Question: In a basketball game, Cyrus made exactly eighty percent of the shots he attempted. He attempted twenty shots. How many times did he miss the shots?
Answer: Cyrus made 20 x 80 / 100 = 16 shots. So, he missed 20 - 16 = 4 shots. The answer is 4.
[Question]A supermarket has 2355 loaves of bread at the start of the day. By afternoon, 629 loaves are sold, and a further 489 loaves are delivered to the supermarket by their supplier in the evening. How many loaves of bread are there at the end of the day?
[Answer]In the afternoon there are 2355 - 629 = 1726 loaves of bread left. By the evening there is a delivery and there are now 1726 + 489 = 2215 loaves of bread. The answer is 2215.
Q: Toby is counting goldfish in the local pond. He knows that only 25% of goldfish are at the surface and the rest are too deep below the surface to be able to see. If he counts 15 goldfish, how many are below the surface?
A: There are 60 goldfish because 15 / .25 = 60. 75% of the fish are below the surface because 100 - 25 = 75. There are 45 goldfish below the surface because 60 x .75 = 45. The answer is 45.
Question: There are twice as many centipedes as humans on a certain island and half as many sheep as humans. How many sheep and humans in total are on the island if the number of centipedes is 100?
Answer: The number of humans on the island is 100 / 2 = 50. There are 1 / 2 * 50 = 25 sheep on the island. The total number of sheep and humans is 25 + 50 = 75. The answer is 75.
[Question]James can make a beret from 3 spools of yarn. If he has 12 spools of red yarn, 15 spools of black yarn, and 6 spools of blue yarn, how many berets can he make?
[Answer]First find the total number of spools of yarn James has: 12 spools + 15 spools + 6 spools = 33 spools. Then divide that number by the number spools each beret needs: 33 spools / 3 spools / beret = 11 berets. The answer is 11.
[Question]The population of Mojave was 4000 a decade ago. If the town's population has increased three times, and the population analysis firm predicts that it will increase by 40% after five years, how many people will be in Mojave in five years?
[Answer]
Since the population of Mojave has increased three times the number it was a decade ago, there are 3 * 4000 = 12000 people in Mojave now. It's predicted that the population will increase by 40 / 100 * 12000 = 4800 people after five years. This means there will be 12000 + 4800 = 16800 people living in Mojave in five years. The answer is 16800.