[Question]: Ron's baseball team scored 270 points in the year. There are 9 players on the team. If 5 of them averaged 50 points each, how many points did the remainder average?
[Answer]: The first five players scored a total of 250 points because 5 x 50 = 250. There are 4 players left because 9 - 5 = 4. The 4 remaining players scored 20 points because 270 - 250 = 20. The 4 remaining players averaged 5 points because 20 / 4 = 5.
So the answer is 5.

[Question]: Matilda had 20 chocolate bars and shared them evenly amongst herself and her 4 sisters. When her father got home from work, he was upset that they did not put aside any chocolates for him. They felt bad, so they each gave up half of their chocolate bars for their father. Their father then gave 3 chocolate bars to their mother and ate 2. How many chocolate bars did Matilda's father have left?
[Answer]: Matilda and her sisters each got 20 chocolate bars / 5 people = 4 chocolate bars / person. They each gave 4 / person / 2 = 2 chocolate bars / person to their father. Their father received 2 chocolate bars / person x 5 people = 10 chocolate bars. Their father had 10 chocolate bars - 3 chocolate bars - 2 chocolate bars = 5 chocolate bars left.
So the answer is 5.

[Question]: Joel is picking peppers from his garden. He picks 7 on Sunday, 12 on Monday, 14 on Tuesday, 12 on Wednesday, 5 on Thursday, 18 on Friday and 12 on Saturday. He knows that in his garden 20% of the peppers are hot and the rest are not. How many non-hot peppers did he pick?
[Answer]:
He picked 80 peppers because 7 + 12 + 14 + 12 + 5 + 18 + 12 = 80. 80% of the peppers are not hot because 100 - 20 = 80. He picked 64 non - hot peppers because 80 x .8 = 64.
So the answer is 64.