Maria buys a large bar of French soap that lasts her for 2 months. She spends $8.00 per bar of soap. If she wants to stock up for the entire year, how much will she spend on soap?

1 bar of soap will last for 2 months and there are 12 months in 1 year so she needs 12/2 = 6 bars of soap

Each bar of soap is $8.00 and she needs 6 bars so that's a total of 8*6 = $

<<8*6=48.00>>48.00 #### 48 Hannah wants to save $80 for five weeks. In the first week, she saved $4 and she plans to save twice as much as her savings as the previous week. How much will she save in the fifth week to reach her goal? In the second week, Hannah will save $4 x 2 = $<<4*2=8>>8. In the third week, she will save $8 x 2 = $<<8*2=16>>16. In the fourth week, she will save $16 x 2 = $<<16*2=32>>32. Her total savings for a month will be $4 + $8 + $16 + $32 = $<<4+8+16+32=60>>60. Hannah needs to save $80 - $60 = $<<80-60=20>>20 in the fifth week. #### 20 Darryl sells melons on the side of the road. He sells cantaloupes for $2 each and honeydews for $3. He started the day with 30 cantaloupes and 27 honeydews. He accidentally dropped a couple of cantaloupes and three of the honeydews turned out to be rotten. At the end of the day he had 8 cantaloupes and 9 honeydews left. How much money did he make? He dropped two cantaloupes and had 8 left over at the end of the day, so he sold 30 - 2 - 8 = <<30-2-8=20>>20 cantaloupes. Three honeydews were rotten, and he had 9 left at the end of the day, so he sold 27 - 3 - 9 = <<27-3-9=15>>15 honeydews. He sold 20 cantaloupes * $2/cantaloupe = $<<20*2=40>>40 in cantaloupes He also sold 15 honeydews * $3/honeydew = $<<15*3=45>>45 in honeydews. Altogether he made $40 + $45 = $<<40+45=85>>85 #### 85 A country used to have a tax rate of 20%. They raised it to 30%. In that same time frame, John went from making 1,000,000 a year to 1,500,000 a year. How much more does he pay in taxes now compared to then? At 20% he paid .2*1000000=$<<.2*1000000=200000>>200,000 Now he pays 1500000*.3=$<<1500000*.3=450000>>450,000 So he pays an extra 450000-200000=$<<450000-200000=250000>>250000 #### 250000 There are 28 garden gnomes in a yard. Three-fourths of them have red hats, and the rest have blue hats. Half the garden gnomes have big noses instead of small noses. If six gnomes with blue hats have big noses, how many gnomes with red hats have small noses? Half the gnomes have big noses, so 28 / 2 = <<28/2=14>>14 have big noses. Three-quarters of the gnomes have red hats, so 28 * 3 / 4 = <<28*3/4=21>>21 gnomes have red hats. There are 6 gnomes with blue hats and big noses, so there are 14 - 6 = 8 with red hats and big noses. Thus, there are 21 - 8 = <<21-8=13>>13 gnomes with red hats that have small noses. #### 13 Emily bought 9 packs of candy necklaces to give her classmates at school for Valentine’s Day. Each pack had 8 candy necklaces in it. Emily opened one pack at a time. After her classmates took as many as they wanted, there were 40 candy necklaces left. How many packs did Emily open for her classmates? Emily bought 9 packs of candy necklaces * 8 candy necklaces in a pack = <<9*8=72>>72 candy necklaces. Her classmates took 72 candy necklaces – 40 candy necklaces left = <<72-40=32>>32 candy necklaces Since each pack contained 8 necklaces, this means 32 / 8 = <<32/8=4>>4 packs of candy necklaces were opened. #### 4 John buys game loot boxes for $5 each. The average value of items inside is $3.5. He spends $40 on loot boxes. What is the average amount he lost? He bought 40/5=<<40/5=8>>8 boxes He loses an average of 5-3.5=$<<5-3.5=1.50>>1.50 per box So he loses an average of 1.5*8=$<<1.5*8=12>>12 #### 12 Jeremy bought a computer for $3000, and some accessories for 10% of the price of the computer. How much money has Jeremy if, before the purchase, he had two times more money, than the cost of the computer itself? At the start, Jeremy had two times more money than the price of the computer, which means he had 2 * 3000 = $<<2*3000=6000>>6000. The cost of the accessories stands at 3000 * 1/10 = $<<3000*1/10=300>>300. This leaves Jeremy with 6000 - 3000 - 300 = $<<6000-3000-300=2700>>2700. #### 2700 Barry goes to a shop to buy a shirt he'd been admiring for quite some time. He tells the attendant that it's his birthday so she decides to give him a 15% special discount. The price tag on the shirt says $80. How much is he supposed to pay now, considering the special discount? 15% of $80 = (15/100)*$80 = $<<(15/100)*80=12>>12 The dollar amount of the discount is $12 so he is supposed to pay just $80-$12 = $<<80-12=68>>68 #### 68 In eight years, Mr. Bernard will be 3 times as old as Luke is now. If Luke is 20, what is 10 years less than their average age? If Luke is 20, he will be 20+8 = <<20+8=28>>28 years old in eight years. In eight years, Mr. Bernard will be 3 times as old as Luke is now, a total of 3*20= <<3*20=60>>60 years old. Mr. Bernard is now 60-8= <<60-8=52>>52 years old The sum of their current ages is 52+20 = <<52+20=72>>72 Their average age is 72/2 =<<72/2=36>>36 10 less than their average age is 36-10 = <<36-10=26>>26 years. #### 26