Question: Tameka is selling boxes of crackers for her scout troop. On Friday, she sold 40 boxes. On Saturday, she sold 10 fewer than twice that number. And on Sunday, she sold half as many as Sunday. How many boxes did she sell over the three days?
Answer: Saturday's total was 2 * 40 - 10 = 70. Sunday's was 70 / 2 = 35. The sum is 40 + 70 + 35 = 145. The answer is 145.
[Question]James is running a fundraiser selling candy bars. Each box has 10 candy bars in it. He sells 5 boxes. He sells each candy bar for $1.50 and buys each bar for $1. How much profit does he make from these sales?
[Answer]He makes 1.5 - 1 = $.5 from each candy bar. He sells 5 * 10 = 50 candy bars. So he makes 50 * .5 = $25. The answer is 25.
Q: Together 3 friends watched 411 short videos. Kelsey watched 43 more than Ekon. Ekon watched 17 less than Uma. How many videos did Kelsey watch?
A: Let U = the number of videos Uma watched. Ekon = U - 17. Kelsey = (U - 17) + 43 = U + 26. U + U - 17 + U + 26 = 411. 3U + 9 = 411. 3U = 402. U = 134. Kelsey = 134 + 26 = 160 videos. Kelsey watched 160 videos. The answer is 160.
Question: Mike has earned a total of $160 in wages this week. He received the wages for his first job, then later received the wages from his second job where he works 12 hours a week. If his second job pays $9 per hour then how much money, in dollars, did Mike receive from his first job?
Answer: From his second job, Mike receives $9 / hour * 12 hours = $108. He therefore earned $160 $108 = $52 from his first job. The answer is 52.
[Question]Florida is starting a promotion where every car that arrives gets one orange per passenger. A family of 4 arrives and gets their oranges. They had planned to stop for a snack later where they would spend $15 in total, but now that they have the oranges they don't have to buy them at the stop. When they get to the stop they see that the oranges would've cost $1.5 each. What percentage of the money they planned to spend did they save instead?
[Answer]The oranges would've cost $6 because 4 x 1.5 = 6. The proportion of their original spending plan was .4 because 6 / 15 = .4. They saved 40% of the money they planned to spend because .4 x 100 = 40. The answer is 40.
[Question]Betty ordered 18 items in an online shop via cash on delivery. She ordered 6 pieces of slippers that cost $2.5 each, 4 pieces of lipstick for $1.25 each, and 8 pieces of hair color for $3 each. How much did Betty pay in total when it was delivered?
[Answer]
Betty paid 6 x $2.5 = $15 for the slippers. She paid 4 x $1.25 = $5 for the lipsticks. She paid 8 x $3 = $24 for the hair color. Therefore, Betty paid $15 + $5 + $24 = $44 in total. The answer is 44.