[Question]To get ready for the new school year, Mary brought her two kids shopping. She bought her son James, a coat for $40 and two pairs of jeans. She bought his sister Jamie, a pair of shoes for $30. The total cost of the items was $110. If the two pairs of jeans for James cost the same price, how much did one pair of jeans cost?
[Answer]The total spent on both pairs of jeans was $110 - $40 - $30 = $40. One pair of jeans would cost $40 / 2 = $20. The answer is 20.
Q: Léa bought one book for $16, three binders for $2 and six notebooks for $1. Calculate the total cost of her purchases.
A: The binders cost 3 binders * $2 / binder = $6. The notebooks cost 6 notebooks * $1 / notebook = $6. The amount of Lea’s purchases is: $16 + $6 + $6 = $28. The answer is 28.
Question: Julie works at a restaurant that pays her an hourly rate of $5. She works 8 hours a day and 6 days a week. How much is her monthly salary if she was not able to go to work for a day?
Answer: Julie's daily earnings are $5 x 8 = $40. Her weekly earnings are $40 x 6 = $240. Her monthly earnings are $240 x 4 = $960. Since she was not able to work for a day, her salary will be $960 - $40 = $920. The answer is 920.
[Question]The standard poodle is 8 inches taller than the miniature poodle, and the miniature poodle is 6 inches taller than the toy poodle. If the standard poodle in 28 inches tall, how tall is the toy poodle in inches?
[Answer]If the standard poodle is 8 inches taller than the miniature poodle, then the miniature poodle is 28 - 8 = 20 inches tall. And if the miniature poodle is 8 inches taller than the toy poodle, that the toy poodle is 20 - 6 = 14 inches tall. The answer is 14.
Q: There are 28 students in a class. Two-sevenths of them were absent last Monday. How many students were present last Monday?
A: 28 x 2 / 7 = 8 students were absent last Monday. So, 28 - 8 = 20 students were present last Monday. The answer is 20.
Question: The new pad of paper has 120 pages. Sammy uses 25% of the pages for his science project, and another 10 pages for his math homework. How many pages remain in the pad?
Answer:
He used 0.25 * 120 = 30 on science. There were 120 - 30 = 90 pages left. And then he has 90 - 10 = 80 after math. The answer is 80.