Alice was able to sell $2500 worth of gadgets. For this month, she expects to receive her monthly basic salary of $240 and a 2% commission from these sales. How much is she going to save this month if she usually saves 10% of her total earnings?

Alice will get $2500 x 2/100 = $

<<2500*2/100=50>>50 from her commission. This month, she will receive a total of $240 + $50 = $<<240+50=290>>290. Therefore, Alice will save $290 x 10/100 = $<<290*10/100=29>>29 for this month. #### 29 Jesse received $50 as a gift to buy what she wants. She goes to the mall and falls in love with a novel that costs her $7. Then she went to lunch because she was very hungry and spent twice as much as the novel cost her. How much money did Jesse have left after going to the mall? Jesse bought a novel for $<<7=7>>7. She then bought lunch for twice the value of the novel, so lunch cost her $7 x 2 = $<<7*2=14>>14. To find out how much money she has left from her gift she must know the total amount she spent $7 + $14 = $<<7+14=21>>21. Her gift was $50, so she was left with $50 - $21 = $<<50-21=29>>29. #### 29 Georgie is a varsity player on a football team. He can run 40 yards within 5 seconds. If he can improve his speed by forty percent, how many yards will he be able to run within 10 seconds? The additional yard he will be able to run to after improving his speed is 40 x 40/100 = <<40*40/100=16>>16 yards. So the total yard he will be able to run to after improving his speed is 40 + 16 = <<40+16=56>>56 yards in 5 seconds. Therefore the total yards he will be able to run to within 10 seconds is 56 x 2 = <<56*2=112>>112. #### 112 The Dark Lord needs to transport 1200 pounds of swords to the Enchanted Forest for a battle with the elves. He has 10 squads of 8 orcs each. How many pounds of swords does each orc have to carry? First find how many orcs there are total by multiplying the number of orcs per squad by the number of squads: 8 orcs/squad * 10 squads = <<8*10=80>>80 orcs Then divide the total amount of swords by the number of orcs to find the amount of swords per orc: 1200 pounds / 80 orcs = <<1200/80=15>>15 pounds/orc #### 15 John trains for ultramarathons. He starts only able to run 8 hours straight but eventually increases that by 75%. He also increases his speed of 8 mph by 4 mph. How far can he run now? He increases the time he can run by 8*.75=<<8*.75=6>>6 hours So he can now run 8+6=<<8+6=14>>14 hours His speed is now 8+4=<<8+4=12>>12 mph So he can run 14*12=<<14*12=168>>168 miles #### 168 A professional company is hiring for a new position. They have two qualified applicants. The first applicant will accept a salary of $42000 and make the company $93000 in the first year, but needs 3 months of additional training that costs $1200 a month. The second applicant does not need training and will make the company $92000 in the first year, but is requesting a salary of $45000 and a hiring bonus of 1% of his salary. Less the amount it will cost to pay for each candidate, how many more dollars will one candidate make the company than the other in the first year? The first candidate’s training will cost 1200 * 3 = $<<1200*3=3600>>3600. That candidate will make the company 93000 - 42000 - 3600 = $<<93000-42000-3600=47400>>47400 in the first year. The second candidate’s bonus will cost 45000 * 1 / 100 = $<<45000*1/100=450>>450. That candidate will make the company 92000 - 45000 - 450 = $<<92000-45000-450=46550>>46550 in the first year. Thus, the first candidate will make the company 47400 - 46550 = $<<47400-46550=850>>850 more in the first year. #### 850 If Aang caught 7 fish, then Sokka caught 5 fish, and then Toph caught 12 fish, what is the average amount of fish that each person caught? Aang, Sokka and Toph caught 7 fish + 5 fish + 12 fish = <<7+5+12=24>>24 fish. The average catch of fish per person is 24 fish / 3 people = <<24/3=8>>8 fish per person. #### 8 Collin learned that he could earn $0.25 per aluminum can that he brought into the recycling center. He found 12 cans at home and three times as many at his grandparents' house. His neighbor gave him 46. His dad brought home 250 cans from the office. His dad told him he could keep the money from the cans he brought home from the office if he promised to put half of his entire amount collected into savings. How much money would Collin have to put into savings? He found 12 and his grandparents gave him three times that amount so he got 12*3 = <<12*3=36>>36 cans from his grandparents All total he collected 12 cans, the 36 from his grandparents, 46 from the neighbor and 250 from his dad for a total of 12+36+46+250 = <<12+36+46+250=344>>344 cans Each can is worth $0.25 so .25*344 = $<<.25*344=86.00>>86.00 He agreed to put half of the $86 earned into savings so he will save 86/2=$<<86/2=43.00>>43.00 #### 43 It takes 1 person working 10 hours to figure out the solution to a math problem. If you add a second person who's equally good at math, how long will the two of them have to work to solve the same problem? Since you're doubling the number of people working on the task, that means you will be able to reduce the amount of time worked in half if they're of equal skill. Therefore, you take the original time of 10 hours and perform 10/2= <<10/2=5>>5 hours spent working on the problem. #### 5 Maria found a store that sells handmade sweaters for $30 and a handmade scarf for $20. She wants to buy one for everyone in her family. She will buy 6 sweaters and 6 scarves. If she has saved $500, how much will be left in her savings after buying all these? Six sweaters amount to $30 x 6 = $<<30*6=180>>180. Six scarfs amount to $20 x 6 = $<<20*6=120>>120. So, Maria will pay a total of $180 + $120 = $<<180+120=300>>300. Thus, she will be left with $500 - $300 = $<<500-300=200>>200 in her savings. #### 200