[Question]On a monthly basis, Esperanza pays $600 in rent, 3/5 as much money on food as she pays on rent and her mortgage bill costs three times the amount of money she spends on food. If she saves $2000 and also pays the equivalent of 2/5 of her savings in taxes, calculate her gross monthly salary.
[Answer]Esperanza pays 3 / 5 * $600 = $360 on food. She also spends 3 * $360 = $1080 on mortgage bills. Her expenses in taxes amount to 2 / 5 * $2000 = $800. Esperanza's total monthly expenses are $800 on taxes + $1080 on mortgage bills + $360 on food + $600 on rent = $2840. Her gross salary is $2840 for expenses + $2000 on savings = $4840. The answer is 4840.
Q: Maddy was given 40 chocolate eggs for Easter. She likes to eat two each day after school. If Maddy has two chocolate eggs after school each day, how many weeks will they last?
A: Maddy is eating 2 eggs each day after school and there are 5 school days in a week, so she eats 2 x 5 = 10 eggs each week. Since Maddy has 40 eggs / 10 eggs each week, they will last 4 weeks. The answer is 4.
Question: The Period 1 gym class has 5 fewer than twice as many students as in the Period 2 gym class. There are 11 students in the Period 1 gym class. How many are in the Period 2 gym class?
Answer: Let x be the number of students in the Period 8 gym class. 2x - 5 = 11. 2x = 16. x = 8. The answer is 8.
[Question]Thomas made 4 stacks of wooden blocks. The first stack was 7 blocks tall. The second stack was 3 blocks taller than the first. The third stack was 6 blocks shorter than the second stack, and the fourth stack was 10 blocks taller than the third stack. If the fifth stack has twice as many blocks as the second stack, how many blocks did Thomas use in all?
[Answer]The second stack has 7 blocks + 3 blocks = 10 blocks. The third stack has 10 blocks - 6 blocks = 4 blocks. The fourth stack has 4 blocks + 10 blocks = 14 blocks. The fifth stack has 10 blocks x 2 = 20 blocks. In total there are 7 blocks + 10 blocks + 4 blocks + 14 blocks + 20 blocks = 55 blocks. The answer is 55.
Q: In a 100-item exam, Lowella got 35% of the questions correctly. Pamela got 20% more correct answers than Lowella and Mandy got twice Pamela's score. What is Mandy's score?
A: Lowella got 100 x 35 / 100 = 35 correct answers. Pamela got 35 x 20 / 100 = 7 more correct answers than Lowella. So, Pamela got 35 + 7 = 42 correct answers. Thus, Mandy got 42 x 2 = 84 correct answers. The answer is 84.
Question: Gary counted the number of whiskers on the faces of his two cats. Princess Puff has 14 whiskers, while Catman Do has 6 less than twice the number of whiskers as Princess puff. How many whiskers does Catman Do have?
Answer:
Twice the number of whiskers as Catman Do is 14 * 2 = 28 whiskers. Catman Do has 6 less than twice the number of whiskers as Princess puff, for a total of 28 - 6 = 22 whiskers. The answer is 22.