Question: Isabelle’s parents bought a new television for $480. The seller gives them a 5% discount. They pay a first installment of $150 and will pay the rest in 3 monthly installments. What is the amount of a monthly payment?
Answer: The television discount is $480 x 5 / 100 = $24. So, the television price is $480 - $24 = $456. The outstanding balance is $456 – $150 = $306. The monthly payment is $306 / 3 = $102. The answer is 102.
[Question]Freddie and his team are collecting blankets for three days to be donated to the Children Shelter Organization. There are 15 people on the team. On the first day, each of them gave 2 blankets. On the second day, they tripled the number they collected on the first day by asking door-to-door. On the last day, they set up boxes at schools and got a total of 22 blankets. How many blankets did they collect for the three days for donation?
[Answer]They collected 15 x 2 = 30 blankets on the first day. Freddie and his team collected 30 x 3 = 90 blankets on the second day. They collected a total of 90 + 22 + 30 = 142 for three days. The answer is 142.
Q: A performing magician has a disappearing act where he makes a random member of his audience disappear and reappear. Unfortunately, one-tenth of the time, the audience member never reappears. However, one-fifth of the time, two people reappear instead of only one. If the magician has put on 100 performances of the act this year, how many people have reappeared?
A: One - tenth of the time, no one reappears, so there have been 100 / 10 = 10 times no one has reappeared. One - fifth of the time, two people reappear, so there have been 100 / 5 = 20 times 2 people have reappeared. In those 20 times, 2 * 20 = 40 people have reappeared in all. Thus, there have been 100 - 10 - 20 = 70 times one person has reappeared. Therefore, over 100 acts, 70 + 40 = 100 people have reappeared in all. The answer is 110.
Question: Boris has 100 pieces of Halloween candy. His daughter eats 8 pieces of candy. He separates the remaining pieces of candy into equal portions into 4 different bowls. Then he takes away 3 pieces of candy from each bowl to keep for himself. How many pieces of candy are in one bowl?
Answer: After his daughter eats some candy, Boris has 100 - 8 = 92 pieces of candy. In one bowl, there are 92 / 4 = 23 pieces of candy. After Boris takes some candy for himself, there are 23 - 3 = 20 pieces of candy in one bowl. The answer is 20.
[Question]A crayon factory makes 4 colors of crayons. They put 2 of each color crayon in each box. The factory produces enough crayons to fill 5 boxes per hour. How many crayons does the factory produce in 4 hours?
[Answer]Each box contains 4 * 2 = 8 crayons. In an hour, they make 8 * 5 = 40 crayons. In 4 hours they make 4 * 40 = 160 crayons. The answer is 160.
[Question]An 18-month magazine subscription is normally $34. The magazine is currently running a promotion for $0.25 off each twice-a-month issue when signing up for the 18-month subscription. How many dollars cheaper is the promotional subscription than the normal one?
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The subscription sends twice monthly issues, so there are 2 * 18 = 36 issues. Thus, the promotional offer is 36 * 0.25 = $9 cheaper than the normal subscription. The answer is 9.