Q: Venny spent $15000 on a used car which cost 40% of the original price. What was the original price of the car?
A: Let x be the original price of the car. Then 40% * x = $15000. Thus x = $15000 / 0.4 = $37500. The answer is 37500.
Question: In preparation for his mountain climbing, Arvin wants to run a total of 20 kilometers in a week. On the first day, he ran 2 kilometers. On each subsequent day, he increased his running distance by 1 kilometer over the previous day. If he runs for 5 days a week, how many kilometers did he run on the 5th day?
Answer: On the second day, Arvin ran 2 + 1 = 3 kilometers. On the third day, he ran 3 + 1 = 4 kilometers. On the fourth day, he ran 4 + 1 = 5 kilometers. So on the fifth day, he ran 5 + 1 = 6 kilometers. The answer is 6.
[Question]Carl has a jar full of marbles. He takes out 12 marbles to play a game with, but he accidentally drops them and 1/2 the marbles get lost. So Carl takes out 10 more marbles. While he is playing his game his mother comes home with another bag of marbles for him, which has 25 marbles in it. If Carl can't find his lost marbles, then how many marbles is he going to put in the jar after he plays his game, from both his original marbles and the new ones?
[Answer]Carl starts with 12 marbles to play with but loses 1 / 2, 12 / 2 = 6 marbles Carl didn't lose. Carl takes out 10 more marbles, 6 + 10 = 16 marbles. Then Carl's mother brings him 25 new marbles to add to the 16 he has out of his jar, 25 + 16 = 41 marbles that Carl is going to put in his jar after he plays his marbles game. The answer is 41.
Q: Mike and Leo have to print as many pamphlets as possible for a social gathering. Mike manages to print as fast as 600 pamphlets per hour for 9 consecutive hours. After a break, he resumes the task for another 2 hours achieving a third of the speed he was doing before. Leo, on the other hand, only works a third as many hours as Mike did before his break, but was twice as fast as Mike before he took his break. How many pamphlets do both manage to print at the end?
A: Mike printed before the break 600 pamphlets per hour * 9 hours = 5400 pamphlets. The working speed of Mike after the break was 600 pamphlets per hour / 3 = 200 pamphlets per hour. Mike printed after the break 200 pamphlets per hour * 2 hours = 400 pamphlets. Leo worked third of the time that Mike worked before the break, so he worked 9 hours / 3 = 3 hours. Leo worked twice as fast as Mike before his break 600 pamphlets per hour * 2 = 1200 pamphlets per hour. Leo printed 1200 pamphlets per hour * 3 hours = 3600 pamphlets. Combining the pamphlets of Leo and Mike 5400 + 400 + 3600 = 9400 pamphlets. The answer is 9400.
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.
Q: There were 349 pieces of candy in a bowl. Talitha took 108 pieces and Solomon took 153 pieces. How many pieces of candy remain in the bowl?
A:
349 - 108 = 241 and 241 - 153 = 88. There are 88 pieces of candy left in the bowl. The answer is 88.