Question: A secretary who has been working for 6 years and who earns €10,000 a month has obtained a salary increase of 2%. What is her new salary?
Answer: We have the amount the salary will increase: 10000 * 2 / 100 = 200€. So the new salary is: 10000 + 200 = 10200€. The answer is 10200.
[Question]Steve has decided to become a baker. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, he bakes apple pies. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, he bakes cherry pies. If he bakes 12 pies per day, how many more apple pies does he bake than cherry pies in one week?
[Answer]In one week, he bakes 3 * 12 = 36 apple pies. In one week, he bakes 2 * 12 = 24 cherry pies. He bakes 36 - 24 = 12 more apple pies. The answer is 12.
Q: 25% of oysters have pearls in them. Jamie can collect 16 oysters during each dive. How many dives does he have to make to collect 56 pearls?
A: First find how many pearls Jamie collects per dive by multiplying the number of oysters by the chance each oyster has a pearl: .25 pearls / oyster * 16 oysters / dive = 4 pearls / dive. Then divide the number of pearls he wants by the number of pearls per dive to find the number of dives: 56 pearls / 4 pearls / dive = 14 pearls / dive. The answer is 14.
Question: Adam owns a wood carving shop, if a block of basswood can create 3 figurines and a block of butternut wood can create 4 figurines, and a block of Aspen wood can make twice the amount of figurines compared to basswood, how many figurines can he make if he owns 15 blocks of basswood, 20 blocks of butternut wood, and 20 blocks of Aspen wood?
Answer: Adam can make 15 x 3 = 45 figurines out of the blocks of basswood. He can also make 3 x 2 = 6 figurines out of a block of Aspen wood. So, he can make 20 x 6 = 120 figurines out of all the blocks of Aspen wood. He can also make 20 x 4 = 80 figurines out of all the blocks of butternut wood. Therefore, Adam can make a total of 120 + 80 + 45 = 245 figurines using all the blocks of wood. The answer is 245.
[Question]A bookseller sells 15 books in January, 16 in February and a certain number of books in March. If the average number of books he sold per month across all three months is 16, how many books did he sell in March?
[Answer]He sold an average of 16 books per month across all 3 months so he must have sold a total of 3 * 16 = 48 books in those 3 months. He sold 15 + 16 = 31 in January and February. He must have sold 48 - 31 = 17 books in March. The answer is 17.
[Question]School coaches bought sports equipment. Coach A bought ten new basketballs for $29 each, while coach B bought 14 new baseballs for $2.50 each and a baseball bat for $18. How much more did coach A spend than coach B?
[Answer]
Coach A spent $29x 10 = $290 for the 10 basketballs. Coach B spent $2.50x14 = $35 for the 14 baseballs. So, Coach B spent a total of $35 + $18 = $53 for the baseballs and a bat. Thus, Coach A spent $290 - $53 = $237 more than coach B. The answer is 237.