Jackson wants to start saving for the vacation that he’s taking next August, 15 months away. He wants to save $3,000.00. If he gets paid 2 times a month how much money does he need to set aside, per paycheck, to have enough money saved for his vacation?

He has 15 months to save $3,000.00 so that’s 3000/15 = $

<<3000/15=200.00>>200.00 a month He gets paid twice a month so he needs to save 200/2 = $<<200/2=100.00>>100.00 from each paycheck #### 100 The local salon offers mani/pedis for $40.00. They are running a Mother's day special and offering 25% off their regular rate. Charlotte is treating herself, her daughter and 3 granddaughters to a spa day. How much will Charlotte spend on 5 mani/pedis? A mani/pedi is $40.00 and they are offering 25% off so that's 40*.25 = $<<40*.25=10.00>>10.00 discount The mani/pedi is $40.00 and there is a $10.00 discount so each one is 40-10=$<<40-10=30.00>>30.00 Charlotte is treating herself and 4 other people for a total of 5 people at $30.00 each so it will cost 5*30 = $<<5*30=150.00>>150.00 #### 150 Carlton wears an assortment of sweater vests and button-up shirts. He has twice as many sweater vests as button-up shirts and considers each unique combination of vest and shirt to be an outfit. He owns three button-up shirts. How many outfits does Carlton have? Carlton has 2 * 3 = <<2*3=6>>6 sweater vests. He can wear each sweater vest with different 3 button-up shirts, so Carlton has 3 * 6 = <<3*6=18>>18 outfits. #### 18 There are 50 staplers in the stapler. Stacie staples 3 dozen reports on her desk. How many staplers are left in the stapler? Stacie staples 3 x 12 = <<3*12=36>>36 reports. There are 50 - 36 = <<50-36=14>>14 staplers left in the stapler. #### 14 Ellen is painting flowers on a vase. It takes her 5 minutes to paint a lily, 7 minutes to paint a rose, 3 minutes to paint an orchid, and 2 minutes to paint a vine. How long will it take her to paint 17 lilies, 10 roses, 6 orchids and 20 vines? First find the total time Ellen spends painting lilies: 5 minutes/lily * 17 lilies = <<5*17=85>>85 minutes Then find the total time Ellen spends painting roses: 7 minutes/lily * 10 roses = <<7*10=70>>70 minutes Then find the total time Ellen spends painting orchids: 3 minutes/orchid * 6 orchids = <<3*6=18>>18 minutes Then find the total time Ellen spends painting vines: 2 minutes/lily * 20 vines = <<2*20=40>>40 minutes Then add the amount of time Ellen spends on each type of flower to find the total time: 85 minutes + 70 minutes + 18 minutes + 40 minutes = <<85+70+18+40=213>>213 minutes #### 213 Jack cycles from his home to the store. Then he cycles, at the same speed, 50 miles to his friend Peter. It takes Jack twice as long to go from his home to the store as it takes to go from the store to his friend. If Peter and Jack now cycle back to the store together, how many miles in total have they cycled today? When Jack cycles from home to the store, it takes 2 * 50 = <<2*50=100>>100 miles. He then cycles 50 miles to Peter. When Peter and Jack cycle back to the store, they cover a total of 50 + 50 = <<50+50=100>>100 miles. The total number of miles covered is 100+50+100 = <<100+50+100=250>>250 miles #### 250 Percius has a collection of marbles. 40% of them are clear. 20% are black, and the remainder are all the other colors. A friend of his asks if he can take five marbles. On average, how many marbles of other colors will his friend end up getting? 40% of the marbles are of other colors because 100 - 20 - 40 = <<100-20-40=40>>40 The friend will on average get 2 other colored marbles because 5 x .4 = <<5*.4=2>>2 #### 2 Joe had 200 data points on his dataset. He then added 20% more data points to the dataset. If he reduced the data points by 1/4 of the total data points, calculate the total number of data points the dataset contains. When Joe added 20% more data points to the dataset, the data points in the dataset increased by 20/100*200 = <<20/100*200=40>>40 data points. The total number of data points increased to 200+40 = <<200+40=240>>240 If he reduced the data points by 1/4 of the total data points, the data points reduced by 1/4*240 =60 The total number of data points left in the dataset after Joe reduced the data points by 1/4 of the total data points is 240-60= <<240-60=180>>180 #### 180 A carton contains 12 boxes. If each box has 10 packs of cheese cookies, what's the price of a pack of cheese cookies if a dozen cartons cost $1440? If 1 carton contains 12 boxes, then a dozen cartons contain 12*12 = 144 boxes If 1 box has 10 packs of cookies, then 144 boxes have 144*10 = <<144*10=1440>>1440 packs If a dozen cartons cost $1440 and contain 1440 packs of cookies, then each pack costs 1440/1440 = $<<1440/1440=1>>1 #### 1 Sienna gave Bailey half of her suckers. Jen ate half and gave the rest to Molly. Molly ate 2 and gave the rest to Harmony. Harmony kept 3 and passed the remainder to Taylor. Taylor ate one and gave the last 5 to Callie. How many suckers did Jen eat? Taylor received 5 + 1 = <<5+1=6>>6 suckers. Harmony was given 3 + 6 = <<3+6=9>>9 suckers. Molly received 9 + 2 = <<9+2=11>>11 suckers from Jen. Jen originally had 11 * 2 = <<11*2=22>>22 suckers. Jen ate 22 – 11 = <<22-11=11>>11 suckers. #### 11