Answer this question:Mr. Wells has a garden of flowers with 50 rows. If each row has 400 flowers and Mr. Wells cuts 60% of the flowers, how many flowers are remaining in the garden?
If there are 50 rows of flowers with 400 flowers per row, there are 50 * 400 = 20000 flowers in the garden,. Mr. Wells cuts flowers from 60% of the flowers, which is 60 / 100 * 20000 = 12000 flowers. The total number of flowers remaining in the garden is 20000 - 12000 = 8000.
The answer is 8000.

Answer this question:Paul lives in a 5th story apartment. He makes 3 trips out from and back to his apartment throughout the day each day of a week. How many feet does he travel vertically in total over the week if each story is 10 feet tall?
Since Paul makes 3 trips per day, and each trip involves going both down and up, this means he travels the full vertical distance of his apartment complex 3 * 2 = 6 times a day. Since there are 7 days in a week, this means he makes this trip 6 * 7 = 42 times a week. Since each story is 10 feet tall, that means with 5 stories he travels 5 * 10 = 50 feet each trip. Since he made 42 trips of 50 feet each, this means he traveled 50 * 42 = 2100 feet in a week.
The answer is 2100.

Answer this question:Tom takes medication to help him sleep. He takes 2 pills every day before bed. He needs to go to the doctor every 6 months to get a new prescription and a visit to the doctor costs $400. The medication costs $5 per pill, but insurance covers 80% of that cost. How much does he pay a year for everything?
He sees the doctor 12 / 6 = 2 times a year. So he pays 400 * 2 = $800 for doctor visits. The cost of the pill is 5 * 2 = $10 per night. But insurance covers 10 * .8 = $8. So he pays 10 - 8 = $2 per night. So he pays 2 * 365 = $730 a year. SSo his total cost is 800 + 730 = $1530 a year.
The answer is 1530.

Answer this question:Rachel is stuffing envelopes. She has eight hours to complete the task, and there are 1,500 envelopes. In the first hour, Rachel stuffs 135 envelopes. The second hour she stuffs 141 envelopes. How many envelopes will Rachel need to stuff per hour to finish the job?
Rachel has 1500 - 135 - 141 envelopes = 1224 envelopes remaining to stuff. Rachel has 8 hours - 2 hours = 6 hours left to finish the task. Rachel needs to stuff 1224 envelopes / 6 hours = 204 envelopes per hour.
The answer is 204.