Ayla has a customer care job whose primary role is to hear complaints from customers and advise them on the best way to solve their problems. She talks with each customer for a limited amount of time, and each phone call is charged five cents per minute. If each call lasts 1 hour, what's the phone bill at the end of the month if she manages to talk to 50 customers a week?

An hour has 60 minutes.

If each call lasts an hour, the total amount of money charged is 60*.05 = $

<<60*.05=3>>3 for 1 customer. When she talks to 50 clients in a week, the total amount of money charged is 50*3 = $<<50*3=150>>150. In a month of 4 weeks, the phone bill is 150*4 = $<<150*4=600>>600. #### 600 Nadia was sent to the flower shop to buy 20 roses and 3/4 times as many Lillies as roses. If roses cost $5 each and lilies cost twice as much each, calculate the total amount of money Nadia used to buy the flowers. The total cost for roses is 20*5 = $<<20*5=100>>100 Nadia bought 3/4*20 = <<3/4*20=15>>15 lilies. Each lily costs 5*2 = $<<5*2=10>>10 She used 10*15 = $<<10*15=150>>150 in total to buy lilies. To buy all the flowers, Nadia used 150+100 = $<<150+100=250>>250 #### 250 Oliver has 10 $20 and 3 $5 bills. William has 15 $10 and 4 $5 bills. How much more money does Oliver have than William? Oliver's $20 bills amount to $20 x 10 = $<<20*10=200>>200. Oliver's $5 bills amount to $5 x 3 = $<<5*3=15>>15. So, Oliver has a total of $200 + $15 = $<<200+15=215>>215. William's $10 bills amount to $10 x 15 = $<<10*15=150>>150. William's $5 bills amount to $5 x 4 = $<<5*4=20>>20. So, William has a total of $150 + $20 = $<<150+20=170>>170. Therefore, Oliver has $215 - $170 = $<<215-170=45>>45 more than William. #### 45 Ursula is working at a marketing firm. She created a 30-second long commercial. Her boss told her that this commercial is too long to air and told her to shorten the commercial by 30%. How long will this commercial be after Ursula makes the desired changes? Ursula's boss want's the commercial to be 30/100 * 30 = <<30/100*30=9>>9 seconds shorter. After Ursula makes the desired changes, the ad is going to be 30 - 9 = <<30-9=21>>21 seconds long. #### 21 Amanda needs 12 more marbles to have twice as many marbles as Katrina, and Mabel has 5 times as many marbles as Katrina. If Mabel has 85 marbles, how many more marbles does Mabel have than Amanda? Katrina has 85/5 = <<85/5=17>>17 marbles. Twice as many marbles as Katrina is 17 x 2 = <<17*2=34>>34 Amanda has 34 -12 = <<34-12=22>>22 marbles. Mabel has 85 - 22 = <<85-22=63>>63 more marbles than Amanda #### 63 Hansel makes $30,000 a year and just received a 10% raise. Gretel makes the same amount as Hansel but received a 15% raise. How much more money will Gretel make compared to Hansel? Hansel makes $30,000 and received a 10% raise so his raise is 30,000*.10 = $3,000.00 Hansel now makes 30,000+ 3,000 = $<<30000+3000=33000>>33,000 a year Gretel makes $30,000 and received a 15% raise so her raise is 30,000*.15 = $4,500.00 Gretel now makes 30,000+4,500 = $<<30000+4500=34500>>34,500 a year If Gretel makes $34,500 a year and Hansel makes $33,000 then Gretel makes 34,500-33,000 = $<<34500-33000=1500>>1,500 more a year than Hansel #### 1500 Sabrina went to the library and found a historical series novel called The Rangers Apprentice. There are 14 books in the series, and each book has 200 pages. She read four books in a month and half the number of books remaining in the second month. What's the total number of pages Sabrina has to read to finish the whole series? The total number of pages in the series is 14 books * 200 pages/book = <<14*200=2800>>2800 pages. Sabrina read 4 books *200 pages/book = <<4*200=800>>800 pages in the first month. She still has 14 books - 4 books = <<14-4=10>>10 books after reading four books. In the second month, she read 1/2*10 books = <<1/2*10=5>>5 books. The total number of pages she read is 5 books * 200 pages/book = <<5*200=1000>>1000 in the second month. In total, Sabrina 1000 pages + 800 pages = <<1000+800=1800>>1800 pages in two months. Sabrina has to read 2800 pages - 1800 pages = <<2800-1800=1000>>1000 more pages to complete the total series. #### 1000 Arven bought five puppies for a total cost of $800. Three puppies are on sale for $150 each. How much does each of those two other puppies cost if they cost the same? Three puppies on sale cost $150 x 3 = $<<150*3=450>>450. The other two puppies cost $800 - $450 = $<<800-450=350>>350. So, each of those two other puppies cost $350/2 = $<<350/2=175>>175. #### 175 The price of a home is $98 per square foot (sq ft). The house is 2,400 sq ft and the barn out back is 1,000 sq ft. How much is this property? The house is 2,400 sq ft and the barn is 1,000 sq ft so it's 2400+1000 = <<2400+1000=3400>>3,400 sq ft The price is $98 per sq ft and it's 3,400 sq ft big so the property costs 98*3400 = $<<98*3400=333200.00>>333,200.00 #### 333200 One of Robi's new year's resolutions is to start saving. He started to save $2 in January. This is followed by $4 in February and $8 in March. If he continues this saving pattern, how much will be his total savings after 6 months? Robi will save $8 x 2 = $<<8*2=16>>16 in April. He will save $16 x 2 = $<<16*2=32>>32 in May. He will save $32 x 2 = $<<32*2=64>>64 in June. Hence, his total savings after 6 months will be $2 + $4 + $8 + $16 + $32 + $64 = $<<2+4+8+16+32+64=126>>126. #### 126