[Question]John injures his shoulder while lifting weights. After the injury, his bench press goes down 80%. After a bit of training, he manages to triple the weight he can bench. If he started with a 500-pound bench press, what is it now?
[Answer]He lost 500 * .8 = 400 pounds from his bench. So his bench went to 500 - 400 = 100 pounds. After training it increased to 100 * 3 = 300 pounds. The answer is 300.
Q: Sixteen boys and 14 girls attended Simon's birthday party. Three-fourths of the boys and 6/7 of the girls brought gifts. How many of those who attended did not bring gifts?
A: 16 x 3 / 4 = 12 boys brought gifts. So, 16 - 12 = 4 boys did not bring gifts. 14 x 6 / 7 = 12 girls brought gifts. So, 14 - 12 = 2 girls did not bring gifts. Therefore, a total of 4 boys + 2 girls = 6 people did not bring gifts. The answer is 6.
Question: Vaishali has 4 hats, each with three stripes. She also has three hats with four stripes each, six hats with no stripes, and another two hats with 5 stripes each. What is the combined total number of stripes Vaishali has on all of her hats?
Answer: Four hats, each with three stripes, is 4 * 3 = 12 stripes. Three hats with four stripes each is 3 * 4 = 12 stripes. Six hats with no stripes is 6 * 0 = 0 stripes. And two hats with 5 stripes each is 2 * 5 = 10 stripes. The combined total number of stripes Vaishali has on all of her hats is 12 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 34 stripes. The answer is 34.
[Question]Dorothy earns $60000 a year from her work. She needs to pay 18% of this amount in taxes. How much money will she have left after she pays the taxes?
[Answer]The amount in taxes Dorothy needs to pay is 18 / 100 * 60000 = $10800. So she is going to be left with 60000 - 10800 = $49200. The answer is 49200.
Q: Arwen and Elrond picked some flowers. Arwen was able to get 20 tulips and Elrond was able to get twice as many tulips as Arwen did. How many tulips were they able to get in total?
A: Elrond was able to get 20 x 2 = 40 tulips. Therefore, the total number of tulips they were able to get is 40 + 20 = 60. The answer is 60.
Question: James buys a jar of hot sauce. Each serving is .5 ounces. He uses 3 servings every day. if the container is 2 ounces less than 1 quart how many days will it last?
Answer:
A quart is 32 ounces so this jar is 32 - 2 = 30 ounces. James uses 3 * .5 = 1.5 ounces a day. So it last 30 / 1.5 = 20 day. The answer is 20.