Calvin signed up for a gym training service to lose some pounds. If he weighed 250 pounds to start with and lost 8 pounds every month during the training sessions, what's his weight after one year?

Since Calvin loses 10 pounds every month, his total weight loss after one year is 12*8 =

<<12*8=96>>96 pounds. Calvin weighs 250-96 = <<250-96=154>>154 pounds after a year of hitting the gym. #### 154 Ronald and his friend Max want to buy a new video game that was just released. The game costs $60. To earn money, they started selling ice cream in their yard, and they sell each ice cream for $5. How many ice creams will they need to sell for both to be able to afford to buy the game? They need $60/game x 2 games= $120 in total. If one ice cream is sold for $5, they will need to sell $120 ÷ $5/ice cream = <<120/5=24>>24 ice creams. #### 24 Five hundred people attended the band concert. For that concert, the band gets 70% of the ticket price. If each ticket costs $30 and there are 4 members of the band, how much did each band member get from that concert? The total earnings from the ticket are $30 x 500 = $<<30*500=15000>>15000. The band got $15000 x 70/100 = $<<15000*70/100=10500>>10500. So each band member got $10500/4 = $<<10500/4=2625>>2625. #### 2625 A lumberjack is chopping down trees so he can sell firewood. Each tree he chops produces 4 logs each, and each log is then chopped into 5 pieces of firewood. If the lumberjack has chopped 500 pieces of firewood, how many trees did he chop down? The firewood is made from 500 pieces of firewood / 5 pieces of firewood per log = <<500/5=100>>100 logs. So the logs are chopped from 100 logs / 4 logs per tree = <<100/4=25>>25 trees. #### 25 Liezl prepared four sets of 2-dozen paper cups for her daughter's birthday party. If 5 cups were damaged and 30 were not used, how many paper cups were used? Since 1 dozen is equal to 12 then 2 dozens of cups is equal to 2 x 12 = <<2*12=24>>24 cups. So, Liezl prepared a total of 24 cups x 4 sets = <<24*4=96>>96 paper cups. A total of 5 + 30 = <<5+30=35>>35 paper cups were not used. Hence, 96 - 35 = <<96-35=61>>61 paper cups were used. #### 61 Scott wants to buy a skateboard. To make money, Scott sold berry smoothies for $3 a cup and cakes for $2 each. He sold 40 cups of smoothies and 18 cakes. How much money did he make? He made $3/cup × 40 cups = $<<3*40=120>>120 from the smoothies. He also made $2/cake × 18 cakes = $<<2*18=36>>36 from the cakes. Scott made a total of $120 + $36 = $<<120+36=156>>156. #### 156 At the duck park, there are 25 mallard ducks and ten less than twice as many geese as ducks. Then, a small flock of 4 ducks arrived at the park and joined the birds already there. If five less than 15 geese leave the park, how many more geese than ducks remain at the park? Initially, twice as many geese as ducks is 25*2=<<25*2=50>>50 geese. Therefore, ten less than twice as many geese as ducks is 50-10=<<50-10=40>>40 geese. Then, 4 ducks arrived at the park, resulting in 25+4=<<4+25=29>>29 ducks. Five less than 15 geese is 15-5=<<15-5=10>>10 geese. Thus, if 5 less than 15 geese leave, then 40-10=30 geese remain. Thus, there are 30-29=<<30-29=1>>1 more geese than ducks remaining at the park. #### 1 Jack is a soccer player. He needs to buy two pairs of socks and a pair of soccer shoes. Each pair of socks cost $9.50, and the shoes cost $92. Jack has $40. How much more money does Jack need? The total cost of two pairs of socks is $9.50 x 2 = $<<9.5*2=19>>19. The total cost of the socks and the shoes is $19 + $92 = $<<19+92=111>>111. Jack need $111 - $40 = $<<111-40=71>>71 more. #### 71 Tim spends 1 hour a day meditating. He spends twice as much time reading. How much time a week does he spend reading? He spends 2*1=<<2*1=2>>2 hours reading So he reads for 2*7=<<2*7=14>>14 hours a week #### 14 William and Harry played 15 rounds of tic-tac-toe. William won 5 more rounds than Harry. How many rounds did William win? They played 15 rounds and William won 5 more rounds than Harry so that leaves 15 - 5 = <<15-5=10>>10 round There are 2 players and 10 rounds so they each won 10/2 = 5 rounds William won 5 more rounds than Harry and they each won 5 rounds so William won 5+5 = <<5+5=10>>10 rounds #### 10