The number of the people who can afford to buy their own house ______ more than 60%,but a number of houses _______.

You can _____ this cake _____ten pieces. There are ten persons in this room.

People ______ overweight need more water than thin people.

Jack, together with his sisters,_____ great interest in writing these days. 

The mother, as well as her two daughters, ____ to the theatre with some friends this evening.