Question: Kimmie received $450 from her handmade crafts at the supermarket. Her friend Zahra received 1/3 less money when she sold the same amount of handmade crafts at Etsy. If both of them save half of their earnings on the same savings account, calculate the total amount of money in the joint savings account?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Zahra received 1 / 3 * $450 = $150 less money from the sale of her craft at Etsy. The total amount of money that Zahra sold her handmade crafts for is $450 - $150 = $300. Kimmie saved 1 / 2 * $450 = $225 of her earnings into the joint savings account. Zahra saved 1 / 2 * $300 = $150 of her earnings into the joint savings account. Together, they have $225 + $150 = $375 in the savings account.
So the answer is 375.


Question: Angela is a bike messenger in New York. She needs to deliver 8 times as many packages as meals. If she needs to deliver 27 meals and packages combined, how many meals does she deliver?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Let p be the number of packages Angela delivers and m be the number of meals. We know that p + m = 27 and p = 8m. Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get 8m + m = 27. Combining like terms, we get 9m = 27. Dividing both sides by 9, we get m = 3.
So the answer is 3.


Question: At Snowflake Plastics, each employee gets 10 sick days and 10 vacation days per year. If Mark uses half his allotment of both types of days in a year, how many hours' worth of days does he have left if each day covers an 8-hour long workday?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
First, we add the two types of days together to find 10 + 10 = 20 days in total between the two types. We then divide this number in half to find Mark's remaining number of days, getting 20 / 2 = 10 days remaining. Since each day counts as 8 hours, we multiply 10 * 8 = 80 hours' worth of days remaining for Mark.
So the answer is 80.