Question: In the honey shop, the bulk price of honey is $5 per pound and the minimum spend is $40 before tax. The honey is taxed at $1 per pound. If Penny has paid $240 for honey, by how many pounds has Penny's purchase exceed the minimum spend?
Answer: Including tax, a pound of honey costs 5 + 1 = 6 dollars. The minimum purchase equals 40 / 5 = 8 pounds of honey. Penny has bought 240 / 6 = 40 pounds of honey. Penny has exceeded the minimum purchase by 40 - 8 = 32 pounds. The answer is 32.
[Question]Facebook decided to award a productivity bonus to all its female employees who are mothers. This productivity bonus will total 25% of Facebook's annual earnings, which was $5,000,000 for the year 2020. It is known that Facebook employs 3300 employees; one-third are men, and of the women, 1200 are not mothers. How much was the bonus that each female mother employee received, assuming each one received an equal amount?
[Answer]25% of Facebook's annual earnings is 25 / 100 * $5,000,000 = $1,250,000. The number of male employees is 3300 * 1 / 3 = 1100. So, the number of female employees is 3300 - 1100 = 2200. The number of female employees who are not moms is 2200 - 1200 = 1000. So the amount to be distributed to each mother would be $1,250,000 / 1000 = $1250. The answer is 1250.
Q: Frank has an apple tree in his backyard. 5 apples are hanging on the tree and 8 have fallen to the ground. If Frank's dog eats 3 of the apples off of the ground, how many apples are left?
A: Frank originally had 5 + 8 = 13 apples. After his dog eats 3, there are 13 - 3 = 10 apples. The answer is 10.
Question: Otto's local kitchen supply store charges $5.00 for the first knife that you need sharpened. They charge $4.00 for the next 3 knives and $3.00 for any knife after that. If Otto has 9 knives that need to be sharpened, how much will it cost to sharpen his knives?
Answer: Knives 2, 3 & 4 will cost $4.00 each to sharpen so that's 3 * 4 = $12.00. Knives 5 - 9 will cost $3.00 each to sharpen so that's 5 * 3 = $15.00. The first knife will cost $5.00, the next 3 cost $12.00 and the rest cost $15.00 for a total of 5 + 12 + 15 = $32.00. The answer is 32.
[Question]Today is my birthday and I'm three times older than I was six years ago. What is my age?
[Answer]We know that my age divided by three is equal to my age minus six therefore X / 3 = X - 6 where X = My age. This means that X = 3X - 18 because we can multiply both sides by 3. This also means that - 2X = - 18 because we can subtract 3X from the right side. Therefore X = 9 because - 18 / - 2 = 9. The answer is 9.
[Question]On a weekend road trip, the Jensen family drove 210 miles on highways, where their car gets 35 miles for each gallon of gas and 54 miles on city streets where their car gets 18 miles for each gallon. How many gallons of gas did they use?
[Answer]
On highways, the Jensen family used 210 miles / 35 miles / gallon = 6 gallons of gas. On city streets, the Jensen family used 54 miles / 18 miles / gallon = 3 gallons of gas. Total, the Jensen family used 6 gallons + 3 gallons = 9 gallons of gas. The answer is 9.