To run his grocery store, Mr. Haj needs $4000 a day. This money is used to pay for orders done, delivery costs and employees' salaries. If he spends 2/5 of the total operation costs on employees' salary and 1/4 of the remaining amount on delivery costs, how much money does he pay for the orders done?

How much money does Mr. Haj spend on employees' salary? ** The total amount of money Mr. Haj used to pay for employee salary is 2/5*$4000 = $

<<2/5*4000=1600>>1600 How much money does Mr. Haj have left after paying the employees? ** After paying the employee salaries, Mr. Haj remains with $4000-$1600 = $<<4000-1600=2400>>2400 How much money does Mr. Haj spend on delivery costs? ** He also uses 1/4*$2400= $<<2400/4=600>>600 on delivery costs. How much money does Mr. Haj pay for the orders done? ** The remaining amount of money that he uses to pay for orders is $2400-$600 = $<<2400-600=1800>>1800 #### 1800 John works 12 hours every other day. He gets a 30% raise from his former $20 an hour job. How much does he make in a 30 day month? How many days does John work? ** He works 30/2=<<30/2=15>>15 days How many hours does John work in a month? ** So he works 15*12=<<15*12=180>>180 hours in the month How much did John get a raise? ** He got a 20*.3=$<<20*.3=6>>6 an hour raise How much does John get paid? ** So he gets paid 20+6=$<<20+6=26>>26 an hour How much does John make in a month? ** That means he makes 26*180=$<<26*180=4680>>4680 #### 4680 Jake agrees to work part of his debt off. He owed someone $100 but paid them $40 before agreeing to work off the rest. He worked for $15 an hour. How many hours did he have to work? How much does he have to work off? ** He has to work off $100-$40=$<<100-40=60>>60. How many hours does he have to work? ** So he has to work $60/15=<<60/15=4>>4 hours #### 4 There are 20 boys and 11 girls in the second grade and twice that number in the third grade. How many students are in grades 2 and 3? How many students are in second grade? ** There are 20 + 11 = <<20+11=31>>31 students in second grade. How many students are in third grade? ** There are 31 x 2 = <<31*2=62>>62 students in third grade. How many students are in grades 2 and 3? ** In total, there are 31 + 62 = <<31+62=93>>93 students. #### 93 Borgnine wants to see 1100 legs at the zoo. He has already seen 12 chimps, 8 lions, and 5 lizards. He is next headed to see the tarantulas. How many tarantulas does he need to see to meet his goal? How many chimp legs has Borgnine seen? ** He has seen 48 chimp legs because 12 x 4 = <<12*4=48>>48 How many lion legs has Borgnine seen? ** He has seen 32 lion legs because 8 x 4 = <<8*4=32>>32 How many lizard legs has Borgnine seen? ** He has seen 20 lizard legs because 5 x 4 = <<5*4=20>>20 How many legs has Borgnine seen? ** He has seen 100 total legs because 48 + 32 + 20 = <<48+32+20=100>>100 How many tarantulas does he need to see to meet his goal? ** He has to see 1000 tarantulas legs because 1100- 100 = <<1100-100=1000>>1000 How many tarantulas does he need to see? ** He has to see 125 tarantulas because 1000/ 8 = <<1000/8=125>>125 #### 125 A spiral notebook costs $15, and a personal planner costs $10. How much would it cost in total to buy 4 spiral notebooks and 8 personal planners at a 20% discount? How much would a spiral notebook cost after a 20% discount? ** If a spiral notebook cost $15, a 20% discount would reduce the price by 20/100 *15 = $<<15*0.2=3>>3 How much would a spiral notebook cost after a 20% discount? ** At a 20% discount, the buying price of a spiral notebook book is $15-$3= $<<15-3=12>>12 How much would a personal planner cost after a 20% discount? ** At the same discount, a personal planner cost would reduce by 20/100 * $10 = $<<20/100*10=2>>2 How much would a personal planner cost after a 20% discount? ** The new buying price of a personal planner will be $10-$2 =$<<10-2=8>>8 How much will it cost to buy 4 spiral notebooks at a 20% discount? ** To buy four spiral notebooks at a 20% discount, you'll pay 4*$12 = $<<4*12=48>>48 How much will it cost to buy 8 personal planners at a 20% discount? ** At the same time discount, you'll buy eight personal planners at a cost pf 8*$8 = <<8*8=64>>64 How much would it cost in total to buy 4 spiral notebooks and 8 personal planners at a 20% discount? ** In total, to buy eight personal planners and four spiral notebooks, you'd have to pay $64+$48 = $112 #### 112 Todd has $20. He buys 4 candy bars that cost $2 each. How much money in dollars does Todd have left? How much do the candy bars cost? ** The candy bars cost 4*2= $<<4*2=8>>8. How much money does Todd have left? ** Todd has 20-8= $<<20-8=12>>12 left. #### 12 Trent cries 2 tears for every three onions he chops. He needs to chop 4 onions per pot of soup. If he's making 6 pots of soup, how many tears does he cry? How many onions does Trent need to chop? ** First find how many onions total Trent needs to chop: 4 onions/pot * 6 pots = <<4*6=24>>24 onions How many sets of two tears does Trent cry? ** Then divide that number by three onions per 2 tears to find how many sets of two tears Trent cries: 24 onions / 3 onions = <<24/3=8>>8 How many tears does Trent cry? ** Then multiply that number by the number of tears per set to find the total number of tears: 8 * 2 tears = <<8*2=16>>16 tears #### 16 Brittany has 3 gerbils: Puffy, Muffy, and Scruffy. Puffy weighs 5 ounces more than Muffy. Muffy weighs 3 ounces less than Scruffy. If Scruffy weighs 12 ounces, how much would the scale indicate, in ounces, if Brittany put Puffy and Muffy on the scale? How much does Muffy weigh? ** Muffy weighs 12 - 3 = <<12-3=9>>9 ounces How much does Puffy weigh? ** Puffy weighs 5 + 9 = <<5+9=14>>14 ounces. How much would the scale read if Brittany weighed both Muffy and Puffy? ** If Brittany weighs both Puffy and Muffy, the scale would read 9 + 14 = <<9+14=23>>23 ounces #### 23 John buys 4 pounds of beef. He uses all but 1 pound in soup. He uses twice as many pounds of vegetables as beef. How many pounds of vegetables did he use? How many pounds of beef did John use? ** He used 4-1=<<4-1=3>>3 pounds of beef How many pounds of vegetables did John use? ** So he used 3*2=<<3*2=6>>6 pounds of vegetables #### 6