Question: A rancher has 340 head of cattle. He was about to sell them all for $204,000 when 172 of them fell sick and died. Because of the sickness, his customers lost confidence in his cattle, forcing him to lower his price by $150 per head. How much money would the devastated farmer lose if he sold the remaining cattle at the lowered price compared to the amount he would have made by selling them at the original price?
Answer: The rancher would have sold his cattle for $204,000 / 340 = $600 per head. He was left with a remainder of 340 - 172 = 168 head of cattle. The lowered price is $600 - $150 = $450 per head. He would make $450 x 168 = $75,600 at the lowered price. He could have made $600 x 168 = $100,800 at the original price. He would lose $100,800 - $75,600 = $25,200. The answer is 25200.
[Question]Adam has an orchard. Every day for 30 days he picks 4 apples from his orchard. After a month, Adam has collected all the remaining apples, which were 230. How many apples in total has Adam collected from his orchard?
[Answer]During 30 days Adam picked 4 * 30 = 120 apples. So in total with all the remaining apples, he picked 120 + 230 = 350 apples from his orchard. The answer is 350.
Q: The price of a monster box of cereal is reduced by $24 after an oversupply in the market. If the initial price was $104, and Romina bought 20 of such boxes, calculate the total price she paid.
A: If the initial price was $104, and the price of the monster box of cereal reduced by $24, the new price is $104 - $24 = $80. If Romina bought 20 such boxes, he paid 20 * $80 = $1600. The answer is 1600.
Question: A church has 120 members. 40% are adults. The rest are children. How many children more children are there than adults?
Answer: There are 48 adults because 120 x .4 = 48. 60% of members are children because 100 - 40 = 60. There are 72 children because 120 x .6 = 72. There are 24 more children than adults because 72 - 48 = 24. The answer is 24.
[Question]Nori had 4 boxes of crayons with 8 crayons in each box. She gave 5 crayons to Mae and also give some crayons to Lea. How many more crayons did she give to Lea than Mae if she has only 15 crayons left?
[Answer]From the 4 boxes, Nori had 8 * 4 = 32 crayons. After giving 5 crayons to Mae, she had 32 - 5 = 27 crayons left. If she only has 15 crayons now, this means she gave Lea 27 - 15 = 12 crayons. Hence, Lea has 12 - 5 = 7 more crayons than Mae. The answer is 7.
[Question]Trevor and two of his neighborhood friends go to the toy shop every year to buy toys. Trevor always spends $20 more than his friend Reed on toys, and Reed spends 2 times as much money as their friend Quinn on the toys. If Trevor spends $80 every year to buy his toys, calculate how much money in total the three spend in 4 years.
[Answer]
If Trevor spends $20 more than Reed every year to buy toys, Reed spends $80 - $20 = $60. Since Reed uses $60 every year to buy toys, his friend Quinn uses 60 / 2 = $30 every year to buy toys. The total amount of money the three spend in a year together to buy toys is $30 + $60 + $80 = $170. The total amount of money the three will use to buy toys in 4 years is $170 * 4 = $680. The answer is 680.