A boxer weighs 97 kg at 4 months from a fight. He is on a diet that allows him to lose 3 kg per month until the day of the fight. How much will he weigh on the day of the fight?

How much will he lose in 4 months? ** In 4 months, he will lose 3 x 4 =

<<3*4=12>>12 kilograms. How much will he weigh on the day of the fight? ** So his weight will be 97 – 12 = <<97-12=85>>85 kilograms. #### 85 Manny had 3 birthday cookie pies to share with his 24 classmates and his teacher, Mr. Keith. If each of the cookie pies were cut into 10 slices and Manny, his classmates, and Mr. Keith all had 1 piece, how many slices are left? How many cookie slices are there? ** There is a total of 3 x 10 = <<3*10=30>>30 cookie slices. How many people ate the cookie pieces? ** There are 24 + 1 + 1 = <<24+1+1=26>>26 people who ate the cookie pieces. How many cookie slices are left? ** There is 30 - 26 = <<30-26=4>>4 cookie slices left. #### 4 James spends 40 years teaching. His partner has been teaching for 10 years less. How long is their combined experience? How long has his partner been teaching? ** His partner has been teaching for 40-10=<<40-10=30>>30 years How long is their combined experience? ** So together they have 40+30=<<40+30=70>>70 years of experience #### 70 Jennifer purchased 40 cans of milk at the store before meeting her classmate Mark, who was also buying milk. Jennifer bought 6 additional cans for every 5 cans Mark bought. If Mark purchased 50 cans, how many cans of milk did Jennifer bring home from the store? How many times did Jennifer add 6 cans for every 5 that Mark bought? ** If Mark bought 50 cans of milk, the number of times Jennifer added 6 cans for every 5 that Mark bought is 50/5 = <<50/5=10>>10 times. How many additional cans did Jennifer buy? ** The total number of additional cans she bought is 10*6 = <<10*6=60>>60 cans. How many cans of milk did Jennifer bring home from the store? ** If she initially had 40 cans, she went home with 40+60 = <<40+60=100>>100 cans of milk. #### 100 Sam and Jeff had a skipping competition at recess. The competition was split into four rounds. Sam completed 1 more skip than Jeff in the first round. Jeff skipped 3 fewer times than Sam in the second round. Jeff skipped 4 more times than Sam in the third round. Jeff got tired and only completed half the number of skips as Sam in the last round. If Sam skipped 16 times in each round, what is the average number of skips per round completed by Jeff? How many skips did Jeff complete in round one? ** In round one, Jeff completed 16 - 1 = <<16-1=15>>15. How many skips did Jeff complete in round two? ** In round two, Jeff completed 16 - 3 = <<16-3=13>>13. How many skips did Jeff complete in round three? ** In round three, Jeff completed 16 + 4 = <<16+4=20>>20. How many skips did Jeff complete in round four? ** In round four, Jeff completed 16 / 2 = <<16/2=8>>8. How many skips did Jeff complete in total? ** Jeff completed 15 + 13 + 20 + 8 = <<15+13+20+8=56>>56 skips in total. What is the average number of skips per round completed by Jeff? ** Jeff skipped an average of 56 / 4 = <<56/4=14>>14 skips per round. #### 14 Irene earns $500 if she works for 40 hours a week and gets an extra $20 for every hour of overtime. If she worked 50 hours last week, calculate her total income. How many hours did Irene work? ** If Irene worked 50 hours last week, the total number of hours counting as overtime is 50-40 = <<50-40=10>>10 hours. How much did Irene earn in overtime? ** Since she's given $20 for every hour of overtime, she earned 10*$20 = $<<10*20=200>>200 in overtime. How much did Irene earn in total? ** Her total income, including the overtime, is $500+$200= $<<500+200=700>>700 #### 700 Paityn has 20 red hats and 24 blue hats. Her friend Zola has 4/5 times as many red hats as she has and twice the number of blue hats. If they combine all the hats together and share them equally between themselves, calculate the number of hats each gets. How many hats does Paityn have? ** Paityn has a total of 20 hats + 24 hats = <<20+24=44>>44 hats. How many red hats does Zola have? ** The number of red hats that Zola has is 4/5 * 20 hats = <<4/5*20=16>>16 hats How many blue hats does Zola have? ** Zola also has 2 * 24 hats = <<2*24=48>>48 blue hats. How many hats does Zola have? ** Zola has a total of 48 hats + 16 hats = <<48+16=64>>64 hats. How many hats do they have together? ** When they combine their hats, they have 64 hats + 44 hats = <<64+44=108>>108 hats How many hats does each person get? ** If they share the hats equally, each get 108 hats / 2 people = <<108/2=54>>54 hats/person #### 54 Hans booked a room in a hotel. The hotel has 10 floors with 10 identical rooms on each floor. Because of an accident, the last floor is unavailable for the guests. Considering there are no other guests, in how many different rooms could Hans be checked in? How many rooms are there in total? ** The hotel has in total 10 floors * 10 rooms/floor = <<10*10=100>>100 rooms. How many rooms are there in total? ** One floor is unavailable, so Hans could be checked into 100 rooms - 10 rooms = <<100-10=90>>90 available rooms. #### 90 Four classmates were comparing their ages based on their birth month. They found out that Jolyn is 2 months older than Therese while Therese is 5 months older than Aivo. Then, Leon is 2 months older than Aivo. How much older in months is Jolyn than Leon? How old is Jolyn in months? ** Jolyn is 2 + 5 = <<2+5=7>>7 months older than Aivo. How old is Jolyn in months? ** Since Leon is 2 months older than Aivo, then Jolyn is 7 - 2 = 5 months older than Leon. #### 5 Peter goes to the store to buy a soda. The soda costs $.25 an ounce. He brought $2 with him and leaves with $.50. How many ounces of soda did he buy? How much did Peter spend on soda? ** He spend $1.5 on soda because 2 - .5 = <<2-.5=1.5>>1.5 How many ounces of soda did Peter buy? ** He bought 6 ounces of soda because 1.5 / .25 = <<6=6>>6 #### 6