[Question]A coach placed 15 tennis balls and 5 soccer balls each into 5 baskets. He gave 5 of his students a short period of time to remove as many balls each from a basket as they could. 3 of them removed 8 balls each and the other 2 removed a certain number of balls each. If a total of 56 balls are still in the baskets, how many balls did the other 2 students each remove?
[Answer]Combining the tennis and soccer balls, there are 15 + 5 = 20 balls in each basket. There are 5 baskets, hence 5 * 20 = 100 balls in total. 3 students removed 8 balls each, they removed 3 * 8 = 24 balls. From the total number of balls, they left 100 - 24 = 76 balls. There are 56 balls left so the other 2 students must have removed a total of 76 - 56 = 20 balls. This means that each of these 2 students removed 20 / 2 = 10 balls. The answer is 10.
Q: There were 148 peanuts in a jar. Brock ate one-fourth of the peanuts and Bonita ate 29 peanuts. How many peanuts remain in the jar?
A: 148 * (1 / 4) = 37. 148 - 37 - 29 = 82. There are 82 peanuts left in the jar. The answer is 82.
Question: A family had 10 eggs, but the mother used 5 of them to make an omelet. Then, 2 chickens laid 3 eggs each. How many eggs does the family have now?
Answer: There were 10 eggs but 5 of them were used so, there are 10 - 5 = 5 eggs. Then the two chickens laid 2 * 3 = 6 eggs in total. Thus, the family has 5 + 6 = 11 eggs now. The answer is 11.
[Question]In a grocery store, the daily salary of the manager is $5 and the clerk is $2. If there are currently 2 managers and 3 clerks employed in the grocery store, how much is the total daily salary of all the employees of the grocery store?
[Answer]The 2 managers earn $5 x 2 = $10 per day. The daily salary of 3 clerks is $2 x 3 = $6. Therefore the total salary of all employees of the grocery store is $10 + $6 = $16. The answer is 16.
Q: Jezebel needs to buy two dozens of red roses and 3 pieces of sunflowers for a bouquet that she is going to arrange. Each red rose costs $1.50 and each sunflower costs $3. How much will Jezebel pay for all those flowers?
A: Jezebel needs to buy 2 x 12 = 24 red roses. Twenty - four red roses will cost 24 x $1.50 = $36. Three sunflower will cost 3 x $3 = $9. Thus, Jezebel will pay $36 + $9 = $45 for all those flowers. The answer is 45.
Question: 3 people run for president. John manages to capture 150 votes. James captures 70% of the remaining vote. If there were 1150 people voting, how many more votes did the third guy get than John?
Answer:
There were 1150 - 150 = 1000 people who didn't vote for John. That means James got 1000 * .7 = 700 votes. So the other candidate got 1000 - 700 = 300 votes. This means he got 300 - 150 = 150 more votes than John. The answer is 150.