Q: Enrique has 2 132 contracts that he needs to shred. His paper shredder will only allow him to shred 6 pages at a time. How many times will he shred 6 units of paper until all of the contracts are shredded?
A: He has 2 contracts that are 132 pages each so that's 2 * 132 = 264 pages. He can only shred 6 pages at a time so it will take him 264 / 6 = 44 units. The answer is 44.
Question: On Monday a group of 7 children and 5 adults went to the zoo. On Tuesday a group of 4 children and 2 adults went as well. Child tickets cost $3, and adult tickets cost $4. How much money did the zoo make in total for both days?
Answer: The total amount of children that went on both days is 7 + 4 = 11. The cost of the children's tickets is 11 × $3 = $33. The total amount of adults that went on both days is 5 + 2 = 7. The cost of the adults' tickets is 7 × $4 = $28. The zoo made $33 + $28 = $61 in total. The answer is 61.
[Question]Bill has played 200 games of poker and won 63% of them. If he plays 100 more games and loses 43 of them, what is his new win percentage?
[Answer]First find the total number of games Bill has won: 200 games * 63% = 126 games. Then find how many of the next 100 games he wins by subtracting the number he loses from the total: 100 games - 43 games = 57 games. Then add his new wins to his old wins to find his total wins: 57 games + 126 games = 183 games. Then add the old total number of games to the new total number of games to find the overall total number of games: 200 games + 100 games = 300 games. Then divide the total number of games Bill won by the overall total number of games and multiply by 100% to find the percentage of games he won: 183 games / 300 games * 100% = 61%. The answer is 61.
Q: Skyler is a composer. He wrote 25 hit songs that made it on the top 10 charts; ten more songs that made it on the top 100 charts than the hit songs; 5 fewer songs than the hit songs that were never released. How many songs did Skyler write in all?
A: Skyler wrote 25 + 10 = 35 songs that made it on the top 100. He wrote 25 - 5 = 20 songs that were never released. So, Skyler wrote a total of 25 + 35 + 20 = 80 songs. The answer is 80.
Question: Antonella has ten Canadian coins in her purse that are either loonies or toonies. A loonie equals $1 and a toonie equals $2. If she bought a $3 Frappuccino and still has $11, how many toonies did she initially have?
Answer: If Antonella spent $3 and now has $11, that means initially she had $3 + $11 = $14. Let the number of loonies Antonella had be L and the number of toonies be T. Initially she had in her purse a total of 1L + 2T = $14. We also know that she had 10 coins in total or 10 = L + T. That means initially she had T = 10 - L toonies. Combining both equations we know that 14 = 1L + 2 * (10 - L). If we multiply through the parentheses, we get 14 = 1L + 20 - 2L. If we combine the variables on one side and the constants on another, we get - 6 = - 1L or L = 6. Knowing the value of L, we can solve for T = 10 - L = 10 - 6 = 4. The answer is 4.
Q: Vikki worked 42 hours in one week. Her hourly pay rate is $10. From her weekly earnings, 20% is deducted as tax, 5% is deducted as insurance cover, and $5 is deducted for union dues. How much money, in dollars, does Vikki take home after deductions?
A:
Vikki earnt 10 × $42 = $420 in one week. She then gets taxed $420 × 0.2 = $84. She also loses $420 × 0.05 = $21 due to insurance. Vikki also pays $5 in union dues. In total Vikki loses $84 + $21 + $5 = $110 because of deductions. Her final total pay after deductions is $420 - $110 = $310. The answer is 310.