user: Q: Alice and Emily are selling oranges at the farmer's market. Alice sold twice as many oranges as Emily did. In total, they sold 180 oranges. How many oranges did Alice sell?
A: Emily sold 180 / 3 = 60 oranges. Alice sold 60 * 2 = 120 oranges. The answer is 120.
Question: Lloyd, Mark, and Michael have their Pokemon cards collection. Currently, Mark has thrice as many cards as Lloyd but has 10 fewer cards than Michael. If Michael has 100 cards now, how many more cards should they collect so that all three of them will have a total of 300 cards?
Answer: Mark has 10 fewer cards than Michael so Mark has 100 cards - 10 cards = 90 cards. So, Lloyd has 90 cards / 3 = 30 cards. All three of them have 90 cards + 30 cards + 100 cards = 220 cards. Thus, they need to collect 300 cards - 220 cards = 80 more cards. The answer is 80.
[Question]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?
[Answer]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.
Q: Meena bakes 5 dozen cookies for the school’s bake sale. She sells 2 dozen cookies to her biology teacher, Mr. Stone. Her friend Brock buys 7 cookies, and her friend Katy buys twice as many as Brock. How many cookies does Meena have left?
A: Meena bakes a total of 5 x 12 = 60 cookies. Mr. Stone buys 2 x 12 = 24 cookies. Brock buys 7 cookies, so Katy buys 2 x 7 = 14 cookies. Meena sells a total of 24 + 7 + 14 = 45 cookies. She has 60 - 45 = 15 cookies left. The answer is 15.
Question: Terez has 44 cows on his farm. 50 percent of the cows are female, and 50 percent of the females are pregnant. How many pregnant female cows does Terez have?
Answer: Female:44(.50) = 22. Pregnant:22(.50) = 11 cows. The answer is 11.
Q: Three years ago, Bethany was twice the age of her younger sister. In 5 years, her younger sister will be 16. How old is Bethany now?
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assistant: First find how old Bethany's sister currently is: 16 years - 5 years = 11 years. Then find how old her sister was 3 years ago: 11 years - 3 years = 8 years. Then double that age to find how old Bethany was three years ago: 8 years * 2 = 16 years. Then add 3 years to that number to find how old Bethany is now: 16 years + 3 years = 19 years. The answer is 19.