Question: In a field of 500 clovers, 20% have four leaves and one quarter of these are purple clovers. Assuming these proportions are exactly correct, how many clovers in the field are both purple and four-leaved?
Answer: There are 500 / 5 = 100 four leaf clovers. There are 100 / 4 = 25 purple four leaf clovers. The answer is 25.
[Question]Brian is a real estate agent. He makes a 2% commission on each sale. During June, he sold three houses. The houses sold for $157,000, $499,000, and $125,000. What was Brian’s total commission on these three sales?
[Answer]Brian sold houses for 157,000 + 499,000 + 125,000 = $781,000 in total. Brian's commission was 781,000 * 0.02 = $15,620. The answer is 15620.
Q: Djibo is 17 years old. Five years ago Djibo added his age with his sister's age and the sum was 35. How many years old is Djibo's sister today?
A: Age 5 years ago: 17 - 5 = 12. Sister's age 5 years ago: 35 - 12 = 23. Sister's age today: 23 + 5 = 28 years. Djibo's sister is 28 years old today. The answer is 28.
Question: Lard decides to share a pizza with his friend Jelly. He takes a whole, uncut pepperoni pizza and cuts it in half. He then cuts these halves in half and gives one of the slices to Jelly. Assuming the pizza started with 40 evenly spread slices of pepperoni, how many slices of it are on the slice Lard gives Jelly if 1 of them falls off the slice when Lard picks it up?
Answer: First, we need to determine how many slices the pizza was cut into. To do this, we start by performing 1 * 2 = 2 slices after the pizza was cut in half once. Each of these slices was cut in half again, yielding 2 * 2 = 4 slices in total. Next, we divide the total amount of pepperoni slices by the number of pizza slices, as the pepperoni was spread evenly. We find there are 40 / 4 = 10 slices of pepperoni per pizza slice. Since 1 slice of pepperoni fell off Jelly's slice, this means there are 10 - 1 = 9 slices left on her slice. The answer is 9.
[Question]Venny spent $15000 on a used car which cost 40% of the original price. What was the original price of the car?
[Answer]Let x be the original price of the car. Then 40% * x = $15000. Thus x = $15000 / 0.4 = $37500. The answer is 37500.
[Question]It was Trevor's job to collect fresh eggs from the family's 4 chickens every morning.  He got 4 eggs from Gertrude and 3 eggs from Blanche. Nancy laid 2 eggs as did Martha. On the way, he dropped 2 eggs. How many eggs did Trevor have left?
[Answer]
He collected 4 + 3 + 2 + 2 eggs for a total of 11 eggs. He dropped 2 eggs so 11 - 2 = 9 eggs left. The answer is 9.