Answer the following question.
If 8 carpenters can make 50 chairs in 10 days, how many carpenters are needed to make 75 chairs in 10 days?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The carpenters need to produce 75 / 50 = 1.5 times as many chairs in the same number of days. It will require 1.5 times as many carpenters to produce the extra chairs, so 8 * 1.5 = 12 carpenters will be required.
The answer is 12.

Answer the following question.
A man loves to go hiking. He knows that he has to pack about .5 pounds of supplies for every mile he hikes. He plans to go for a very long hike. He knows that he can get 1 resupply during the hike that will be 25% as large as his first pack. He can hike at a rate of 2.5 mph. He is going to hike 8 hours a day for 5 days. How much does he need to bring with his first pack?
Step-by-step reasoning process: He is going to hike 8 * = 40 hours. That means he will be hiking for 40 * 2.5 = 100 miles. So he needs 100 * .5 = 50 pounds of supplies. With the resupply he can get up to 1 + .25 = 1.25 times his initial pack. That means his initial pack has to weigh 50 / 1.25 = 40 pounds.
The answer is 40.

Answer the following question.
5 geckos on the kitchen window eat 6 insects each. 3 lizards eat twice as much as the geckos. How many total insects were eaten?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The number of insects the geckos eat is 5 x 6 = 30. The number of insects the lizards eat is 3 x 12 = 36. The total number of insects eaten is 30 + 36 = 66 insects.
The answer is 66.

Answer the following question.
Janet hires six employees. Four of them are warehouse workers who make $15/hour, and the other two are managers who make $20/hour. Janet has to pay 10% of her workers' salaries in FICA taxes. If everyone works 25 days a month and 8 hours a day, how much does Janet owe total for their wages and taxes for one month?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First figure out how many hours each worker works per month by multiplying the number of days they work by the number of hours a day they work: 25 days * 8 hours / day = 200 hours. Then calculate how much one warehouse worker makes per month by multiplying their hourly rate by the number of hours they work: 200 hours * $15 / hour = $3000. Then multiply that number by 4 to find out how much all the warehouse workers make: $3000 / worker * 4 workers = $12,000. Now multiply the hours each manager works (also 200) by their hourly wage to find out how much one manager makes per month: 200 hours * $20 / hour = $4,000. Now multiply one manager's wages by the number of managers (2) to find their total wage amount: $4,000 / manager * 2 managers = $8,000. Now add the wages for the managers and the workers to find the total cost of the wages: $8,000 + $12,000 = $20,000. Now multiply the total wage bill by 10% to find how much the FICA taxes are: $20,000 * .1 = $2,000. Now add the total wage bill to the total tax amount to find the grand total: $2,000 + $20,000 = $22,000.
The answer is 22000.