Question: Jenna wants to buy a concert ticket that costs $181, plus five drink tickets for $7 each. If Jenna earns $18 an hour and works 30 hours a week, what percentage of her monthly salary will she spend on this outing?
Answer: First find the total cost of the drink tickets: 5 tickets * $7 / ticket = $35. Then add that cost to the cost of the ticket to find the total cost: $35 + $181 = $216. Then multiply Jenna's hourly rate by the number of hours she works each week to find her weekly earnings: $18 / hour * 30 hours / week = $540 / week. Then multiply her weekly earnings by the number of weeks she works each month: $540 / week * 4 weeks / month = $2160 / month. Then divide the cost of the concert by Jenna's monthly earnings and multiply by 100% to express the answer as a percentage: $216 / $2160 * 100% = 10%. The answer is 10.
[Question]Mark went to a store where he spent one-half of his money, and then spent $14 more. He then went to another store where he spent one-third of his starting money, and then spent $16 more. If he then had no money left, how much did he have when he entered the first store?
[Answer]Let X be the money Mark had. Mark spent 1 / 2 * X + 14 in the first store and 1 / 3 * X + 16 in the second store. Mark has X - 1 / 2 * X - 14 - 1 / 3 * X - 16 = $0 left. Combining like terms, we get 1 / 6 * X - 30 = $0. Adding 30 to both sides and multiplying both sides by 6, we find that Mark had X = $180 when he entered the first store. The answer is 180.
Q: Terry's daily income is $24, while Jordan's daily income is $30. Working 7 days a week, how much is the difference between their weekly incomes?
A: Terry's weekly income is $24 x 7 = $168. Jordan's weekly income is $30 x 7 = $210. So, the difference between their weekly income is $210 - $168 = $42. The answer is 42.
Question: Jerry is making cherry syrup. He needs 500 cherries per quart of syrup. It takes him 2 hours to pick 300 cherries and 3 hours to make the syrup. How long will it take him to make 9 quarts of syrup?
Answer: First find how many cherries Jerry can pick in one hour: 300 cherries / 2 hours = 150 cherries / hour. Then multiply the number of quarts of syrup by the number of cherries per quart to find the total number of quarts Jerry needs: 500 cherries / quart * 9 quarts = 4500 cherries. Then divide the total number of cherries by the number of cherries he picks per hour to find the number of hours the cherry - picking takes: 4500 cherries / 150 cherries / hour = 30 hours. Then add the time it takes him to make the syrup to find the total time: 30 hours + 3 hours = 33 hours. The answer is 33.
[Question]Troy's home is 75 meters away from school while Emily's home is 98 meters away from school. Troy and Emily walk to school and back home every day. How much farther does Emily walk to school and back in five days?
[Answer]Troy walks to school and back home for a total of 75 x 2 = 150 meters every day. Emily walks to school and back home for a total of 98 x 2 = 196 meters every day. So Emily walks 196 - 150 = 46 meters farther than Troy every day. In five days, Emily walks 46 x 5 = 230 meters farther. The answer is 230.
[Question]Shannon bought 5 pints of frozen yogurt, two packs of chewing gum, and five trays of jumbo shrimp from The Food Place for a total of $55 If the price of a tray of jumbo shrimp is $5 and a pack of chewing gum costs half as much as a pint of frozen yogurt, what is the price of a pint of frozen yogurt?
[Answer]
5 trays of jumbo shrimp cost 5 x 5 = $25. 5 pints of frozen yogurt and 2 packs of gum in total cost 55 - 25 = $30. 2 packs of gum cost as much 2 / 2 = 1 pint of frozen yogurt. Therefore 5 + 1 = 6 pints of frozen yogurt costs $30. A pint of frozen yogurt costs 30 / 6 = $5. The answer is 5.