Q: Cary starts working at Game Stop for $10/hour. She gets a 20% raise the first year, but the second year the company's profits decrease and her pay is cut to 75% of what it used to be. How much does Cary make now?
A: 9
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the amount of Cary's raise by multiplying $10 by 20%: $10 * .2 = $2. Then add Cary's raise to her initial wage to find her wage after one year: $10 + $2 = $12. Then multiply that wage by 75% to find Cary's wage after her pay cut: $12 * .75 = $9.


Q: Every 4 weeks, Helen hand washes her silk pillowcases. It takes 30 minutes to hand wash all of them. In 1 year, how much time does Helen spend hand washing her pillowcases?
A: 390
Step-by-step reasoning process: She hand washes them every 4 weeks and there are 52 weeks in a year so she washes them 52 / 4 = 13 times per year. It takes her 30 minutes to hand wash the pillowcases and she does this 13 times per year for a total of 30 * 13 = 390 minutes per year.


Q: Janet counts 30 crows on the powerlines and 60% more hawks than crows. How many birds does she count total?
A: 78
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find how many more hawks than crows there are: 60% * 30 crows = 18 crows. Then add that number to the number of crows to find the total number of hawks: 18 crows + 30 crows = 48 crows. Then add the number of crows to the number of hawks to find the total number of birds: 48 crows + 30 crows = 78 crows.


Q: A club with 30 members ordered fruit juices. Two-fifths of them ordered lemon juice. One-third of the remaining members ordered mango juice, and the rest ordered orange juice. How many members ordered orange juice?
A: 6
Step-by-step reasoning process: 30 x 2 / 5 = 12 members ordered lemon juice. So, 30 - 12 = 18 members did not order lemon juice. Since 1 / 3 of the remaining ordered mango juice, then 18 x 2 / 3 = 12 members ordered mango juice. Therefore, 18 - 12 = 6 members ordered orange juice.