Q: Alice made 52 friendship bracelets over spring break to sell at school. It only cost her $3.00 in materials to make these bracelets. During the break, she gave 8 of her bracelets away. Back at school, she sells all of the remaining bracelets at $0.25 each. How much profit did she make (money earned after paying initial costs) on the sale of her bracelets?
A: She made 52 bracelets but gave 8 away so she had 50 - 8 = 44 bracelets left. She sold 44 bracelets at $0.25 each for a total of 44 * .25 = $11.00. She made $11.00 but she spent $3.00 on the supplies. So her profit would be 11 - 3 = $8.00. The answer is 8.
Question: John has a party and invites 30 people. Of the people he invited 20% didn't show up. 75% of the people who show up get steak and the rest get chicken. How many people ordered chicken?
Answer: There were 30 * .2 = 6 people who didn't show up. So 30 - 6 = 24 people showed up. Of the people who showed up, 24 * .75 = 18 got steak. So 24 - 18 = 6 got chicken. The answer is 6.
[Question]John went on a mission that was supposed to take 5 days. Instead it took 60% longer. He then had to go on a second mission which took 3 days. How long was he on missions?
[Answer]The first mission took 5 * .6 = 3 days longer than anticipated. So it took 5 + 3 = 8 days. That means the two missions took 8 + 3 = 11 days. The answer is 11.
Q: A local business was selling 25 raffle tickets to raise money for charity. Each ticket cost $2.00 apiece. They sold all the tickets and also received 2 $15 donations and a $20 donation. How much money did they raise?
A: They sold 25 raffle tickets at $2.00 a piece so 25 * 2 = $50.00. They received 2 $15.00 donations so 2 * 15 = $30. With another donation of $20, in total, they raised 50 + 30 + 20 = $100.00. The answer is 100.
Question: Bill is hoarding toilet paper in fear of another pandemic. Bill goes to the bathroom three times a day and uses 5 squares of toilet paper each time. If Bill has 1000 rolls of toilet paper and each roll has 300 squares of toilet paper, how many days will his toilet paper supply last?
Answer: First find the total number of squares Bill's hoard has: 1000 rolls * 300 squares / roll = 300000 squares. Then find the number of squares Bill uses each day: 5 squares / time * 3 times / day = 15 squares / day. Now divide the total number of squares by the number of squares Bill uses each day to find how many days his hoard will last: 300000 squares / 15 squares / day = 20000 days. The answer is 20000.
Q: A class has 500 tables and 2/5 times as many books as the number of tables in the class are on top of each table. What's the total number of books in the class?
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If there are 2 / 5 times as many books as the number of tables in the class on top of each table, there are 2 / 5 * 500 = 200 books. Since the class has 500 tables with 200 books on top of each, there are 500 * 200 = 100000 books. The answer is 100000.