[Question]A company has 200 employees. 60% of the employees drive to work. Of the employees who don't drive to work, half take public transportation. How many more employees drive to work than take public transportation?
[Answer]Drive to work:200(.60) = 120. Don't Drive to work:200 - 120 = 80. Public Transportation:80(.50) = 40 employees. 80 - 40 = 40 employees. The answer is 40.
Q: There are 290 liters of oil in 24 cans. If 10 of the cans are holding 8 liters each, how much oil is each of the remaining cans holding?
A: 10 cans are holding 8 liters each for a total of 10 * 8 = 80 liters. There are 290 - 80 = 210 litres left. There are 24 - 10 = 14 cans left. Each of the remaining cans is holding 210 / 14 = 15 liters each. The answer is 15.
Question: Cindy was 5 years old. Her sister Jan was 2 years older than Cindy. Their oldest sister Marcia was twice as old as Jan. Greg was two years older than Marcia. How old was Greg?
Answer: Jan was 2 years older than Cindy who was 5 so 2 + 5 = 7 years old. Marica was twice as old as Jan so 2 * 7 = 14 years old. Greg was 2 years older than Marcia who was 14 so 2 + 14 = 16 years old. The answer is 16.
[Question]Jack and Jill shared the cost of renting a cottage that costs $5 an hour. If they rented it for eight hours, how much did each friend pay?
[Answer]The total cost of renting the cottage for 8 hours is $5 x 8 = $40. So, each friend pay $40 / 2 = $20 each. The answer is 20.
Q: 4 friends went to buy from a clothes shop. Every item was 50% off. All four friends decided to buy a t-shirt. The original price of the t-shirt was 20 dollars. How much money did they spend in total?
A: After the 50% discount, the t - shirt cost 20 * 0.5 = $10. So in all, the 4 friends spent 4 * $10 = $40. The answer is 40.
Question: There are some jelly beans in a jar. Three fourths of the jelly beans are red, and one quarter of the red jelly beans are coconut flavored. If 750 jelly beans are coconut flavored, how many jelly beans are there in the jar?
Answer:
There are 750 * 4 = 3000 red jelly beans. There are 3000 / 3 * 4 = 4000 jelly beans in the jar. The answer is 4000.