Q: Holly wants to plant a wall of privacy trees along her fence line. Her fence is 25 yards long. At maturity, the trees she wants to plant will measure 1.5 feet wide. Right now, these trees are on sale for $8.00 apiece. How much will it cost her to plant a row of the trees to run the length of her fence?
A: 3 feet are in 1 yard and her fence is 25 yards long so her fence is 3 * 25 = 75 feet long. At maturity these trees will measure 1.5 feet and she needs them to run along her 75 - foot fence so she needs 75 / 1.5 = 50 trees. The trees cost $8.00 apiece and she needs 50 so 8 * 50 = $400.00 worth of trees. The answer is 400.
Question: Tom, Tim, and Paul are collecting photos of cars. Paul has 10 photos more than Tim. Tim has one hundred photos less than the total amount of photos which is 152. How many photos does Tom have?
Answer: Tim has 152 photos - 100 photos = 52 photos. When Tim has 52 photos, then Paul has 52 + 10 photos = 62 photos. Tim and Paul have together 52 photos + 62 photos = 114 photos. That leaves Tom with 152 photos - 114 photos = 38 photos. The answer is 38.
[Question]The company's data entry team had 5 employees working on a large project. Rudy types 64 words per minute, Joyce types 76 words per minute, Gladys types 91 words per minute, Lisa types 80 words per minute and Mike types 89 words per minute. What is the team's average typed words per minute?
[Answer]Rudy types 64, Joyce types 76, Gladys types 91, Lisa types 80 and Mike types 89 so 64 + 76 + 91 + 80 + 89 = 400. There are 5 team members, so they type at an average speed of 400 / 5 = 80 words per minute. The answer is 80.
Q: Janet hires six employees. Four of them are warehouse workers who make $15/hour, and the other two are managers who make $20/hour. Janet has to pay 10% of her workers' salaries in FICA taxes. If everyone works 25 days a month and 8 hours a day, how much does Janet owe total for their wages and taxes for one month?
A: First figure out how many hours each worker works per month by multiplying the number of days they work by the number of hours a day they work: 25 days * 8 hours / day = 200 hours. Then calculate how much one warehouse worker makes per month by multiplying their hourly rate by the number of hours they work: 200 hours * $15 / hour = $3000. Then multiply that number by 4 to find out how much all the warehouse workers make: $3000 / worker * 4 workers = $12,000. Now multiply the hours each manager works (also 200) by their hourly wage to find out how much one manager makes per month: 200 hours * $20 / hour = $4,000. Now multiply one manager's wages by the number of managers (2) to find their total wage amount: $4,000 / manager * 2 managers = $8,000. Now add the wages for the managers and the workers to find the total cost of the wages: $8,000 + $12,000 = $20,000. Now multiply the total wage bill by 10% to find how much the FICA taxes are: $20,000 * .1 = $2,000. Now add the total wage bill to the total tax amount to find the grand total: $2,000 + $20,000 = $22,000. The answer is 22000.
Question: Betty is saving money for a new wallet which costs $100. Betty has only half of the money she needs. Her parents decided to give her $15 for that purpose, and her grandparents twice as much as her parents. How much more money does Betty need to buy the wallet?
Answer: In the beginning, Betty has only 100 / 2 = $50. Betty's grandparents gave her 15 * 2 = $30. This means, Betty needs 100 - 50 - 30 - 15 = $5 more. The answer is 5.
Q: Bald Mountain received 1.5 meters of snow last week. During a blizzard, Billy Mountain received 3.5 meters of snow and Mount Pilot received 126 centimeters of snow. How many more centimeters of snow did Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot have then Bald Mountain?
A:
Bald Mountain = 1.5 * 100 = 150 cm. Billy Mountain = 3.5 * 100 = 350 cm. Mount Pilot = 126 cm. Billy + Pilot = 350 + 126 = 476 cm. 476 - 150 = 326 cm. Billy Mountain and Mount Pilot received 326 more centimeters of snow than Bald Mountain. The answer is 326.