Question: Cornelia likes to travel. She visited already 42 different countries. 20 of them were in Europe and 10 in South America. From the rest of the countries, only half of them were in Asia. How many Asian countries has Cornelia visited?
Answer: Cornelia visited 42 countries - 20 countries - 10 countries = 12 countries which were outside of Europe and South America. Half of those 12 countries were in Asia, so there were 12 countries / 2 = 6 Asian countries that Cornelia visited. The answer is 6.
[Question]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?
[Answer]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.
Q: Oxford High School has 48 teachers, 1 principal and 15 classes with each having 20 students. How many people are there in total in Oxford High School?
A: There are 48 teachers. There is 1 principal. There are 15 classes × 20 students / class = 300 students. The total number of people in Oxford High School are 300 people + 48 people + 1 people = 349 people. The answer is 349.
Question: A retailer sells any shirt for the same price and any pair of pants for the same price, but the price of shirts and pants are not the same. Say you bought 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants for $120 in total, then you realized you didn't need the extra pants. What's the price of 1 shirt at this place if when you returned all 3 pairs of pants you were refunded 25% of what you originally paid?
Answer: If I paid $120 and I was refunded 25% for all the 3 pants, then that means I received 25% * 120 = $30. This means the total price of the 2 shirts was 120 - 30 = 90. The price of one shirt is thus 90 / 2 = 45. The answer is 45.
[Question]The price per organic egg is 50 cents. The price of a tray of eggs that contains 30 eggs is $12. How much can you save, in cents, per egg if you buy a tray versus individual eggs?
[Answer]The price per egg in a tray is $12 / 30 eggs = $0.4 / egg. The equivalent of $0.4 in cents is $0.4 x 100 cents / dollar = 40 cents. Hence, you can save 50 cents - 40 cents = 10 cents per egg if you buy a tray. The answer is 10.
[Question]A farmer is selling ducks and chickens at the market. He sells ducks for $10 and chickens for $8. He sells 5 chickens and some ducks. He then spends half his earnings on a new wheelbarrow. After buying it, someone sees it and agrees to pay the farmer double what the farmer paid and the farmer earns another $60. How many ducks did the farmer sell?
[Answer]
The wheelbarrow cost $30 because 60 / 2 = 30. The farmer earned $60 from selling fowl because 30 / (1 / 2) = 60. The farmer earned $40 selling chickens because 5 x 8 = 40. The farmer earned $20 selling ducks because 60 - 40 = 20. The farmer sold 2 ducks because 20 / 10 = 2. The answer is 2.