[Question]Paul went to the sporting goods store to buy a tennis racket. His favorite brand was having a sale that offered customers a deal to buy one racket at full price and get the second racket for half off the full price. If he purchased two rackets that were each originally marked at a full price of $60, how much did he spend on the two rackets, in dollars?
[Answer]Half off the full price of $60 is $60 / 2 = $30 off. Thus, for the two rackets, Paul spends $60 + $60 - $30 = $90. The answer is 90.
Q: There are 6 times as many lab coats as uniforms in the lab. The number of lab techs is half of the number of uniforms. If there are 12 uniforms in the lab, and the lab techs share the coats and uniforms equally among them, how many coats and uniforms in total does each lab tech get?
A: If there are 12 uniforms, and the lab coats are 6 times as many as the number of uniforms, there are 6 * 12 = 72 lab coats. The total number of lab coats and uniforms in the lab is 72 + 12 = 84. If the number of lab techs is half the number of uniforms, then there are 12 / 2 = 6 lab techs. If they share the lab coats and uniforms equally, each lab tech will get 84 / 6 = 14 lab coats and uniforms. The answer is 14.
Question: Every Halloween one house in the neighborhood gives out toothbrushes instead of candy, so it always gets egged and covered in toilet paper. If the owner spends 15 seconds cleaning up each egg and 30 minutes cleaning up each roll of toilet paper, how long (in minutes) will they have to spend cleaning up 60 eggs and 7 rolls of toilet paper?
Answer: First find how many eggs per minute the owner can clean up: 60 seconds / minute / 15 seconds / egg = 4 eggs / minute. Then divide the total number of eggs by the number of eggs cleaned per minute to find how long the owner spends cleaning them up: 60 eggs / 4 eggs / minute = 15 minutes. Then find the total time the owner spends cleaning up toilet paper: 7 rolls * 30 minutes / roll = 210 minutes. Finally, add that amount to the egg cleaning time to find the total cleaning time: 210 minutes + 15 minutes = 225 minutes. The answer is 225.
[Question]Maria bought a ticket to a ZOO. The regular price stands at $15, but she was able to get a 40% discount. How much did Maria pay for the ticket?
[Answer]The discount Maria got was 40 / 100 * 15 = $6. That means the price for her ticket was 15 - 6 = $9. The answer is 9.
Q: Mason is trying to download a 880 MB game to his phone. After downloading 310 MB, his Internet connection slows to 3 MB/minute. How many more minutes will it take him to download the game?
A: First find how many MB are left to download: 880 MB - 310 MB = 570 MB. Then divide that number by the download speed to find the download time: 570 MB / 3 MB / minute = 190 minutes. The answer is 190.
Question: Silvia wants to buy a new guitar online. The price of the guitar has a suggested retail price of $1000. Guitar Center has a special deal of 15% off but has a shipping fee of $100. Sweetwater has a 10% off deal with free shipping. How much will she save by buying from the cheaper store compared to the other store?
Answer:
The discount saved when buying from Guitar Center would be $1000 * 15% = $150. The total cost when buying from Guitar Center would be $1000 - $150 discount + $100 shipping = $950. The discount when buying from Sweetwater would be $1000 * 10% = $100. The total cost when buying from Sweetwater would be $1000 - $100 discount + $0 shipping = $900. Thus, Silvia would save $950 - $900 = $50 when buying from Sweetwater. The answer is 50.