Question: Lee wants to propose marriage to Sierra. He wants to follow the adage that you should spend two months' salary on the ring. He earns $60,000 per year in salary and can save $1000 per month. How long will it take before he can propose to Sierra?
Answer: Lee currently earns $60,000 / 12 months = $5,000 per month. The engagement ring will cost him 2 * $5,000 = $10,000. This means that it will take Lee $10,000 / $1,000 = 10 months to save enough money before he can propose. The answer is 10.
[Question]Grant spends $200.00 a year to have the newspaper delivered daily to his house. Juanita buys the newspaper daily. Monday through Saturday, she spends $0.50 and on Sunday she spends $2.00. How much more money does Juanita spend buying the newspaper yearly than Grant?
[Answer]Monday through Saturday Juanita buys the paper for $0.50 so that's 6 * $0.50 = $3.00. She spends $2.00 for Sunday and $3.00 for the other 6 days so she spends $2 + $3 = $5.00 for the newspaper weekly. Over 52 weeks she spends 52 * $5 = $260.00. Juanita spends $260.00 on the newspaper for the year and Grants spends $200.00 a year so Juanita spends $260 - $200 = $60.00 more. The answer is 60.
Q: Toby is dining out with his friend. They each order a cheeseburger for $3.65. He gets a milkshake for $2 and his friend gets a coke for $1. They split a large fries that cost $4. His friend also gets three cookies that cost $.5 each. The tax is $.2. They agree to split the bill. If Toby arrived with $15, how much change is he bringing home?
A: The cookies cost 3 x .5 = 1.5. The hamburgers cost $7.3 because 2 x 3.65 = 7.3. The total cost is $16 because 7.3 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1.5 + .2 = 16. The cost is $8 per person because 16 / 2 = 8. Toby has $7 in change because 15 - 8 = 7. The answer is 7.
Question: It was time for Kelly to harvest her carrots that she had planted in three different beds. In the first bed she pulled out 55 carrots. In the second bed she pulled out 101 carrots and in the third bed she pulled out 78 carrots. She found that 6 carrots weighed one pound. How many pounds of carrots did Kelly harvest?
Answer: She pulled out 55 + 101 + 78 = 234. 6 carrots weigh one pound so 234 / 6 = 39 pounds of carrots. The answer is 39.
[Question]A casino table pays 3:2 if you get a blackjack with your first 2 cards. If you scored a blackjack and were paid $60, what was your original bet?
[Answer]The payout for blackjack is 3:2 or 3 / 2 = 1.5 times my bet. If my original bet was X then I won 1.5 * X my bet. Given that I was paid $60 we know $60 = 1.5X. X = $60 / 1.5. X = $40 was my original bet. The answer is 40.
[Question]The price of a math textbook in the school bookshop is $45. If those sold in bookshops outside the school cost 20% less, how much can Peter save by buying from other bookshops rather than the school's if he wants to buy 3 math textbooks?
[Answer]
20% of $45 is (20 / 100) * $45 = $9. The price of the textbook in other bookshops cost $9 less than $45 which is $45 - $9 = $36. Three textbooks from the school bookshop would cost $45 * 3 = $135. Three textbooks from another bookshop would cost $36 * 3 = $108. Peter can save $135 - $108 = $27 by buying from another bookshop. The answer is 27.