Mark hires a singer for 3 hours at $15 an hour. He then tips the singer 20%. How much did he pay?

How much did the singer cost? ** The cost was 15*3=$

<<15*3=45>>45 How much did the singer tip? ** So the tip was 45*.2=$<<45*.2=9>>9 How much did he pay? ** So in total, he paid 45+9=$<<45+9=54>>54 #### 54 Jason is trying to figure out whether he can afford a new car. The car he wants costs $32,000, and he can make a down payment of $8,000. He'll have to get a loan for the rest of the amount and make 48 equal monthly payments on it. Each month, he also has to pay interest equal to 5% of that month's payment. How much will Jason's monthly payments be? How much will Jason have to borrow? ** First figure out how much the loan will be: $32,000 - $8,000 = $<<32000-8000=24000>>24,000 How much will Jason's monthly payments be? ** Then divide the loan amount by the number of payments to find the monthly payment before interest: $24,000 / 48 months = $<<24000/48=500>>500/month How much will Jason's monthly payments be? ** Then multiply the loan amount by 5% to find out how much the interest is: $500/month * .05 = $<<500*.05=25>>25/month How much will Jason's monthly payments be? ** Then add the interest to the payment amount to find the total monthly payment: $500/month + $25/month = $<<500+25=525>>525/month #### 525 Nick has 60 cans. Each can takes up 30 square inches of space before being compacted and 20% of that amount after being compacted. How much space do all the cans take up after being compacted? How many square inches do the cans take up before being compacted? ** First find the total amount of space the cans take up before being compacted: 60 cans * 30 sq in / can = <<60*30=1800>>1800 sq in How many square inches do the cans take up after being compacted? ** Then multiply that amount by the percentage of space they take up after being compacted: 1800 sq in * 20% = <<1800*20*.01=360>>360 sq in #### 360 There are 192 soaps in a package. They put them in 2 big boxes. If each box contains 6 packages, how much soap do the 2 boxes contain in total? How many soaps are in 1 box? ** Find how many soaps are in 1 box by multiplying the number of soaps per package by the number of packages per box: 192*6=<<192*6=1152>>1152 soaps. How many soaps are in 2 boxes? ** Then find how many soaps 2 boxes contain by multiplying the number of boxes by the number of soaps per box: 1152*2= <<1152*2=2304>>2304 soaps. #### 2304 A whole pizza was cut into 8 slices. Angeli and Marlon ate 3/2 slices each. How many slices of pizza are left? How many slices did Angeli and Marlon eat? ** Angeli and Marlon ate a total of 3/2 x 2 = <<3/2*2=3>>3 slices of pizza. How many slices of pizza are left? ** Thus, 8 - 3 = <<8-3=5>>5 slices of pizza are left. #### 5 Matthew and his brother Shawn played swimming-pool-basketball. Each basket was worth 3 points. Matthew scored 9 points. Shawn scored 6 points. What is the total number of baskets made during this game? How many baskets did Matthew make? ** Matthew scored 9 points and there are 3 points per basket, so he made 9 / 3 = <<9/3=3>>3 baskets. How many baskets did Shawn make? ** Shawn scored 6 points, so he made 6 / 3 = <<6/3=2>>2 baskets. What is the total number of baskets made? ** The total number of baskets made is 3 + 2 = <<3+2=5>>5 baskets made. #### 5 Madeline wants to drink 100 ounces of water in a day. Her water bottle can hold 12 ounces of water. She refills her water bottle 7 times. How much more water does she need to drink? How many ounces of water has Madeline had? ** She has already had 12*7 =<<12*7=84>>84 ounces of water. How many more ounces of water does Madeline need to drink? ** She needs to drink 100-84 = <<100-84=16>>16 more ounces to make it to 100 ounces. #### 16 Nicole has three older sisters. After each one outgrows their clothes, they give them to Nicole. They have all outgrown their clothes and have given them all to Nicole. Nicole started with 10 pieces of clothing. Her first older sister had half as many clothes as Nicole. The next oldest sister had 2 more pieces of clothing than Nicole. The oldest had the average of what her three younger sisters had. How many pieces of clothing does Nicole end up with? How many pieces of clothing does the first sister have? ** The first sister has 5 pieces of clothing because 10 / 2 = <<10/2=5>>5 How many pieces of clothing does the second sister have? ** The next sister had 12 pieces of clothing because 10 + 2 = <<10+2=12>>12 How many pieces of clothing do the three youngest sisters have? ** The three youngest sisters combined have 27 pieces because 10 + 5 + 12 = <<10+5+12=27>>27 How many pieces of clothing does the oldest sister have? ** The oldest has 9 pieces because 27 / 3 = <<27/3=9>>9 How many pieces of clothing does Nicole end up with? ** Nicole ends up with 36 pieces of clothing because 10 + 5 + 12 + 9 = <<10+5+12+9=36>>36 #### 36 Van Helsing gets paid by the town to remove all the vampires and werewolves. He gets $5 per vampire and $10 per werewolf. He removes half the vampires and removes 8 werewolves, and earned $105. There were 4 times as many werewolves as vampires. What percentage of the werewolves did he remove? How much does he earn from werewolf removal? ** He earns $80 from werewolf removal because 8 x 10 = <<8*10=80>>80 How much did he earn from vampire removal? ** He earned $25 from vampire removal because 105 - 80 = <<105-80=25>>25 How many vampires did he remove? ** He removed 5 vampires from town because 25 / 5 = <<25/5=5>>5 How many vampires were there? ** There were 10 vampires because 5 / .5 = 10 How many werewolves were there? ** There were 40 werewolves because 4 x 10 = <<4*10=40>>40 What percentage of the werewolves did he remove? ** The proportion of werewolves that he removed was .2 because 8 / 40 = <<8/40=.2>>.2 What percentage of the werewolves did he remove? ** The percentage of werewolves removed was 20% because 100 x .2 = <<100*.2=20>>20 #### 20 A local farmer is paying 4 kids to help plant rows of corn. Every row of corn contains 70 ears. A bag of corn seeds contains 48 seeds and you need 2 seeds per ear of corn. He pays the kids $1.5 per row. Afterward, the kids are so hungry that they end up spending half their money on dinner. The dinner cost $36 per kid. How many bags of corn seeds did each kid use? How much did the dinner cost? ** The dinner cost $144 dollars because 4 x 36 = <<4*36=144>>144 How much did the kids earn? ** The kids earned $288 in total because 144 x 2 = <<144*2=288>>288 How many rows of corn did the kids plant? ** They planted 192 rows of corn because 288 / 1.5 = <<288/1.5=192>>192 How many ears of corn did the kids plant? ** They planted 13,440 ears of corn in total because 192 x 70 = <<192*70=13440>>13,440 How many ears of corn did each kid plant? ** They each planted 3,360 ears of corn because 13,440 / 4 = <<13440/4=3360>>3,360 How many seeds did each kid use? ** They each planted 6,720 seeds because 3,360 x 2 = <<3360*2=6720>>6,720 How many bags of seeds did each kid use? ** They each used 140 bags of seeds because 6,720 / 48 = <<6720/48=140>>140 #### 140