Q: Donald went to a computer store. He saw a 15% reduction in the price of the laptop he wants to buy. If the laptop originally costs $800, how much will he pay for the laptop?
A: There was $800 x 15 / 100 = $120. Thus, Donald will pay $800 - $120 = $680. The answer is 680.
Question: Vaishali wears a beautiful piece of clothing called a Saree, a traditional Indian dress for women. It is mostly tangerine-colored, with blue, brown, and gold-colored decorative stripes. There are three times as many gold stripes as brown stripes, and five times as many blue stripes as gold stripes. If there are 4 brown stripes, how many blue stripes does Vaishali's Saree have?
Answer: With 3 times as many gold stripes as brown stripes, this means there are 3 * 4 = 12 gold stripes. With five times as many blue stripes as gold stripes, this means there are 5 * 12 = 60 blue stripes. The answer is 60.
[Question]It takes Omar 12 minutes to raise his kite 240 feet into the air. Jasper can raise his kite at three times the rate of speed as Omar can raise his kite. If Jasper raises his kite to a height of 600 feet, how many minutes will it take?
[Answer]Jasper raises his kite at a rate of 240 feet in 12 minutes, or 240 / 12 = 20 feet per minute. Jasper raises his kite at three times the speed Omar does, or 3 * 20 = 60 feet per minute. To raise his kite 600 feet, it will take Jasper 600 / 60 = 10 minutes. The answer is 10.
Q: Grace baked 4 whole pumpkin pies. She sold 1 whole pumpkin pie and gave 1 whole pumpkin pie to her friend. The remaining whole pumpkin pies were each sliced into 6 pieces. Her family ate 2/3 pieces. How many pieces of pumpkin pie were left?
A: Grace sold and gave a total of 1 + 1 = 2 whole pumpkin pie. Her family was left with 4 - 2 = 2 whole pumpkin pie. There were a total of 2 x 6 = 12 pieces made from the 2 whole pumpkin pie. Her family ate 12 x 2 / 3 = 8 pieces. Therefore, 12 - 8 = 4 pieces of pumpkin pie were left. The answer is 4.
Question: In a 100-item exam, Lowella got 35% of the questions correctly. Pamela got 20% more correct answers than Lowella and Mandy got twice Pamela's score. What is Mandy’s score?
Answer: Lowella got 100 x 35 / 100 = 35 correct answers. Pamela got 35 x 20 / 100 = 7 more correct answers than Lowella. So, Pamela got 35 + 7 = 42 correct answers. Thus, Mandy got 42 x 2 = 84 correct answers. The answer is 84.
Q: 3 people run for president. John manages to capture 150 votes. James captures 70% of the remaining vote. If there were 1150 people voting, how many more votes did the third guy get than John?
A:
There were 1150 - 150 = 1000 people who didn't vote for John. That means James got 1000 * .7 = 700 votes. So the other candidate got 1000 - 700 = 300 votes. This means he got 300 - 150 = 150 more votes than John. The answer is 150.