Q: Dave weighs 175 pounds and can bench press three times his body weight. Craig can only bench press 20% of the amount Dave can. Mark is new and can bench press 50 pounds less than Craig. How much can Mark bench press?
A: Dave weighs 175 pounds and can bench press three times his body weight, so he can bench press 175 * 3 = 525 pounds. Craig can only bench press 20% of Dave's 525 pounds, so Craig can bench press .20 * 525 = 105 pounds. Craig bench presses 105 pounds and Mark does 50 pounds less than Craig, so Mark can only press 105 - 50 = 55 pounds. The answer is 55.
Question: Rob and Mark plan to meet at the national park. It takes 1 hour for Rob to get to the national park and it takes three times as much time for Mark to get to the national park. If Rob leaves his home at 11 a.m., at what time should Mark leave his home so that they both arrive at the same time?
Answer: It takes 1 hour * 3 = 3 hours for Mark to get to the national park. The extra time it takes Mark to get to the national park is 3 hours - 1 hour = 2 hours. Mark should leave his home at 11 a.m. - 2 hours = 9 a.m. The answer is 9.
[Question]Adam teaches 50 students a year. How many students will Adam teach in 10 years if in the first year he only teaches 40 students?
[Answer]Adam will teach 50 * 9 = 450 students in 9 years. So, in 10 year Adam will teach 450 + 40 = 490 students. The answer is 490.
Q: Malik rushed for 18 yards in each of 4 games. Josiah ran for 22 yards in each of 4 games. Darnell had an average of 11 yards rushed for each of the 4 games. How many yards did the 3 athletes run in total?
A: Malik = 18 * 4 = 72 yards. Josiah = 22 * 4 = 88. Darnell = 11 * 4 = 44 yards. Total yards = 72 + 88 + 44 = 204 yards. The 3 athletes ran 204 yards. The answer is 204.
Question: Each year a store decreased the price of a certain model of TV by $35. If the price in 2001 was $1950, what was the price in 2009?
Answer: The period the store had the TV was 2009 - 2001 = 8 years. The TV decreased by $35 / year * 8 years = $280. So the price in 2009 was $1950 - $280 = $1670. The answer is 1670.
Q: Edith is a receptionist at a local office and is organizing files into cabinets. She had 60 files and finished organizing half of them this morning. She has another 15 files to organize in the afternoon and the rest of the files are missing. How many files are missing?
A:
Edith has already organized 60 files / 2 = 30 files in the morning. She has files left to organize so she must still have 30 + 15 = 45 files in the office. This means there are 60 total files 45 organized files = 15 missing files. The answer is 15.