Question: Venny spent $15000 on a used car which cost 40% of the original price. What was the original price of the car?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Let x be the original price of the car. Then 40% * x = $15000. Thus x = $15000 / 0.4 = $37500.
So the answer is 37500.

Question: Johann and two friends are to deliver 180 pieces of certified mail. His friends each deliver 41 pieces of mail. How many pieces of mail does Johann need to deliver?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Friends = 41 * 2 = 82. Johann = 180 - 82 = 98. Johann must deliver 98 pieces of mail.
So the answer is 98.

Question: Cody was reading through his favorite book series. The series was 54 books in total. If Cody read 6 books the first week, and 3 books the second week and then 9 books every week after that. How many weeks did it take Cody to read his series?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Cody needs to read 54 books - 6 books - 3 books = 45 books. Cody read 9 books each week after = 45 books / 9 books per week = 5 weeks. Cody read for 1 week + 1 week + 5 weeks = 7 weeks total.
So the answer is 7.

Question: Bret takes a 9 hour train ride to go to Boston.  He spends 2 hours reading a book, 1 hour to eat his dinner, and 3 hours watching movies on his computer. How many hours does he have left to take a nap?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: For all his activities on the train, Bret spends 2 + 1 + 3 = 6 hours. For his nap, he has 9 - 6 = 3 hours left.
So the answer is 3.