Question: Pat's stick is 30 inches long. He covers 7 inches of the stick in dirt. The portion that is not covered in dirt is half as long as Sarah’s stick. Jane’s stick is two feet shorter than Sarah’s stick. How many inches long is Jane’s stick?
Answer: 30 - 7 = 23 inches of Pat’s stick is not covered in dirt. Sarah’s stick is 23 * 2 = 46 inches long. Jane’s stick is 12 * 2 = 24 inches shorter than Sarah’s stick. Jane’s stick is 46 - 24 = 22 inches long. The answer is 22.

Question: Tenisha had 40 dogs that she kept at home as pets. If 60% of them are female, and 3/4 of the female gives birth to 10 puppies each, calculate the total number of puppies that Tenisha remains with after donating 130 puppies to the church.
Answer: If Tenisha has 40 dogs, the number of female dogs is 60 / 100 * 40 = 24. 3 / 4 of the females give birth, meaning 3 / 4 * 24 = 18 female dogs gives birth to puppies. Since each dog that gave birth had 10 puppies, the number of puppies that were born is 18 * 10 = 180. After donating 130 puppies to the church, Tenisha remained with 180 - 130 = 50 puppies. The answer is 50.

Question: There are 10 rows of 15 chairs set up for the award ceremony. The first row is reserved for the awardees while the second and third rows are for the administrators and teachers. The last two rows are then reserved for the parents and the rest of the rows are for the students. If only 4/5 of the seats reserved for the students are occupied, how many vacant seats from the students can be given to the parents?
Answer: There are 1 + 2 + 2 = 5 rows that are not reserved for the students. Hence, 10 - 5 = 5 rows are reserved for the students. That is equal to 5 x 15 = 75 seats. But only 75 x 4 / 5 = 60 seats are occupied by the students. Therefore, 75 - 60 = 15 seats can be given to the parents. The answer is 15.

Question: A survey conducted by the school showed that only 20% of the 800 parents agree to a tuition fee increase. How many parents disagree with the tuition fee increase?
Answer:
There were 800 x 20 / 100 = 160 parents who agreed to the tuition fee increase. So, there were 800 - 160 = 640 parents who disagreed. The answer is 640.