Question: Venny spent $15000 on a used car which cost 40% of the original price. What was the original price of the car?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Let x be the original price of the car. Then 40% * x = $15000. Thus x = $15000 / 0.4 = $37500.
So the answer is 37500.


Question: Toby is in a juggling contest with a friend. The winner is whoever gets the most objects rotated around in 4 minutes. Toby has 5 baseballs and each one makes 80 rotations. His friend has 4 apples and each one makes 101 rotations. How many total rotations of objects are made by the winner?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Toby gets 400 full rotations because 5 x 80 = 400. His friend get 404 rotations because 4 x 101 = 404. The winner rotated 404 objects because 404 > 400.
So the answer is 404.


Question: Bailey needs to buy 2 new sets of towels for the guest bathroom and 4 new sets for her master bathroom. The set of towels for the guest bathroom are $40.00 each and the master bathroom set is $50.00 each. The store is currently offering 20% off so how much will Bailey spend on towel sets?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
She needs 2 sets of guest towels that are $40.00 each so that’s 2 * 40 = $80.00. She needs 4 sets of master bath towels that are $50.00 each so that’s 4 * 50 = $200.00. Together, the towels will cost 80 + 200 = $280.00. The store is offering 20% off of her $280.00 towels so that’s 280 * .20 = $56.00 discount. Her $280.00 towels have a $56.00 discount making them 280 - 56 = $224.00.
So the answer is 224.