Q: John needs to take 2 pills a day. One pill costs $1.5. The insurance covers 40% of the cost. How much does he pay in a 30-day month?
A: It cost 2 * 1.5 = $3 a day. So it cost 3 * 30 = $90 per day. Insurance covers 90 * .4 = $36. So he pays 90 - 36 = $54 a month. The answer is 54.
Question: A loaf of bread was sliced into 15. Ten friends bought 4 loaves of bread. If they all eat all 4 loaves equally, how many slices of bread did each of them eat?
Answer: There are 15 x 4 = 60 slices of bread in 4 loaves of bread. Hence, each of them ate 60 / 10 = 6 slices of bread. The answer is 6.
[Question]Alex and his friend had a free throw contest. Alex made 8 baskets. Sandra made three times as many baskets as Alex and Hector made two times the number of baskets that Sandra made. How many baskets did they make in total?
[Answer]Sandra made 3 * 8 = 24 baskets. Hector made 24 * 2 = 48 baskets. In total they made 8 + 24 + 48 = 80 baskets. The answer is 80.
Q: Barkley gets 10 new dog bones at the beginning of the month. After 5 months, he has 8 bones available and has buried the rest. How many bones has he buried?
A: He gets 10 new bones, every month for 5 months so he has 10 * 5 = 50 dog bones. He has 8 bones available which means he has buried 50 - 8 = 42 bones. The answer is 42.
Question: Matthew and his brother Shawn played swimming-pool-basketball. Each basket was worth 3 points. Matthew scored 9 points. Shawn scored 6 points. What is the total number of baskets made during this game?
Answer: Matthew scored 9 points and there are 3 points per basket, so he made 9 / 3 = 3 baskets. Shawn scored 6 points, so he made 6 / 3 = 2 baskets. The total number of baskets made is 3 + 2 = 5 baskets made. The answer is 5.
Q: John has to pay taxes. He earned $100,000 for the year. He has $30,000 in deductions. The first $20,000 of taxable income is taxed at 10%. The rest is taxed at 20%. How much does he pay in taxes?
A:
His taxable income is 100,000 - 30,000 = $70,000. So he pays 20,000 * .1 = $2000 tax at the lower rate. He has to pay 70,000 - 20,000 = $50,000 at the higher rate. The taxes for that is 50,000 * .2 = $10,000. So his total tax bill is 10,000 + 2,000 = $12,000. The answer is 12000.