book Maths Puzzle Numerical Ability

I am a mom trying to help my son with a word problem. I am stumped. Please help:
Pete has 20 pets. If he has 5 more than 1/4 as many dogs as cats, how many cats does he have?
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The sum of two numbers is 100. One number is 5 less than twice the other. Find the numbers. A merchant purchased a jacket for $60 and then determined a selling price that equalled the purchase price of the jacket plus a markup that was 25 percent of the selling price. Du