Answer this question:When you take Hiram's age and then add 12, you get 4 less than twice Allyson's age. If Hiram is 40 years old, how old is Allyson?
If Hiram's age is 40, when you add 12, his age becomes 40 + 12 = 52. If you add 4 from Hiram's age after adding twelve to his age, you get 52 + 4 = 56, which is twice Allyson's age. Allyson's age is 56 / 2 = 28 years.
The answer is 28.

Answer this question:Mr. Alvarez spends $36 on diesel fuel each week. If the cost of diesel fuel is $3 per gallon, how many gallons of diesel fuel does Mr. Alvarez use in two weeks?
In a week, Mr. Alvarez uses $36 / $3 = 12 gallons a week. So in two weeks, he uses 12 x 2 = 24 gallons.
The answer is 24.

Answer this question:Hannah wanted to make an apple pie that would serve 8 people. She needed 2 pounds of apples that were on sale for $2.00 per pound. The pre-made pie crust cost $2.00. The lemon cost $.50 and the butter cost $1.50. How much did each serving of pie cost?
2 pounds of apples at $2.00 / pound would cost 2 * 2 = $4.00. If we add all of the purchases together then the total bill was 4 + 2 + .50 + 1.50 = $8.00. There are 8 servings per pie. So $8.00 / 8 servings = $1.00 per serving.
The answer is 1.

Answer this question:Bob is building a garden on his land, and he wants it to be fenced in to keep out varmints. The garden is a rectangular plot 225 feet long by 125 feet wide. He also wants to have a small 3-foot wide gate to walk through and a larger 10-foot wide gate to move his gardening equipment through. How much fencing is Bob going to need to fence in his garden, taking into account the two gates?
The perimeter of the garden is 2 * 225 + 2 * 125 = 450 + 250 = 700 feet. Minus the two gates, he will need at least 700 - 3 - 10 = 687 feet of fencing.
The answer is 687.