Q: Nancy's ex owes her child support. He's supposed to pay 30% of his income each year. For 3 years, he made $30,000/year, then he got a 20% raise for the next four years. If he's only ever paid $1,200, how much does he owe her?
A: First find how much money the ex made during the first 3 years by multiplying his annual earnings by the number of years: 3 years * $30,000 / year = $90,000 / . Then find how much his raise was by multiplying his salary by the percentage raise: $30,000 / year * 20% = $6,000 / year. Then add the raise to his original salary to find his new salary: $6,000 / year + $30,000 / year = $36,000 / year. Then find how much he made working at the new salary by multiplying it by the 4 years he worked: 4 years * $36,000 / year = $144,000. Add his earnings from the three years and the four years to find his total earnings: $144,000 + $90,000 = $234,000. Now multiply his total earnings by 30% to find how much he was supposed to pay: $234,000 * 30% = $70,200. Now subtract the amount he paid from this number to find how much he owes: $70,200 - $1,200 = $69,000. The answer is 69000.
Question: Gabe has three songs on his playlist. "The Best Day" is 3 minutes, "Raise the Roof" is 2 minutes, and "Rap Battle" is 3 minutes. How many times can Gabe listen to his entire playlist on the 40-minute ride to his wrestling match?
Answer: If you add all the songs together, Gabe's playlist is 3 + 2 + 3 = 8 minutes long. During the 40 - minute car ride, Gabe can listen to his 8 - minute playlist 40 / 8 = 5 times. The answer is 5.
[Question]Michael ran a bakeshop and had to fill an order for 5 peach pies, 4 apple pies and 3 blueberry pies. Each pie recipe called for 3 pounds of fruit each. At the market, produce was on sale for $1.00 per pound for both blueberries and apples. The peaches each cost $2.00 per pound. How much will Michael spend at the market buying the fruit for his pie order?
[Answer]Each pie needs 3 pounds of fruit so for 5 Peach pies, 3 * 5 = 15 pounds of fruit. 3 pounds of fruit for 4 apple pies is 3 * 4 = 12 pounds. 3 pounds of fruit for 3 blueberry pies is 3 * 3 = 9 pounds. He needs 12 pounds of apples and 9 pounds of blueberries so 12 + 9 = 21. 21 pounds of fruit at $1.00 per pound is 21 * 1 = $21.00. 15 pounds of peaches will cost $2.00 per pound so 15 * 2 = $30. The apple and blueberries will cost $21.00 and the peaches will cost $30 so 21 + 30 = $51. The answer is 51.
Q: Ron ate pizza with his friends the other day. If they ordered a 12-slice pizza and each of them ate 4 slices, how many friends were there with Ron?
A: Let the number of friends that ate with Ron be represented by F. That means the total amount of people that ate that day were 1 + F. If each of them ate 4 slices, and the pizza only has 12 slices, that means there could only have been 12 / 4 = 3 people eating. If the total number of people eating was 3, and if was also represented by 1 + F then we have 3 = 1 + F. Solving for F we have 3 - 1 = F. F = 2 friends ate with Ron. The answer is 2.
Question: Matthew asked his children how many hotdogs they wanted for dinner. Both Ella and Emma agreed they wanted 2 hotdogs each. Luke said he could eat twice the amount of hotdogs as his sisters while Hunter said he could only eat 1 and half times the total amount of his sisters. How many hotdogs did Matthew need to cook?
Answer: Ella wanted 2 while Emma wanted 2 so 2 + 2 = 4 hotdogs. Luke could eat twice as his sisters so 2 * 2 = 4 hotdogs. Hunter could eat 1 1 / 2 times the amount of his sisters so 1.5 * 4 = 6 hotdogs. All total, Matthew needs to cook, 4 + 4 + 6 = 18 hot dogs. The answer is 14.
Q: James buys pistachios for $10 per can. Each can is 5 ounces. He eats 30 ounces of pistachios every 5 days. How much does he spend on pistachios per week?
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The pistachios cost 10 / 5 = $2 per ounce. He eats 30 / 5 = 6 ounces of pistachios a day. So he spends 6 * 2 = $12 per day on pistachios. So he spends 12 * 7 = $84 per week. The answer is 84.