A bag was originally priced at $500. A week after, the price was reduced by 5%. Since the bag was still not sold, the selling price was reduced by 4% a month after. How much was the total reduction from the original selling price?

The original price of the bag was reduced by $500 x 5/100 = $

<<500*5/100=25>>25. So its selling price after a week was $500 - $25 = $<<500-25=475>>475. The price of the bag was again reduced by $475 x 4/100 = $<<475*4/100=19>>19. So, its selling price now is $475 - $19 = $<<475-19=456>>456. Therefore, the total reduction from the selling price is $500 - $456 = $<<500-456=44>>44. #### 44 Five shirts are bought. Of the 5 shirts, there are 3 shirts that cost $15 each. The remaining shirts are $20 each. What is the cost, in dollars, of all 5 shirts? The first 3 shirts cost 15*3=<<15*3=45>>45 dollars in total. There are 5-3=<<5-3=2>>2 shirts remaining. The remaining 2 shirts cost 20*2=<<20*2=40>>40 dollars in total. The five shirts cost 45+40=<<45+40=85>>85 dollars. #### 85 Andrew works in a company that provides a generous vacation allotment: for every 10 days worked, you get 1 vacation day. If last year Andrew worked 300 days and took 5 days off in March and twice as many in September, how many more vacation days can Andrew still take? If for every 10 days worked Andrew earns 1 day of vacation, then over 300 days worked he would have earned 300/10=<<300/10=30>>30 days of vacation We know he took 5 days off in March and that in September twice as much. That means in September he took 5*2=<<5*2=10>>10 days off In total, Andrew has used 5 vacation days in March and another 10 in September. Therefore, he has used 5+10=<<5+10=15>>15 vacation days If Andrew earned 30 days of vacation but has only used 15, then he can still take another 30-15=<<30-15=15>>15 days off #### 15 Hannah's AdBlock blocks all but 20% of ads, and 20% of the ads it doesn't block are actually interesting. What percentage of ads aren't interested and don't get blocked? First find the percentage of ads that aren't interesting: 100% - 20% = 80% Then multiply that percentage by the percentage of ads that don't get blocked to find the percentage of ads that meet both criteria: 80% * 20% = 16% #### 16 The doctor told Barry to take vitamin D3 for 180 days to help protect him from infections. The pharmacy only sold vitamin D3 in bottles containing 60 capsules, with a daily serving size of 2 capsules. How many bottles would Barry need to buy to have enough servings to last for 180 days? If each serving size is 2 capsules, a 60-capsule bottle of vitamin D3 would contain 60/2=<<60/2=30>>30 servings. Using 30-serving bottles, to last 180 days, it would take 180/30=<<180/30=6>>6 bottles of vitamin D3. #### 6 Daria just got a new credit card so she could buy some furniture. Daria has $500 saved ready to pay for the furniture she buys, but the rest of the money will have to stay on her credit card statement until the next month, when she can pay it off with interest. She bought a couch for $750, a table for $100 and a lamp for $50. After she pays the initial $500, how much does she still owe before interest? Daria spends $750 + $100 + $50 on furniture = $<<750+100+50=900>>900 total on furniture. Of that $900 she spent, she can pay $500 now, so $900 - $500 = $<<900-500=400>>400 that Daria still owes. #### 400 A pair of dogs are barking back and forth at each other from across the street. The poodle barks twice for every one time the terrier barks. The terrier’s owner hushes it every second time it barks. She has to say “hush” six times before the dogs stopped barking. How many times did the poodle bark? The terrier barked twice as many times as it was told to hush, so it barked 6 * 2 = <<6*2=12>>12 times. The poodle barked two times for every terrier bark, so it barked 12 * 2 = <<12*2=24>>24 times. #### 24 Bryan bought three different bottles of milk. The bottles contain the following volumes of milk: 2 liters, 750 milliliters, 250 milliliters. How many liters of milk did Bryan buy in total? Bryan bought a total of 750 + 250 = <<750+250=1000>>1000 milliliters of milk from the two smaller bottles. Since 1 liter is equal to 1000 milliliters, then 1000 milliliters is equal to 1000/1000 = <<1000/1000=1>>1 liter. Therefore, Bryan bought a total of 2 + 1 = <<2+1=3>>3 liters of milk. #### 3 Jacque arrived in France and his suitcase weighed 5 pounds. While in France, he picked up 5 bottles of perfume that weighed 1.2 ounces each, 4 pounds of chocolate, 2 bars of soap that weighed 5 ounces each and 2 jars of jam that weighed 8 ounces each. Considering 16 ounces is the same as 1 pound, how much did Jacque's suitcase weigh on the return flight home? He bought 5 bottles of perfume that weighed 1.2 oz each so they weighed 5*1.2 = <<5*1.2=6>>6 oz 2 bars of soap weighed 5 oz each so they weighed 2*5 = <<2*5=10>>10 oz 2 jars of jam weighed 8 oz each so they weighed 2*8 = <<8*2=16>>16 oz The perfume is 6 oz, the soap is 10 oz and the jam is 16 oz for a total of 6+10+16 = <<6+10+16=32>>32 oz 16 oz is 1 pound, and he had 32 oz in products so he had 32/16 = <<32/16=2>>2 pounds of products His suitcase weighed 5 pounds, and the chocolate weighed 4 pounds and the remaining products weighed 2 pounds so his suitcase weighed 5+4+2 = <<5+4+2=11>>11 pounds #### 11 A certain store sells computer accessories and equipment. Due to a fire outbreak in one of the factories, the price of RAM increased by 30%. After two years, the price stabilized and finally fell by 20% from what it has risen. What is the current price of RAM if it was $50 before the fire? After the fire outbreak, the price of RAM got increased by 30/100 * 50 = $<<30/100*50=15>>15. So before stabilization the price was at 50 + 15 = $<<50+15=65>>65. After the stabilization, the price fell by 20% from $65, so it fell by 20/100 * 65 = $<<20/100*65=13>>13. That means the RAM is currently at 65 - 13 = $<<65-13=52>>52. #### 52