Q: Lee is saving up for a new pair of sneakers which cost $90. He already has $15 saved. He plans to sell his old action figures to make the rest. If he sells 10 action figures and still has $25 left after buying the sneakers how much did he charge per action figure?
A: Before buying the shoes he had $115 dollars because 90 + 25 = 115. He earned $100 from selling action figures because 115 - 15 = 100. He sold them each for $10 because 100 / 10 = 10. The answer is 10.
Question: To raise money, a school is selling ice-pops for $1.50. It costs 90 cents to make each pop, and the money from the pops will be used to buy pencils, which cost $1.80 each. How many pops must be sold to buy 100 pencils?
Answer: To buy 100 pencils the school needs 100 * $1.80 = $180.00. Each ice pop sells for $1.50 but costs $.90 to make, for a net profit of $1.50 - $.90 = $.60. So in order to raise $180.00, the school will need to sell $180.00 / $.60 per ice - pop = 300 ice - pops. The answer is 300.
[Question]Louise is hanging 30 of her pictures on the wall. She hangs some of them vertically, half of them horizontally, then hangs the remaining 5 pictures haphazardly. How many pictures did Louise hang vertically?
[Answer]There are 30 / 2 = 15 pictures hanging horizontally. So there is a total of 15 + 5 = 20 pictures hanging either horizontally or haphazardly. Therefore, there are 30 – 20 = 10 pictures hanging vertically. The answer is 10.
Q: Clara is climbing to the top of a historical tower with stone stairs. Each level has eight huge steps in the stairs. Every step is made up of three massive blocks of stone. By the time she reaches the top, she has climbed past 96 blocks of stone. How many levels are there in the tower?
A: Clara climbed past 96 / 3 = 32 steps made up of 3 blocks of stone each. At 8 steps per level, there are 32 / 8 = 4 levels in the tower. The answer is 4.
Question: Jason is trying to figure out whether he can afford a new car. The car he wants costs $32,000, and he can make a down payment of $8,000. He'll have to get a loan for the rest of the amount and make 48 equal monthly payments on it. Each month, he also has to pay interest equal to 5% of that month's payment. How much will Jason's monthly payments be?
Answer: First figure out how much the loan will be: $32,000 - $8,000 = $24,000. Then divide the loan amount by the number of payments to find the monthly payment before interest: $24,000 / 48 months = $500 / month. Then multiply the loan amount by 5% to find out how much the interest is: $500 / month * .05 = $25 / month. Then add the interest to the payment amount to find the total monthly payment: $500 / month + $25 / month = $525 / month. The answer is 525.
Q: Tony has to run several errands in a day. He needs to drive 10 miles to get groceries, 15 miles to get a haircut and 5 miles to go to a doctor's appointment. How many miles will Tony have driven when he is halfway through driving around for his errands?
A:
First, we need to find the total number of miles Tony will be driving by adding 10 + 15 + 5 = 30 miles in total. To determine the halfway point, we simply divide the total number of miles by 2, performing 30 / 2 = 15 miles driven when Tony is halfway done. The answer is 15.