly expenses to run the store? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. He is open 16 * 5 = 80 hours a week. So he pays each of his employees 12.5 * 80 = $1000 per week. Since there are two employees, he pays them in total 2 * $1000 = $2000 per week. The utilities cost 1200 * .2 = $240. So his total cost per week is 1200 + 2000 + 240 = $3440.. The answer is: 3440.

Titan's father has an onion farm ready for harvest. He borrows Mr. Clay's pickup and transports the harvest to their store, carrying ten bags per trip, prepared for sale. If the onions are in 50 kgs bags, and the pickup makes 20 trips, what's the total weight of onions harvested by Titan's father? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. On one trip, the pickup carries 10 bags * 50 kg / bag = 500kg of onions. After 20 trips, the total weight of onions transported to the store is 20 trips * 500 kg / trip = 10000 kgs.. The answer is: 10000.

Two boys, Ben and Leo, are fond of playing marbles. Ben has 56 marbles, while Leo has 20 more marbles than Ben. They put the marbles in one jar. How many marbles in the jar? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. Leo has 56 + 20 = 76 marbles. Therefore, there are 56 + 76 = 132 marbles in the jar.. The answer is: 132.