[Question]Ray has 95 cents in nickels. If Ray gives 25 cents to Peter, and twice as many cents to Randi as he gave to Peter, how many nickels does Ray have left?
[Answer]Ray gave 25 * 2 = 50 cents to Randi. Ray has 95 - 25 - 50 = 20 cents in nickels left. Ray has 20 / 5 = 4 nickels. The answer is 4.
Q: Sandi had $600. She spent half of it at a farmer's market. Gillian spent $150 more than three times Sandi's total. What is the total that Gillian spent at the farmer's market?
A: Sandi spent 600 / 2 = 300 dollars at the farmer's market. Gillian spent 300 * 3 + 150 = 1050 dollars at the farmer's market. The answer is 1050.
Question: Michael loves to paint and sells his creations. He charges $100 for a large painting and $80 for a small painting. At his last art show, he sold 5 large paintings and 8 small paintings. How much did he earn in all?
Answer: He earned 5 x $100 = $500 for the large painting. And he earned 8 x $80 = $640 for the small paintings. Therefore, he earned a total of $500 + $640 = $1140 in all. The answer is 1140.
[Question]Martin spends 2 hours waiting in traffic, then four times that long trying to get off the freeway. How much time does he waste total?
[Answer]First find the total amount of time he spends trying to get off the freeway: 2 hours * 4 = 8 hours. Then add the time he spends waiting in traffic to find the total time: 8 hours + 2 hours = 10 hours. The answer is 10.
Q: Mark wants to set the record for most consecutive ropes jumped. The record is 54,000. He can jump 3 times a second. How many hours would he need to jump rope?
A: He can jump 3 * 60 = 180 times per minute. So he can jump 180 * 60 = 10,800 per hour. So it would take him 54,000 / 10,800 = 5 hours. The answer is 5.
Question: A store owner buys clothes wholesale and adds 80% to the wholesale price to set the retail price. The retail price of a pair of pants is $36. What is the wholesale price?
Answer:
Let X be the wholesale price. The retail price of a pair of pants is X + X * 80% = $36. Thus 1.8 * X = $36. Thus X = $36 / 1.8 = $20. The answer is 20.