Over the past five years, on July 4th, the high temperature for Washington, DC has been: 90 degrees in 2020, 90 degrees in 2019, 90 degrees in 2018, 79 degrees in 2017 and 71 degrees in 2016. What is the average temperature for July 4th in Washington, DC over the past 5 years?

Over the past five years, the sum of the temperatures was 90+90+90+79+71=

<<90+90+90+79+71=420>>420 To find the average temperature you divide the total temperature (420) by 5, so 420/5 = <<420/5=84>>84 degrees #### 84 A waterpark opens up and charges $30 for admission. Kids' tickets are half price. If a group of people brings a soda, they can get 20% off the total price of admission. Janet gets tickets for 10 people and 4 of them are children. She buys a soda for $5 to take advantage of the discount for her group. How much did she pay for everything? She bought 10-4=<<10-4=6>>6 adult tickets So 6*30=$<<6*30=180>>180 was the cost for adult tickets Children tickets cost 30/2=$<<30/2=15>>15 each So the children tickets cost 15*4=$<<15*4=60>>60 So the total cost of tickets is 60+180=$<<60+180=240>>240 They get a 240*.2=$<<240*.2=48>>48 discount So the tickets cost 240-48=$<<240-48=192>>192 So in total she paid 192+5=$<<192+5=197>>197 #### 197 Marlene wants to buy half a dozen of shirts to avail of the sale. The regular price of a shirt is $50 and is now on sale at a 20% discount. How much will Marlene pay for the shirts? Marlene wants to buy 12/2 = <<12/2=6>>6 shirts. The discount price of the shirt is $50 x 20/100 = $<<50*20/100=10>>10. So, the shirt will only costs $50 - $10 = $<<50-10=40>>40 each. Thus, Marlene will pay $40 x 6 = $<<40*6=240>>240 for the 6 shirts. #### 240 The hobby store normally sells 21,122 trading cards per month. In June, the hobby store sold 3,922 more trading cards than normal. If the hobby store sold the regular number of trading cards in July, how many trading cards did the hobby store sell in June and July combined? In June the hobby store sold 21,122 + 3,922 =<<21122+3922=25044>>25,044 trading cards. Over June and July the store sold 25,044 + 21,122 = <<25044+21122=46166>>46,166 trading cards #### 46166 There are two warehouses. The first warehouse has twice as many boxes as the second warehouse. If the first warehouse has 400 boxes, how many boxes are there in both warehouses combined? The second warehouse has 400/2 = <<400/2=200>>200 boxes. Collectively, there are 400+200 = <<400+200=600>>600 boxes in the first and second warehouse. #### 600 Jeremy's uncle gave him $50 to spend on basketball equipment. He bought 5 jerseys that cost $2 each, a basketball that cost $18, and a pair of shorts that cost $8. How much money does Jeremy have left? The cost of the jerseys is 5 jerseys × $2/jersey = $<<5*2=10>>10. The total cost of the jerseys, the basketball, and the shorts is $10 + $18 + $8 = $<<10+18+8=36>>36. Jeremy has $50 - $36 = $<<50-36=14>>14 left. #### 14 Toby is in a juggling contest with a friend. The winner is whoever gets the most objects rotated around in 4 minutes. Toby has 5 baseballs and each one makes 80 rotations. His friend has 4 apples and each one makes 101 rotations. How many total rotations of objects are made by the winner? Toby gets 400 full rotations because 5 x 80 = <<5*80=400>>400 His friend get 404 rotations because 4 x 101 = <<4*101=404>>404 The winner rotated 404 objects because 404 > 400 #### 404 A store sold a certain brand of jeans for $40. They only have few pairs of jeans left so they decided to give 10% discount on every two pairs of jeans bought by a customer at any one time. How much will a customer pay for 3 pairs of jeans? Two pairs of jeans cost $40 x 2 = $<<40*2=80>>80. A discount of $80 x 10/100 = $<<80*10/100=8>>8 will be given for this. Hence, the cost of two pairs of jeans will now be $80 - $8 = $<<80-8=72>>72. Therefore, the customer will pay $72 + $40 = $<<72+40=112>>112 for the three pairs of jeans. #### 112 A pelican caught 13 fish and a kingfisher caught 7 more fish than the pelican. If a fisherman caught 3 times the total amount of fish the pelican and kingfisher caught, how many more fish did the fisherman catch than the pelican? The kingfisher caught 13 + 7 = <<13+7=20>>20 fish. The pelican and kingfisher caught 13 + 20 = <<13+20=33>>33 fish The fisherman caught 3 x 33 = <<3*33=99>>99 fish The fisherman caught 99 - 13 = <<99-13=86>>86 more fish than the pelican. #### 86 Tonya has $150.00 on her credit card. If she leaves any balance on her card at the end of the month, she is charged 20% interest. If she makes a $50.00 payment on her card, what will be the new balance? Her card has a $150.00 balance and she makes a $50.00 payment so the new balance is 150-50 = $<<150-50=100.00>>100.00 She didn't pay it off so she is charged 20% interest on her $100.00 balance so the interest is .20*100 = $20.00 Her balance was $100.00 and she was charged $20.00 in interest so her new balance is 100+20 = $<<100+20=120.00>>120.00 #### 120