Question: A curry house sells curries that have varying levels of spice. Recently, a lot of the customers have been ordering very mild curries and the chefs have been having to throw away some wasted ingredients. To reduce cost and food wastage, the curry house starts monitoring how many ingredients are actually being used and changes their spending accordingly. The curry house needs 3 peppers for very spicy curries, 2 peppers for spicy curries, and only 1 pepper for mild curries. After adjusting their purchasing, the curry house now buys the exact amount of peppers they need. Previously, the curry house was buying enough peppers for 30 very spicy curries, 30 spicy curries, and 10 mild curries. They now buy enough peppers for 15 spicy curries and 90 mild curries. They no longer sell very spicy curries. How many fewer peppers does the curry house now buy?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The curry house previously bought 3 peppers per very spicy curry * 30 very spicy curries = 90 peppers for very spicy curries. They also bought 2 peppers per spicy curry * 30 spicy curries = 60 peppers for spicy curries. They also bought 1 pepper per mild curry * 10 mild curries = 10 peppers for mild curries. So they were previously buying 90 + 60 + 10 = 160 peppers. They now buy 2 peppers per spicy curry * 15 spicy curries = 30 peppers for spicy curries. They also now buy 1 pepper per mild curry * 90 mild curries = 90 peppers for mild curries. So they now buy 30 + 90 = 120 peppers. This is a difference of 160 peppers bought originally - 120 peppers bought now = 40 peppers.
So the answer is 40.

Question: Natalie has $26 to go shopping. She bought a jumper for $9, a T-shirt for $4, and a pair of heels for $5. How much money does Natalie have left?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The total cost of the clothes is $9 + $4 + $5 = $18. Natalie has $26 − $18 = $8 left.
So the answer is 8.

Question: Barbara got a great deal on a new chest of drawers, but she has to take a lot of paper out of the drawers to be able to use it. She found 3 bundles of colored paper, 2 bunches of white paper, and 5 heaps of scrap paper. If a bunch holds 4 sheets of paper, a bundle holds 2 sheets of paper, and a heap holds 20 sheets of paper, how many sheets of paper did Barbara remove from the chest of drawers?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Of the colored paper, Barbara removed 3 * 2 = 6 sheets of paper. Of the white paper, she removed 2 * 4 = 8 sheets of paper. Of the scrap paper, she removed 5 * 20 = 100 sheets of paper. So in total, Barbara removed 6 + 8 + 100 = 114 sheets of paper.
So the answer is 114.

Question: Harry has 50 books in his library. His sister Flora has twice as many books and their cousin Gary has half the books Harry has. How many books do the three of them own together?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Flora has 50 * 2 = 100 books. Gary has 50 / 2 = 25 books. Together they own 100 + 25 + 50 = 175 books.
So the answer is 175.