Question: Three years ago, Rosie purchased an art piece for $4000. The same art piece will be three times as much in another three years. How much money will the art piece have increased by?
Answer: If the art piece was bought at $4000, and its price in three years will be three times its buying price, it will be worth 3 * $4000 = $12000 in another three years. The price of the art piece will increase by $12000 - $4000 = $8000. The answer is 8000.

Question: Aria has twice as many high school credits as Emily, who has twice the number of high school credits as Spencer. If Emily has 20 credits, what's twice the total number of high school credits the three have?
Answer: If Emily has 20 credits, and Aria has 2 times as many, then Aria has 2 * 20 = 40 high school credits. Emily has twice the number of high school credits Spencer has, meaning Spencer has 20 / 2 = 10 high school credits. Altogether, the three have 40 + 20 + 10 = 70 high school credits. Twice the total number of high school credits the three have is 2 * 70 = 140. The answer is 140.

Question: Andrew installed hardwood flooring in his house. His bedroom took eight wooden planks, his living room took twenty planks, and his kitchen took eleven planks. The guest bedroom took two fewer planks than Andrew’s bedroom, and each of his two hallways took four planks. He accidentally ruined three planks in each bedroom by dragging furniture over them and had to replace them. He ended up with six leftover planks at the end. How many wooden planks did Andrew buy to start with?
Answer: Andrew’s guest bedroom took 8 - 2 = 6 wooden planks. His hallways took 2 * 4 = 8 planks. In two bedrooms, he ruined 3 planks each, so the bedrooms took an extra 3 * 2 = 6 planks. In all, he used 8 + 20 + 11 + 6 + 8 + 6 = 59 planks for his whole house. Andrew had 6 leftover planks, so he bought 59 + 6 = 65 wooden planks to start with. The answer is 65.

Question: John hits 70% of his free throws. For every foul he gets 2 shots. He gets fouled 5 times a game. How many free throws does he get if he plays in 80% of the 20 games the team plays?
Answer:
John plays in 20 * .8 = 16 games. That means he gets fouled 16 * 5 = 80 fouls. So he gets 80 * 2 = 160 foul shots. So he makes 160 * .7 = 112 free throws. The answer is 112.