Question: John buys 5 toys that each cost $3. He gets a 20% discount. How much did he pay for everything?
Answer: The toys cost 5 * 3 = $15. His discount is worth 15 * .2 = $3. So he pays 15 - 3 = $12. The answer is 12.
[Question]Harry decided to buy some balloons for his friend's birthday party. One balloon costs $0.5, and a pack of 10 balloons is cheaper and costs only $3. Finally, Harry wants to bring to the party exactly 14 balloons. How much did he need to pay for them?
[Answer]To buy 14 balloons, Harry should buy one pack of 10, and 14 - 10 = 4 separate balloons. The price of 4 balloons is 4 * 0.5 = $2. In total, the pack and separate balloons would cost Harry in total 3 + 2 = $5. The answer is 5.
Q: The average speed for an hour drive is 66 miles per hour. If Felix wanted to drive twice as fast for 4 hours, how many miles will he cover?
A: If Felix drives twice as fast, he will be covering 2 * 66 = 132 miles per hour. In four hours, driving at 132 miles per hour, since distance = speed * time, Felix will cover 132 * 4 = 528 miles. The answer is 528.
Question: Jackson works 5 days a week going door-to-door collecting for charity. His goal is to raise $1000 for the week. He earned $300 on Monday and $40 on Tuesday. If he collects an average of $10 for every 4 houses he visits, how many houses will he have to visit on each of the remaining days of the week to meet his goal?
Answer: First find the total amount Jackson still needs to collect: $1000 - $300 - $40 = $660. Then subtract the number of days he already worked from the number of workdays in the week to find how many more days he'll work: 5 days - 2 days = 3 days. Then divide the total amount he still needs to earn by the number of days he has to earn it to find how much he needs to earn per day: $660 / 3 days = $220 / day. Then find how much money he collects per house: $10 / 4 houses = $2.50 / house. Then divide the amount he needs to collect per day by the amount he collects per house to find how many houses he needs to visit per day: $220 / day / $2.50 / house = 88 houses / day. The answer is 88.
[Question]There are four members in one household. Each member consumes 3 slices of bread during breakfast and 2 slices of bread for snacks. A loaf of bread has 12 slices. How many days will five loaves of bread last in this family?
[Answer]A total of 3 + 2 = 5 slices of bread are consumed by each member every day. So a family consumes a total of 5 x 4 = 20 slices of bread every day. Five loaves of bread have 5 x 12 = 60 slices of bread. Thus, the 5 loaves of bread last for 60 / 20 = 3 days. The answer is 3.
[Question]Megan works eight hours a day and earns $7.50 per hour. If she works 20 days a month, how much will be her total earnings for two months of work?
[Answer]
In a day, Megan earns 8 x $7.50 = $60. In a month, she will be earning 20 x $60 = $1200. Therefore, Megan will earn a total of 2 x $1200 = $2400 for two months of work. The answer is 2400.