Q: John sells 20 woodburning for $15 each. The wood cost $100. How much does he make in profit?
A: He sells the woodburning for 20 * 15 = $300. So he makes a profit of 300 - 100 = $200. The answer is 200.
Question: James sells a $500,000 house for 20% over market value. He splits the revenue with his 3 brothers. How much does each person get after taxes take away 10%?
Answer: He sells the house for 1 + .2 = 1.2 times its value. So he sells the house for 500,000 * 1.2 = 600,000. He splits the money 1 + 3 = 4 ways. So each person gets 600,000 / 4 = $150,000 before taxes. Taxes take away 150,000 * .1 = $15,000. So each person gets 150,000 - 15,000 = $135,000. The answer is 135000.
[Question]Randy has some money in his piggy bank. He spends 2 dollars every time he goes to the store. He makes 4 trips to the store every month. If he had $104 dollars left in his piggy bank after a year, how much money, in dollars, did he have at first?
[Answer]Randy spends 2 * 4 = 8 dollars every month. Randy spends 8 * 12 = 96 dollars in a year. Randy had 96 + 104 = 200 dollars in his piggy bank at first. The answer is 200.
Q: Mary is writing a story, and wants her 60 characters to be split according to their initials. Half of her characters have the initial A, and half of this amount have the initial C. Mary wants the rest of her characters to have the initials D and E, but she wants there to be twice as many characters with the initial D as there are characters with the initial E. How many of Mary's characters have the initial D?
A: Half the characters have the initial A, which is a total of 60 / 2 = 30 characters. This means that 30 / 2 = 15 characters have the initial C. Mary wants the remaining 60 30 15 = 15 characters to have the initials D or E. For there to be twice as many characters with the initial D, the characters are divided into 2 + 1 = 3 parts. Dividing by this means there are 15 / 3 = 5 characters with the initial E. This leaves 15 5 = 10 characters with the initial D. The answer is 10.
Question: Bobby received his weekly paycheck today. Although his salary is $450 per week, his actual paycheck is reduced in size because there are some taxes, insurance payments, and fees removed from his pay before his employer writes the check. If the government removes 1/3 in federal taxes and 8% in state taxes, the health insurance removes $50 per week, the life insurance removes $20 per week, and the city charges him a fee of $10 per week for parking, then what is the final amount left in Bobby's paycheck, in dollars?
Answer: The federal government takes out 1 / 3 * 450 = 150 dollars. The state takes out 0.08 * 450 = 36 dollars. Then the final amount remaining after all the deductions are removed is 450 - 150 - 36 - 50 - 20 - 10 = 184 dollars. The answer is 184.
Q: Johann and two friends are to deliver 180 pieces of certified mail. His friends each deliver 41 pieces of mail. How many pieces of mail does Johann need to deliver?
A:
Friends = 41 * 2 = 82. Johann = 180 - 82 = 98. Johann must deliver 98 pieces of mail. The answer is 98.