Question: A movie theater can hold 50 people at a time. They charge $8.00 a ticket. On a Tuesday night they only sold 24 tickets. By not selling out, how much money did they lose?
Answer: The theater can hold 50 people and they charge $8.00 to watch a movie so on a sold - out night they make 50 * 8 = $400.00. On Tuesday night they only sold 24 tickets at $8.00 apiece so they made 24 * 8 = $192.00. If they make $400.00 on a sold - out night and they only made $192.00 on Tuesday then they lost 400 - 192 = $208.00. The answer is 208.
[Question]Travis has 10000 apples, and he is planning to sell these apples in boxes. Fifty apples can fit in each box. If he sells each box of apples for $35, how much will he be able to take home?
[Answer]The total of boxes of apples is 10000 / 50 = 200. Therefore the total amount he can take home is 200 x $35 = $7000. The answer is 7000.
Q: The largest room in Mrs. McAvoy's house is 45 feet wide and 30 feet long. The smallest room in that same house is 15 feet wide and 8 feet long. What is the difference in area between the largest room and the smallest room?
A: The area of the largest room is 45 ft x 30 ft = 1350 sq ft. The area of the smallest room is 15 ft x 8 ft = 120 sq ft. The difference between the two is 1350 sq ft - 120 sq ft = 1230 sq ft. The answer is 1230.
Question: Peter is buying a set of glasses. They cost $3 for small glasses and $5 for large ones. He has $50. If he buys 8 small ones and leaves with $1 in change, how many large ones did he buy?
Answer: He spent $49 on glasses because 50 - 49 = 1. He spent $24 on small glasses because 8x3 = 24. He spent $25 on large glasses because 49 - 24 = 25. He bought 5 large glasses because 25 / 5 = 5. The answer is 5.
[Question]A charity organization's goal is to distribute 400 boxes of food to a community that was recently destroyed by a flood. Each box contains $80 worth of food and $165 worth of additional supplies such as toiletries and fresh linens. Then, an anonymous donor gives the organization 4 times the amount of money they had already spent, allowing them to pack many more boxes. How many boxes do they pack in total?
[Answer]Each box costs $80 + $165 = $245. They spent $245 / box x 400 boxes = $98,000 on 400 boxes. They were given another $98,000 x 4 = $392,000. They are able to pack another $392,000 / $245 / box = 1600 boxes. Altogether, they pack 1600 boxes + 400 boxes = 2000 boxes. The answer is 2000.
[Question]Rachel is stuffing envelopes. She has eight hours to complete the task, and there are 1,500 envelopes. In the first hour, Rachel stuffs 135 envelopes. The second hour she stuffs 141 envelopes. How many envelopes will Rachel need to stuff per hour to finish the job?
[Answer]
Rachel has 1500 - 135 - 141 envelopes = 1224 envelopes remaining to stuff. Rachel has 8 hours - 2 hours = 6 hours left to finish the task. Rachel needs to stuff 1224 envelopes / 6 hours = 204 envelopes per hour. The answer is 204.