The total number of employees in a company is 450, and each employee earns $2000 per month. If the company laid off 1/3 of its employees due to tough economic times, calculate the total amount of money the company paid to the remaining employees.

1/3 of the employees were laid off, that is 1/3*450 =

<<450*1/3=150>>150 employees. There were 450-150 = <<450-150=300>>300 employees remaining. If the company was paying each person $2000, the total amount of money paid to the remaining employees is 300*2000 = $<<300*2000=600000>>600000. #### 600000 Gilbert, the bearded dragon, eats 4 crickets per week when the temperature averages 90 degrees F per day, but he eats twice as many crickets per week when the temperature averages 100 degrees F. How many crickets will he eat over 15 weeks if the temperature averages 90 degrees F for 80% of the time, and 100 degrees F for the remainder of the time? It will be 90 degrees for 80% of the 15 weeks, for a total of 0.8*15=12 weeks. It will be 100 degrees F for the remainder of the 15 weeks, or 15-12=<<15-12=3>>3 weeks. During the 12 weeks when it averages 90 degrees F, he will eat 4 crickets per week for a total of 12*4=<<12*4=48>>48 crickets. When it averages 100 degrees F, he eats twice as many crickets per week as when it averages 90 degrees F per week, for a total of 2*4=8 crickets per week. During these 3 weeks, he will eat 8*3=<<8*3=24>>24 crickets. Therefore, over the 15 weeks, he will eat a total of 48+24=<<48+24=72>>72 crickets. #### 72 Lidia bought a new tablet, and she needs to buy some apps for it. One app costs $4 on average, and Lidia needs 15 of them. She has $66 for this purpose. How much money will she be left with if she buys all the apps she needs? So Lidia will spend 4 * 15 = $<<4*15=60>>60 on apps. She already has $66, so she will be left with 66 - 60 = $<<66-60=6>>6. #### 6 In a fruit salad, there are raspberries, green grapes, and red grapes. There are seven more than 3 times the number of red grapes as green grapes. There are 5 less raspberries than green grapes. If there are 102 pieces of fruit in the salad, how many red grapes are in the salad? Green grapes = G Red grapes = 3G + 7 Raspberries = G - 5 G + 3G + 7 + G - 5 = 102 5G + 2 = 102 5G = 100 G = <<20=20>>20 3 * 20 + 7 = <<3*20+7=67>>67 There are 67 red grapes. #### 67 A gold coin is worth 50 dollars and a silver coin is worth 25 dollars. If you have 3 gold coins, 5 silver coins, and 30 dollars cash, how much money do you have in dollars? 3 gold coins at 50 dollars a coin gives you 50*3=<<50*3=150>>150 dollars 5 silver coins at 25 dollars a coin give you 25*5=<<5*25=125>>125 dollars You have 30+125+150=<<30+125+150=305>>305 dollars #### 305 Four days ago, Carlos bought a bag of gummy worms. Every day he ate half of the remaining gummy worms. After eating half of the remainder on the fourth day, he now has 4 gummy worms left. How many gummy worms were in the bag when Carlos bought it? Let G be the number of gummy worms in the bag when Carlos bought it. On the first day, he ate half the gummy worms, so he had G / 2 gummy worms. On the second day, he ate half of the remaining gummy worms, so he had G / 2 / 2 = G / 4 gummy worms. On the third day, he ate another half, so he had G / 4 / 2 = G / 8 gummy worms. On the fourth day, he ate another half and had 4 left, so he had G / 8 / 2 = G / 16 = 4 gummy worms. Thus, there were G = 4 * 16 = <<4*16=64>>64 gummy worms in the bag when Carlos bought it. #### 64 Milly is figuring out how long she needs to spend studying. She knows that her math homework will take 60 minutes. Her geography homework will take half as long as her math homework, and her science homework will take time equal to the mean amount of time she spent studying math and geography. How many minutes does Milly spend studying? First find how long Milly spends studying geography by dividing her math homework time by 2: 60 minutes / 2 = <<60/2=30>>30 minutes. Now find the total amount of time Milly spent on math and geography: 30 minutes + 60 minutes = <<30+60=90>>90 minutes. Now calculate the mean amount of time Milly spends on math and geography by dividing the total time spent by the number of subjects, which is 2: 90 minutes / 2 = <<90/2=45>>45 minutes. Now add the time Milly spent on all three subjects to find the total: 45 minutes + 30 minutes + 60 minutes = <<45+30+60=135>>135 minutes. #### 135 In one day, Ella's dog eats 4 pounds of food for every one pound of food that Ella eats. How much food do Ella and her dog in 10 days if Ella eat 20 pounds of food each day? If Ella's dog eats 4 pounds of food for every one pound of food that Ella eats, when Ella eats 20 pounds of food in a day, Ella's dog eats 4*20 = <<4*20=80>>80 pounds of food. Together, in one day, Ella and her dog eats 80+20 = <<80+20=100>>100 pounds In 10 days, Ella and her dog will eat 10*100 = <<10*100=1000>>1000 pounds of food. #### 1000 Marion’s bike cost $356. Stephanie’s bike is worth twice as much. What is the total price of their bikes? Stephanie's bike costs $356 * 2 = $<<356*2=712>>712. So, their bikes cost $356 + $712 = $<<356+712=1068>>1068 in total. #### 1068 Michelle loves sugar. She bought 14 chocolate bars, each of which had 10 grams of sugar. She also bought a giant lollipop, which had an additional 37 grams of sugar, plus 190 calories. How many grams of sugar were in all of the candy she bought? The chocolate bars had a total of 14 × 10 = <<14*10=140>>140 grams of sugar. There was a total of 140 + 37 = <<140+37=177>>177 grams of sugar in all the candy she bought. #### 177