Question: Victoria had $500. She went to the market and bought 2 packets of rice each at $20, 3 packets of wheat flour each at $25, and 1 soda at $150. What was her remaining balance?
Answer: In total, she spent 2 * $20 + 3 * $25 + $150 = $265. Thus her remaining balance is $500 - $265 = $235. The answer is 235.
[Question]Lizzy had $30. She loaned out $15 to her friend. How much will Lizzy have if her friend returned the money with an interest of 20%?
[Answer]Initially, Lizzy had $30; she loaned out $15 so she has $30 - $15 = $15 left. Her friend is returning the $15 with 20% interest for a total of $15 + ($15 * (20 / 100)) = $18. Lizzy will now have $15 + $18 = $33. The answer is 33.
Q: Ms. Jones got thank you cards from 30% of her class. 1/3 of these contained a gift card for $10. If she got $50 in gift cards, how many students were in her class?
A: She got 5 gift cards because 50 / 10 = 5. She got 15 thank you cards because 5 / (1 / 3) = 15. She has 50 students because 15 / .3 = 50. The answer is 50.
Question: A family of 12 monkeys collected 10 piles of bananas. 6 piles had 9 hands, with each hand having 14 bananas, while the remaining piles had 12 hands, with each hand having 9 bananas. How many bananas would each monkey get if they divide the bananas equally amongst themselves?
Answer: The first 6 bunches had 6 x 9 x 14 = 756 bananas. There were 10 - 6 = 4 remaining bunches. The 4 remaining bunches had 4 x 12 x 9 = 432 bananas. All together, there were 756 + 432 = 1188 bananas. Each monkey would get 1188 / 12 = 99 bananas. The answer is 99.
[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.
[Question]3/5 of the mangoes on a mango tree are ripe. If Lindsay eats 60% of the ripe mangoes, calculate the number of ripe mangoes remaining if there were 400 mangoes on the tree to start with.
[Answer]
The number of ripe mangoes from the tree is 3 / 5 * 400 = 240. If Lindsay eats 60% of the ripe mangoes, she eats 60 / 100 * 240 = 144 mangoes. The total number of ripe mangoes remaining is 240 - 144 = 96. The answer is 96.