Q: Porter earns $8 per day and works 5 times a week. His manager is asking him to work an extra day that promises him an extra fifty percent on top of his daily rate. How much money will he earn after a month if he renders overtime every week?
A: 208
Step-by-step reasoning process: Porter's weekly earning is $8x5 = $40. Porter's monthly earning is $40x4 = $160. The extra amount he will earn when he works on his overtime is $8 x 50 / 100 = $4. So the amount he will earn on his overtime is $8 + $4 = $12. Since he will render overtime once every week, the total overtime pay he will earn in a month is $12 x 4 = $48. Therefore the total money he will earn in a week is $160 + $48 = $208.


Q: James buys 100 tennis balls and gives half of them away. The other half he puts into 5 large containers. How many tennis balls go in each container?
A: 10
Step-by-step reasoning process: He keeps 100 / 2 = 50 tennis balls. So 50 / 5 = 10 go in each container.


Q: Peter and Kristin are to read 20 fantasy novels each in a week. Peter can read three times as fast as Kristin. If Peter reads one book in 18 hours, how long will Kristin read half of her books?
A: 540
Step-by-step reasoning process: Since Peter reads three times as fast as Kristin, Kristin will take 18 * 3 = 54 hours to read one book. Kristin reads half of her books, a total of 20 / 2 = 10 books. The time Kristin will take to read half of her books is 10 * 54 = 540.


Q: Ed has 2 dogs, 3 cats and twice as many fish as cats and dogs combined. How many pets does Ed have in total?
A: 15
Step-by-step reasoning process: If Ed has 2 dogs and 3 cats he has in total 2 + 3 = 5 pets that are not fish. If Ed has twice as many cats and dogs combined he has 2 * 5 = 10 fish. Therefore, in total Ed has 5 + 10 = 15 pets.