Q: On a monthly basis, Esperanza pays $600 in rent, 3/5 as much money on food as she pays on rent and her mortgage bill costs three times the amount of money she spends on food. If she saves $2000 and also pays the equivalent of 2/5 of her savings in taxes, calculate her gross monthly salary.
A: Esperanza pays 3 / 5 * $600 = $360 on food. She also spends 3 * $360 = $1080 on mortgage bills. Her expenses in taxes amount to 2 / 5 * $2000 = $800. Esperanza's total monthly expenses are $800 on taxes + $1080 on mortgage bills + $360 on food + $600 on rent = $2840. Her gross salary is $2840 for expenses + $2000 on savings = $4840. The answer is 4840.
Question: Theo and Tia are buying food for their picnic basket. They invited two of their friends. They buy individual sandwiches and individual fruit salads. They buy two sodas per person and 3 bags of snacks to share for their friends and themselves. Sandwiches are $5 each. Fruit salad is $3 each. Sodas are $2 each. The snack bags are $4 each. How much did they spend on the entire contents of their picnic basket?
Answer: The sandwiches are $5 x 4 = $20. The fruit salads are $3 x 4 = $12. The sodas are $2 x 4 x 2 = $16. The snacks are $4 x 3 = $12. For all the food, they spend $20 + $12 + $16 + $12 = $60. The answer is 60.
[Question]Five years ago, there were 500 old books in the library. Two years ago, the librarian bought 300 books. Last year, the librarian bought 100 more books than she had bought the previous year. This year, the librarian donated 200 of the library's old books. How many books are in the library now?
[Answer]Last year the librarian bought 300 + 100 = 400 books. Thus, there were 500 + 300 + 400 = 1200 books as of last year. Therefore, there are 1200 - 200 = 1000 books now in the library. The answer is 1000.
Q: It takes Omar 12 minutes to raise his kite 240 feet into the air. Jasper can raise his kite at three times the rate of speed as Omar can raise his kite. If Jasper raises his kite to a height of 600 feet, how many minutes will it take?
A: Jasper raises his kite at a rate of 240 feet in 12 minutes, or 240 / 12 = 20 feet per minute. Jasper raises his kite at three times the speed Omar does, or 3 * 20 = 60 feet per minute. To raise his kite 600 feet, it will take Jasper 600 / 60 = 10 minutes. The answer is 10.
Question: At a recent fishing tournament, Alex caught 7 times as many fish as Jacob. Jacob did not think that he had any chance of winning, but Alex became overconfident and knocked over his bucket of fish, losing 23 fish back to the lake. If Jacob had 8 fish at the beginning, how many more fish does he need to catch to beat Alex by just 1 fish?
Answer: At the beginning, Jacob had 8 fish. Alex had 7 * 8 = 56 fish. After knocking the bucket over, Alex was left with 56 - 23 = 33 fish left. The final amount caught by Jacob to beat Alex by 1 fish is 33 + 1 = 34 fish. Then Jacob needs to catch 34 - 8 = 26 fish more. The answer is 26.
Q: Jared counted 15% fewer cars than his sister Ann while they were watching the road from the school, and Ann counted 7 more cars than their friend Alfred. If Jared counted 300 cars, how many cars did all of them count?
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If Jared counted 300 cars, and Ann counted 15% more, then Ann counted 1.15 * 300 = 345 cars. If Ann counted 7 cars more than their friend Alfred, then Alfred counted 345 - 7 = 338 cars. The total number of cars counted by all of them will be 338 + 345 + 300 = 983 cars. The answer is 983.