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Chinatown
Tipping
Empire State Building
Sales tax
Street vendors
100
Back Scratchers, cheap shirts, watches and goofy hats.
What is junk sold in Chinatown?
100
At DD your total bill is $12.00. You give your mom a 10% tip for getting everything for you (very lazy on your part!). How much do you give your mom?
What is $1.20?
100
A 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in NYC.
What is the Empire State Building?
100
8.875%
What is the sales tax rate in NYC?
100
A street vendor approaches you and 4 of your friends with 100 pairs of sunglasses neatly placed in his Texas Instrument's brief case. The price per pair is $5.00; you tell him that you will give him $15.00 for 5 pairs. What is your percent of discount?
What is 40%
200
Hidden rooms and basements.
What are places not to go in Chinatown?
200
At the Outback Steakhouse, your meal cost $18.00 with tax included. You want to leave your waitress a 20% tip. What is your total bill?
What is $21.60?
200
31 years before Ms. Robinson was born.
What is 1931, the year the Empire State Building was completed?
200
$1.78
What is the sales tax on a $20 item?
200
Tee-shirts are $6.00 each. How many can you buy with the crisp $50 dollar bill your mommy gave you?
What is 8 tee-shirts?
300
Cost $15.00, you bargain and pay only $10.
What is a savings to you of $5.00, or a savings of 33.3%? Don't pay full price in Chinatown!
300
At the Shake Shack you get to sit with Mr. Conti. For two years you have behaved poorly in his class so you decide to buy his dinner. The cost of Mr. Conti's burger, fries and vanilla share is $22, but there is an 8% food and beverage tax. What is the total cost of Mr Conti's meal including tax?
What is $23.76?
300
1250 Feet
What is the height of the Empire state building at the 102nd floor?
300
$3.55
What is the sales tax on a $40 item?
300
A gentleman approaches you with 10 Rolex watches. The cost per watch is $20.00. You buy 4 watches for $65.00. How much money do you save?
What is $15.00?
400
Very dirty, no toilet paper and a horrible smell.
What is the public restroom on your way to Chinatown?
400
Your hotel room develops a bad case of ants while you are there. Because you know it is your fault (cookie crumbs and candy all over the floor), you decide to leave the cleaning people a 30% tip. If the room costs $100/night and there are 4 people in the room how much of a tip should each person leave?
What is $22.50?
400
1453 feet
What is total height of the Empire State Building including the 203 ft. pinnacle?
400
$108.88
What is total price of a $100 item including sales tax?
400
A street vendor chases you running at 2.5 miles/hour. You have a 2 mile head start and can run at 2 miles/hour. How long will it take the vendor to catch you?
What is 4 hours?
500
Exactly 2 hours and 17 minutes.
How long your new watch that you purchased in Chinatown will last?
500
At the Olive Garden in Time Square, the food was so bad that you ask the waiter for 25% of your class’s money back. If the total price for your meals was $2000, and you still plan to tip the waiter 20% after your 25% discount, what was the total cost?
What is $1800?
500
The number of days in the year multiplied by 1000 tons.
What is the weight of the Empire State Building?
500
$217.75
What is the total price of a $200 present for Ms. Robinson? (including sales tax)
500
Just say no!
A street vendor is trying to sell you his latest hit single. The cost is only $4.99. What should you do?