Josh works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 4 weeks a month. Carl is an intern and works 2 hours less than Josh every day. Josh gets $9 an hour and Carl, half that. How much does the company pay for the 2 together in one month?

Josh works 8 hours/day * 5 days/week * 4 weeks/month =

<<8*5*4=160>>160 hours a month. He earns 160 hours/month * $9/month = $<<160*9=1440>>1440 per month. Carl works less because he is an intern: 6 hours/day * 5 days/week * 4 weeks/month = <<6*5*4=120>>120 hours per month. Carl earns 120 hours * $4.5/hour = $<<120*4.5=540>>540 per month. The company pays for the 2 together: $1440 + $540 = $<<1440+540=1980>>1980. #### 1980 There were 10 snowflakes at first. It snowed an additional 4 snowflakes every 5 minutes. How many minutes passed before there were 58 snowflakes? Without the first 10 snowflakes, there are 58-10=<<58-10=48>>48 snowflakes needed. 48/4=12 5-minute intervals are needed to get the additional snowflakes. 12*5=<<12*5=60>>60 minutes passed. #### 60 Each year a store decreased the price of a certain model of TV by $35. If the price in 2001 was $1950, what was the price in 2009? The period the store had the TV was 2009-2001= <<2009-2001=8>>8 years. The TV decreased by $35/year * 8 years = $<<35*8=280>>280. So the price in 2009 was $1950 - $280 = $<<1950-280=1670>>1670. #### 1670 Cynthia has four times as many water balloons as her husband, Randy. Randy has only half as many water balloons as his daughter, Janice. If Janice throws all 6 of her water balloons at her father, how many water balloons does Cynthia have, which she could also choose to throw at Randy? Randy has only half as many water balloons as Janice’s 6, for a total of (½)*6=3 water balloons. Cynthia has 4 times as many water balloons as Randy, for a total of 4*3=<<4*3=12>>12 water balloons #### 12 Amy's grandfather gave her $100 for her birthday. Amy bought 3 dolls, each of which cost $1. How much money does Amy have left? The cost of the dolls is 3 × $1 = $<<3*1=3>>3. Amy has $100 − $3 = $97 left. #### 97 A 40 meters rope was cut into 2 parts in the ratio of 2:3. How long is the shorter part? The rope was cut into 2 + 3 = <<2+3=5>>5 parts. So each part is 40/5 = <<40/5=8>>8 meters long. Since the shorter part is consists of 2 parts, then it is 8 x 2 = <<8*2=16>>16 meters long. #### 16 Ashley and her family went to the movies on Saturday. Children’s tickets cost $4.25 and adult tickets cost $3.25 more. They were given a $2 discount for buying more than 3 tickets. How much did they spend if they bought two adult tickets and four children’s tickets? The adult tickets cost $4.25 + $3.25 = $<<4.25+3.25=7.50>>7.50. So two adult tickets cost $7.50 x 2 = $<<7.5*2=15>>15. Four children's tickets cost $4.25 x 4 = $<<4*4.25=17>>17. So the total cost of all the tickets amounted to $15 + $17 = $<<15+17=32>>32. The family had a discount, so they paid a total of $32 - $2 = $<<32-2=30>>30. #### 30 Josh wants to build a square sandbox that is 3 ft long, 3 ft wide for his son. He can buy sand in 3 sq ft bags for $4.00 a bag. How much will it cost him to fill up the sandbox? The sandbox is 3' long, 3' wide so the sq footage of the sandbox is 3*3 = <<3*3=9>>9 sq ft He needs 9 sq ft of sand to fill the sandbox and he can buy it in 3 sq ft bags so he needs 9/3 = <<9/3=3>>3 bags of sand The sand costs $4.00 a bag and he needs 3 bags so it will cost him 4*3 = $<<4*3=12.00>>12.00 in sand #### 12 Peggy fell off her bike and skinned her knees. She needed two bandages on her left knee and three bandages on her right knee. If the box of bandages had 8 less than two dozen bandages before Peggy skinned her knees, how many bandages were left in the box after Peggy finished putting bandages on her knees? Two dozen is 12*2=<<12*2=24>>24. Eight less than two dozen bandages is 24-8=<<24-8=16>>16 bandages. She needed two bandages on her left knee and three bandages on her right knee for a total of 2+3=<<2+3=5>>5 bandages. Therefore, after Peggy finished putting bandages on her knees there were 16-5=<<16-5=11>>11 bandages remaining in the box. #### 11 A new factory opens up and hires 20 people to make t-shirts. Each person makes on average 20 shirts per day during their 8-hour shift. The employees each get paid $12 an hour plus $5 per shirt they make. The company sells shirts for $35 each. Nonemployee expenses come out to $1000 a day. How much does the company make in profits per day? Each employee gets paid 20*5=$<<20*5=100>>100 for the shirts they make They also get paid 12*8=$<<12*8=96>>96 for hours worked So they get a total of 100+96=$<<100+96=196>>196 per day That means employee cost is 20*196=$<<20*196=3920>>3920 The factory makes 20*20=<<20*20=400>>400 shirts So they make 400*35=$<<400*35=14000>>14,000 from selling shirts So they made a profit of 14,000-3,920-1,000=$<<14000-3920-1000=9080>>9,080 #### 9080