Each member of Greg’s softball team needs to buy one uniform made up of a shirt, a pair of pants, and socks. A shirt costs $7.50, a pair of pants cost $15, and socks cost $4.50 each if each team member buys the uniform items on their own. If they buy the items as a group, they are given a discount. A discounted shirt cost $6.75, a discounted pair of pants cost $13.50, and discounted socks cost $3.75. How much would their team of 12 save with the group discount?
Let's think: The cost of a regularly - priced uniform is $7.50 for the shirt + $15 for pants + $4.50 for socks = $27. The cost of a discounted uniform is $6.75 for the shirt + $13.50 for pants + $3.75 for socks = $24. By purchasing the discounted uniform, each team member would save $27 for full price - $24 for discounted = $3. So, for the team of 12, they would save $3 * 12 = $36.. The answer is: 36.

Liezl prepared four sets of 2-dozen paper cups for her daughter's birthday party. If 5 cups were damaged and 30 were not used, how many paper cups were used?
Let's think: Since 1 dozen is equal to 12 then 2 dozens of cups is equal to 2 x 12 = 24 cups. So, Liezl prepared a total of 24 cups x 4 sets = 96 paper cups. A total of 5 + 30 = 35 paper cups were not used. Hence, 96 - 35 = 61 paper cups were used.. The answer is: 61.

Steve's new book sells 1,000,000 copies. He got an advance to pay for 100,000 copies. He gets $2 for each copy of the book sold. His agent takes 10% of that. How much money did he keep not counting the money from the advance?
Let's think: He sold 1,000,000 - 100,000 = 900,000 not counting the advance. So he made 900,000 * 2 = $1,800,000 from selling the books. His agent took 1,800,000 * .1 = $180,000. That means he kept 1,800,000 - 180,000 = $1,620,000.. The answer is: 1620000.

Bob runs 6 miles per hour. His friend Jim runs at 9 miles per hour. If Bob has a 1 mile head-start, how many minutes will it take before Jim catches him?
Let's think:
Bob runs .1 miles per minute because 6 / 60 = .1. Jim run at .15 miles per minute 9 / 60 = .15. We know that .1(Number of Minutes) + 1 = .15(Number of Minutes). Therefore 1 = .05(Number of minutes). Therefore (Number of minutes) = 20 because 1 / .05 = 20.. The answer is: 20.