Question: Ronald wants to make profits by re-selling some phones he bought a week ago. He bought 200 units for just $3000, and he wants to gain a third of the initial investment in profits when all units are sold. Including the profit margin, what will be the selling price for each phone?
Answer: The profit Ronald wants is $3000 / 3 = $1000. The profit per phone sold will be $1000 / 200 phones = $5 / phone. The cost of each phone is $3000 / 200 phones = $15 / phone. The selling price including the profit will be $15 / phone + $5 / phone = $20. The answer is 20.
[Question]Marcy's grade is electing their class president. Marcy got three times as many votes as Barry, who got twice as many as 3 more than the number of votes Joey got. If Joey got 8 votes, how many votes did Marcy get?
[Answer]First, add three to Joey's vote total: 8 votes + 3 votes = 11 votes. Then double that number to find the number of votes Barry got: 11 votes * 2 = 22 votes. Then triple that number to find Marcy's vote total: 22 votes * 3 = 66 votes. The answer is 66.
Q: The average temperature in Orlando in a particular week was 60 degrees. If the temperature on each of the first 3 days in that week was 40, and the temperature for Thursday and Friday was 80 degrees each, calculate the total temperature of the remaining days of that week.
A: If the average temperature of Orlando for the week was 60, then the total temperature for the week was 7 * 60 = 420 degrees. For the first three days of that week, the temperature was 40 degrees each day, totaling 3 * 40 = 120 degrees in the three days. The temperature for Thursday and Friday was 80 degrees each, a total of 80 * 2 = 160 degrees. The temperature of Orlando for the first five days was 160 + 120 = 280 degrees. The temperature for the remaining two days is 420 - 280 = 140 degrees. The answer is 140.
Question: Marcy is the lunch monitor in an elementary school cafeteria. She gives 5 time-outs for running, 1 less than five times that number of time-outs for throwing food, and 1/3 the number of food-throwing time-outs for swearing. If each time-out is 5 minutes, how much time do the students spend in time-out total?
Answer: First multiply the number of running time - outs by 5: 5 time - outs * 5 = 25 time - outs. Then subtract 1 from that number to find the number of food - throwing time - outs: 25 time - outs - 1 = 24 time - outs. Then divide that number by 3 to find the number of swearing time - outs: 24 time - outs / 3 = 8 time - outs. Then add the number of each kind of time - out to find the total number: 8 time - outs + 24 time - outs + 5 time - outs = 37 time - outs. Then multiply that number by the length of each time - out to find the total time the students spend in time - out: 37 time - outs * 5 minutes / time - out = 185 minutes. The answer is 185.
[Question]Tony is driving his car between his town and a friend's down. The towns are 120 miles apart and he gets there in 3 hours. The next day, he is driving to see another friend who lives 200 miles away from his friend. If he drives at the same speed, how long will the drive take?
[Answer]He is driving 40 MPH because 120 / 3 = 40. It will take him 5 hours because 200 / 40 = 5. The answer is 5.
[Question]The class plans to take a field trip to the zoo. The cost to rent a school bus is $100. The cost of admission is $10 per student. The teacher is allowed in for free. If the class has a budget of $350, how many students can go on the field trip?
[Answer]
There is $350 - $100 = $250 available to pay for the students' admission fees. This means they can afford to bring $250 / $10 = 25 students on the trip. The answer is 25.