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?

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 =

<<25*8=200>>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 = $<<200*15=3000>>3000 Then multiply that number by 4 to find out how much all the warehouse workers make: $3000/worker * 4 workers = $<<3000*4=12000>>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 = $<<200*20=4000>>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 = $<<4000*2=8000>>8,000 Now add the wages for the managers and the workers to find the total cost of the wages: $8,000 + $12,000 = $<<8000+12000=20000>>20,000 Now multiply the total wage bill by 10% to find how much the FICA taxes are: $20,000 * .1 = $<<20000*.1=2000>>2,000 Now add the total wage bill to the total tax amount to find the grand total: $2,000 + $20,000 = $<<2000+20000=22000>>22,000 #### 22000 The seats of a bus are arranged in 23 rows of 4 seats. At the start, 16 people climb. At the first stop, 15 people board the bus and 3 get off. At the second stop, 17 people get on the bus and 10 get off. How many empty seats are there after the second stop? There are 23 * 4 = <<23*4=92>>92 seats on this bus. After the first stop, there are 16+15 - 3 = <<16+15-3=28>>28 people on the bus. After the 2nd stop, there are 28+17 - 10 = <<28+17-10=35>>35 people on the bus. So there are 92 - 35 = <<92-35=57>>57 empty seats on the bus after the 2nd stop. #### 57 Farmer Brown raises emus, large birds. His flock has a total of 60 heads and legs. How many emus are in his flock? Each emu has 1+2=<<1+2=3>>3 heads and legs. Then the flock has 60/3=<<60/3=20>>20 animals. #### 20 Hash has nine more than half as many toys as Bill has. If Bill has 60 toys, how many total toys do the boys have? First we need to know what half of Bills toys are, 60 toys / 2 = <<60/2=30>>30 toys. Hash has 9 toys + 30 toys = <<9+30=39>>39 toys. Together the boys have 60 toys + 39 toys = <<60+39=99>>99 toys. #### 99 Berry wants to make sure he reads an average of 50 pages a day. This week he read 43 pages on Sunday, 65 pages on Monday, and 28 pages on Tuesday. He had a soccer game and fell asleep early on Wednesday so he read nothing. On Thursday he read 70 pages, and on Friday he read 56 pages. How many pages does he have to read on Saturday to reach his goal? He has to read 350 pages a week because 7 x 50 = <<7*50=350>>350 He has read 262 pages because 43+65+28+70+56 = <<43+65+28+70+56=262>>262 He has to read 88 pages on Saturday because 350-262 =<<350-262=88>>88 #### 88 There are enough provisions in a castle to feed 300 people for 90 days. After 30 days, 100 people leave the castle. How many more days are left until all the food runs out? After 30 days, there will be enough food left to sustain 300 people for 90 days – 30 days = 60 days. After the 100 people leave, there will be 300-100 = <<300-100=200>>200 people left. The 200 people will eat 200/300 = 2/3 as much food as the original group of people in the castle. The 60 days' worth of food will last this smaller group for 60 days / (2/3) = <<60/(2/3)=90>>90 more days. #### 90 The selling price of a bicycle that had sold for $220 last year was increased by 15%. What is the new price? The price of the bicycle increased by $220 * 15/100 = $<<220*15/100=33>>33. Adding the increment price, the new price is $220 + $33 = $<<220+33=253>>253. #### 253 Madeline spends 18 hours a week in class. She spends 4 hours per day working on homework. She spends 8 hours per day sleeping. She works part-time 20 hours per week. How many hours left over does Madeline have? Madeline spends 4*7=<<4*7=28>>28 hours on homework. She spends 8*7-56 hours sleeping. Therefore, she is busy 28+18+56+20=<<28+18+56+20=122>>122 hours per week. There are 7*24=<<7*24=168>>168 hours per week. Thus, Madeline has 168-122=<<168-122=46>>46 hours left over. #### 46 Roselyn gives Mara three times as many books as she gives Rebecca and remains with 60 books. If Rebecca received 40 books, how many books did Roselyn have before? If Roselyn gave Rebecca 40 books, and Mara was given three times as many books, Mara has 3*40 = 120 books. Rebecca and Mara's total number of books is 120+40 = <<120+40=160>>160 books. If Roselyn gave Mara and Rebecca her books, which is 160, then she initially had 60+160 = <<60+160=220>>220 books. #### 220 Natalie's sister had 8 small diaries in her locker. Last summer she bought double the number of diaries she had and then lost 1/4 of what she had. How many diaries does Natalie's sister have now? Natalie's sister bought 2 * 8 = <<2*8=16>>16 diaries. So she then had 16 + 8 = <<16+8=24>>24 diaries. Afterwards, she loses 1/4 * 24 = <<24*1/4=6>>6 diaries. So, Natalie's sister now has 24 - 6 = <<24-6=18>>18 diaries. #### 18