A secretary who has been working for 6 years and who earns €10,000 a month has obtained a salary increase of 2%. What is her new salary?

How much will the salary increase? ** We have the amount the salary will increase: 10000 * 2 / 100 =

<<10000*2/100=200>>200€ What is the new salary? ** So the new salary is: 10000 + 200= <<10000+200=10200>>10200€ #### 10200 Tim drops a ball off the roof of a 96-foot tall building. The ball bounces to half the height from which it fell on each bounce. How high will it bounce on the fifth bounce? How high will the ball be on the first bounce? ** On the first bounce, it will reach a height of 96 / 2 = <<96/2=48>>48 feet. How high will the ball be on the second bounce? ** On the second bounce, it will reach a height of 48 / 2 = <<48/2=24>>24 feet. How high will the ball be on the third bounce? ** On the third bounce, it will reach a height of 24 / 2 = <<24/2=12>>12 feet. How high will the ball be on the fourth bounce? ** On the fourth bounce, it will reach a height of 12 / 2 = <<12/2=6>>6 feet. How high will the ball be on the fifth bounce? ** On the fifth bounce, it will reach a height of 6 / 2 = <<6/2=3>>3 feet. #### 3 Roger bought a house for $100,000. He was able to pay 20% down, and his parents paid off an additional 30% of the remaining balance. How much money does Roger still owe on his house? How much money was the down payment? ** 100000(.20)=20000$ down payment How much was left to pay after the down payment? ** 100000-20000=$<<100000-20000=80000>>80000 remaining How much did Roger's parents pay off? ** 80000(.30)=24000 How much money does Roger still owe on his house? ** 80000-24000=<<80000-24000=56000>>56000$ #### 56000 Blanch has 15 slices of pizza in the fridge. During breakfast, she eats 4 slices. At lunch, Blanch eats 2 slices, then takes two slices as a snack. Finally, she consumes 5 slices for dinner. How many slices of pizza are left? How many slices does Blanch have left after breakfast? ** During breakfast, Blanch has 15 - 4 = <<15-4=11>>11 slices left. How many slices does Blanch have left after lunch? ** At lunch, she still has 11 - 2 = <<11-2=9>>9 slices left. How many slices does Blanch have left after the snack? ** After the snack, there are still 9 - 2 = <<9-2=7>>7 slices left. How many slices does Blanch have left after dinner? ** Finally after dinner, Blanch has 7 - 5 = <<7-5=2>>2 slices left. #### 2 Lisa has 36 candies. On Mondays and Wednesdays, she eats 2 candies for each day and on the other days of the week she eats 1 candy for each day. How many weeks does it take for Lisa to eat all of the candies? How many candies does Lisa eat on Monday and Tuesday? ** On Monday and Tuesday, she eats 2 * 2 = <<2*2=4>>4 candies. How many candies does Lisa eat on the other days of the week? ** On the other days of the week, she eats 5 * 1=<<5*1=5>>5 candies. How many candies does Lisa eat in a week? ** In a week she eats 5 + 4= <<5+4=9>>9 candies. How many weeks does it take for Lisa to eat all of the candies? ** So it takes 36 / 9 = <<36/9=4>>4 weeks for Lisa to eat all candies. #### 4 Stormi is saving up to buy a bicycle. She washes 3 cars for $10 each. She mows 2 lawns for $13 each. If the bicycle she wants costs $80, how much more money does Stormi need to make to afford the bicycle? How much money does Stormi make from washing cars? ** The total amount of money from washing cars is 3 * $10 = $<<3*10=30>>30 How much money does Stormi make from mowing lawns? ** The total amount of money from mowing lawns 2 * $13 = $<<2*13=26>>26 How much money does Stormi make? ** The total amount of money Stormi makes is $30 + $26 = $<<30+26=56>>56 How much more money does Stormi need to make? ** Stormi still needs to make $80 - $56 = $<<80-56=24>>24 #### 24 Katrina saw an ad that said if she signed up for her local recycling program, she could earn $5.00. When she signed up, they told her for every friend that she referred, the friend would receive $5.00 and she would receive another $5.00 per friend. That day, she had 5 friends sign up and another 7 friends by the end of the week. How much money in total did she and her friends make? How many friends did Katrina sign up? ** She signed up 5 friends, then an additional 7 for a total of 5+7 =<<5+7=12>>12 friends How much money did each friend receive? ** Each friend received $5 so 12*5 = $<<12*5=60.00>>60.00 How much money did Katrina receive? ** And she received $5 for each friend so 12*5 = $<<12*5=60.00>>60.00 How much money did Katrina and her friends make? ** Her initial reward was $5 and her friends made $60 for signing up and she received $60 when they signed up for a total of 5+60+60 = $<<5+60+60=125.00>>125.00 #### 125 Taro and Vlad play a video game competition together, earning 5 points for every win. After playing 30 rounds, Taro scored 4 points less than 3/5 of the total points scored. How many total points did Vlad score? How many points are possible from wins? ** If they played 30 rounds, the total possible points from wins are 5*30 = <<5*30=150>>150 points. How many points are earned from 3/5 of the total possible points? ** Scoring 3/5 of the total possible points earns you 3/5 * 150 points = <<3/5*150=90>>90 points How many points did Taro score? ** If Taro scored 4 points less than 3/5 of the total points, he scored 90 points - 4 points = <<90-4=86>>86 points. How many points did Vlad score? ** If the total points scored in the game is 150, then Vlad scored 150 points - 86 points = <<150-86=64>>64 points #### 64 Tyson can swim at a speed of 3 miles per hour in a lake and 2.5 mph in an ocean. This season, half his races happened in lakes and half his races happened in the ocean. He had ten total races, each of which was 3 miles long. How much time did he spend in his races? How many races were in the lake? ** He did 5 races in the lake because 10 / 2 = <<10/2=5>>5 How many races were in the ocean? ** He did 5 races in the ocean because 10 / 2 = <<10/2=5>>5 How many miles did he race in the lake? ** He raced 15 miles in the lake because 5 x 3 = <<5*3=15>>15 How many hours did his lake races take? ** His lake races took 6 hours because 15 / 2.5 = <<15/2.5=6>>6 How many miles did he race in the ocean? ** He raced 15 miles in the ocean because 5 x 3 = <<5*3=15>>15 How many hours did his ocean races take? ** His ocean races took 5 hours because 15 / 3 = <<15/3=5>>5 How many hours did he spend racing? ** He spent 11 hours racing because 5 + 6 = <<5+6=11>>11 #### 11 James buys 10 boxes of Capri-sun. Each box has 6 pouches in it. If he paid $12 how many cents does each pouch cost? How many pouches did James buy? ** He bought 10*6=<<10*6=60>>60 pouches How much did James pay? ** It cost 12*100=<<12*100=1200>>1200 cents How much did each pouch cost? ** So each pouch cost 1200/60=<<1200/60=20>>20 cents #### 20