Henry had 33 games, and he gave five of them to Neil. Now Henry has 4 times more games than Neil. How many games did Neil have at first?

After giving five games to Neil, how many games does Henry have left? ** After giving five games to Neil, Henry has 33-5=

<<33-5=28>>28 games left. How many games does Neil have now? ** Now, Neil has 28/4=<<28/4=7>>7 games. How many games did Neil have at first? ** Neil had 7-5=<<7-5=2>>2 games at first. #### 2 Kristy, a sales representative earns a basic salary of $7.50 per hour plus a 16% commission on everything she sells. This month, she worked for 160 hours and sold $25000 worth of items. Her monthly budget for food, clothing, rent, transportation, bills and savings is 95% of her total monthly earnings and the rest will be put towards insurance. How much did she allocate to insurance? How much did Kristy earn in total? ** Kristy earns a basic salary of $7.50 x 160 = $<<7.5*160=1200>>1200. How much did Kristy earn in total? ** Her total commission is $25000 x 16/100 = $<<25000*16/100=4000>>4000. How much did Kristy earn in total? ** Thus, her total earning is $1200 + $4000 = $<<1200+4000=5200>>5200. How much did Kristy allocate to food, clothing, rent, transportation, bills and savings? ** Her monthly budget aside from the insurance is $5200 x 95/100 = $<<5200*95/100=4940>>4940. How much did Kristy allocate to insurance? ** Therefore, she allocated $5200 - $4940 = $<<5200-4940=260>>260 on insurance. #### 260 A taco truck is selling soft tacos for $2 and hard shell tacos for $5 during the lunch rush. The first group of customers is a family that buys four hard shell tacos and three soft tacos. The rest of the customers in the lunch rush only buy two soft tacos each. There were ten customers after the family. How many dollars did the taco truck make during the lunch rush? How many soft tacos did the taco truck sell? ** The taco truck sold 3 + 2 * 10 = 3 + 20 = <<3+2*10=23>>23 soft tacos. How much money did the taco truck make from soft tacos? ** It made 2 * 23 = $<<2*23=46>>46 from soft tacos. How much money did the taco truck make from hard shell tacos? ** It made 5 * 4 = $<<5*4=20>>20 from hard shell tacos. How much money did the taco truck make during the lunch rush? ** Thus, the taco truck made 46 + 20 = $<<46+20=66>>66 during the lunch rush. #### 66 The Arevalo family went out to dinner. The smoky salmon costs $40, the black burger costs $15, and the chicken katsu costs $25. If the bill includes a 10% service charge and 5% tip, how much change will Mr. Arevalo receive from his $100? How much money was spent on food? ** The total amount spent on food is $40 + $15 + $25 = $<<40+15+25=80>>80. How much is the service charge? ** The service charge is $80 x 10/100 = $<<80*10/100=8>>8. How much is the tip? ** The tip is $80 x 5/100 = $<<80*5/100=4>>4. How much did Mr. Arevalo have to pay? ** So, Mr. Arevalo had to pay $80 + $8 + $4 = $<<80+8+4=92>>92 in all. How much change will Mr. Arevalo receive? ** Therefore, his change will only be $100 - $92 = $<<100-92=8>>8. #### 8 A tractor trailer has a load of 50000 pounds. 10% of the weight gets unloaded at the first store, and 20% of the remaining load is removed at the second store. How much weight, in pounds, is left on the truck after the two deliveries? How many pounds are unloaded at the first store? ** First Store:50000(.10)=<<5000=5000>>5000 How many pounds are left after the first store? ** 50000-5000=<<50000-5000=45000>>45000 pounds How many pounds are unloaded at the second store? ** Second Store:45000(.20)=9000 How many pounds are left after the second store? ** 45000-9000=<<45000-9000=36000>>36000 pounds #### 36000 Dani brings two and half dozen cupcakes for her 2nd-grade class. There are 27 students (including Dani), 1 teacher, and 1 teacher’s aid. If 3 students called in sick that day, how many cupcakes are left after Dani gives one to everyone in the class? How many cupcakes does Dani bring? ** Dani brings 2.5 x 12 = <<2.5*12=30>>30 cupcakes. How many people are in the class? ** She needs this many cupcakes to feed everyone in class 27 + 2 = <<27+2=29>>29. How many people are in the class today? ** With the 3 students calling in sick, there are this many people in class today 29 - 3 = <<29-3=26>>26. How many cupcakes are left after everyone gets one? ** There are this many cupcakes left after everyone gets one 30 - 26 = <<30-26=4>>4 cupcakes. #### 4 Jerome has 20 classmates on his cell phone contact list. He has half as many out of school friends as classmates on his contact list. He also has his two parents and his sister on his contact list. How many people are on Jerome's contact list? How many out of school friends does Jerome have? ** Jerome has 20 classmates on the list, and has half as many out of school friends on there so he has 20/2=<<20/2=10>>10 out of school friends on the contact list How many family members does Jerome have on the contact list? ** He has 2 parents and 1 sister on the contact list, for 2+1= <<2+1=3>>3 family members on the contact list. How many people are on Jerome's contact list? ** Adding the classmates, out of school friends and family members together we get 20+10+3=<<20+10+3=33>>33 people on his contact list #### 33 A small theater company sells tickets to a show. They have a 400 seat theater and fill to 80% capacity. Each ticket cost $30. They repeated the same performance 2 other days. How much did they make? How many tickets did they sell each day? ** They sold 400*.8=<<400*.8=320>>320 tickets each day How much did they make each day? ** So each day they made 320*30=$<<320*30=9600>>9600 How many days did they perform? ** They did 2+1=<<2+1=3>>3 days How much did they make in total? ** So they made 9600*3=$<<9600*3=28800>>28,800 #### 28,800 Mary had 6 lambs and 2 of the lambs had 2 babies each. She traded 3 lambs for one goat. One morning, she woke up and found an extra 7 lambs in the field. How many lambs does Mary have? How many lambs did Mary's 2 lambs have? ** 2 of her lambs had 2 babies each so that adds 2*2 = <<2*2=4>>4 lambs How many lambs did Mary have? ** She starts with 6 and adds 4 baby lambs so she had 6+4 = <<6+4=10>>10 lambs How many lambs does Mary have? ** She traded 3 of those lambs for a goat so she has 10-3 =<<10-3=7>>7 lambs How many lambs does Mary have? ** She has 7 and woke up to find 7 more lambs in the field so she has a total of 7+7 = <<7+7=14>>14 lambs #### 14 Tina made a large pan of brownies and cut it into 24 pieces. She had one with lunch and dinner every day for 5 days. Her husband snagged one per day for 5 days to take to work. They shared 4 with dinner guests. How many brownies were left? How many brownies did Tina eat? ** Tina ate one twice a day for 5 days so 2*5 = <<1*2*5=10>>10 How many brownies did her husband eat? ** Her husband at 1 per day for 5 days so 1*5 = <<1*5=5>>5 How many brownies were left? ** She made 24, ate 10, her husband ate 5 and the guests ate 4 so 24-10-5-4 = <<24-10-5-4=5>>5 brownies left #### 5