[Question]If Lyn donates $240 to a private organization each year where 1/3 of it goes to the community pantry project, 1/2 goes to the local crisis fund, 1/4 of the remaining goes to livelihood project funds, and the rest is for contingency funds. How much goes to contingency fund?
[Answer]The community pantry project gets 240 x 1 / 3 = $80. The local crisis fund has 240 x 1 / 2 = $120. The total funds allocated for the two funds is $80 + $120 = $200. So, $240 - $200 = $40 are left for the other 2 funds. The livelihood project gets $40 x 1 / 4 = $10. This means that the contingency fund is $40 - $10 = $30. The answer is 30.
Q: Max watches a show every day that airs from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm and only airs during weekdays. If he watches every episode during the week but misses the Friday episode, how many hours of the show did he watch?
A: The show runs from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm so that is 30 minutes. From Monday to Thursday, he watched a total of 30 * 4 = 120 minutes. In hours, this is equal to 120 / 60 = 2 hours. The answer is 2.
Question: John has started at a job he works every day 10 days ago. So far, he's made $250. How many more days must John work before he makes twice this amount, assuming he makes the same amount every day?
Answer: John has made $250 in 10 days, so this means he makes $250 / 10 = 25 dollars a day. Since John wants to make double his current amount, this means he wants to make 250 * 2 = 500 dollars. This means John needs to work 500 / 25 = 20 days in total to make 500. As John has already worked 10 days, this means he needs to work 20 - 10 = 10 more days to make his goal. The answer is 10.
[Question]Ibrahim wants to buy an MP3 player for 120 euros and a CD for 19 euros. He has 55 euros in savings. His father participates in his purchase by giving him 20 euros. How much money does Ibrahim lack?
[Answer]The total price of the purchases is 120 + 19 = 139 euros. The amount of money he has after his father's help is 55 + 20 = 75 euros. The purchase amount is 139 euros, so he is missing 139 – 75 = 64 euros. The answer is 64.
Q: Michael was watching a TV show, which was aired for 1.5 hours. During this time, there were 3 commercials, which lasted 10 minutes each. How long (in hours) was the TV show itself, not counting commercials?
A: Each commercial lasted 10 minutes, so three commercials lasted 3 * 10 = 30 minutes. The show was aired for 1.5 hours, and 30 minutes is 0.5 of an hour, so without the commercials, the show was 1.5 - 0.5 = 1 hour long. The answer is 1.
Question: A taco truck buys 100 pounds of beef. They use .25 pounds of beef per taco. If they sell each taco for $2 and each taco takes $1.5 to make how much profit did they make if they used all the beef?
Answer:
They made 100 / .25 = 400 tacos. Each taco gives a profit of 2 - 1.5 = $.5. So they made a profit of 400 * .5 = $200. The answer is 200.