Question: A clerk can process 25 forms per hour. If 2400 forms must be processed in an 8-hour day, how many clerks must you hire for that day?
Answer: One clerk can process 25 x 8 = 200 forms in a day. To process the forms for that day 2400 / 200 = 12 clerks must be hired. The answer is 12.
[Question]Andrea buys herself a pony for her 30th birthday. She pays $500/month to rent a pasture for it, $10 a day for food, and $60/lesson for two lessons a week. How much does she spend on her pony in a year?
[Answer]First find the annual cost of food: $10 / day * 365 days = $3650. Then find how much she spends a week on lessons: $60 / lesson * 2 lessons = $120. Then multiply that weekly cost by the number of weeks per year to find the annual cost: $120 / week * 52 weeks / year = $6240. Then find the annual cost of the pasture: $500 / month * 12 months / year = $6000. Then add all the costs to find the total cost: $6000 + $6240 + $3650 = $15890. The answer is 15890.
Q: I bought a TV for $1700 excluding tax. What is the price of the television when calculating 15% of the value-added tax?
A: The value - added tax is 1700 * 15% = 255. The price of the television including tax 1700 + 255 = $1955. The answer is 1955.
Question: Yun had 20 paperclips initially, but then lost 12. Marion has 1/4 more than what Yun currently has, plus 7. How many paperclips does Marion have?
Answer: Yun has 20 - 12 = 8 paperclips. Marion has 8 / 4 + 7 = 9 paperclips. The answer is 9.
[Question]There were 10 snowflakes at first. It snowed an additional 4 snowflakes every 5 minutes. How many minutes passed before there were 58 snowflakes?
[Answer]Without the first 10 snowflakes, there are 58 - 10 = 48 snowflakes needed. 48 / 4 = 12 5 - minute intervals are needed to get the additional snowflakes. 12 * 5 = 60 minutes passed. The answer is 60.
[Question]Martha buys 1 latte for $4.00 every morning, 5 days a week. 3 days a week, she buys an iced coffee for $2.00. Her goal for the entire year is to cut her coffee spending by 25%. How much will she save?
[Answer]
She buys a $4.00 latte in the morning for 5 days so that’s 4 * 5 = $20.00. She buys a $2.00 iced coffee 3 days a week so that’s 2 * 3 = $6.00. In one week she spends $20.00 on lattes and $6.00 on iced coffee for a total of 20 + 6 = $26.00. After 1 year, 52 weeks, she spends 52 * 26 = $1,352.00. She wants to cut her coffee spending by 25% so that will save her .25 * 1352 = $338.00. The answer is 338.