Answer the following question.
Five food companies sponsored a local food bank. Foster Farms donated 45 dressed chickens; American Summits donated twice the number of bottled water than the number of dressed chicken donated by Foster Farms; Hormel donated three times the number of dressed chickens that Foster Farms donated; Boudin Butchers donated one-third of the number of dressed chickens that Hormel donated; Del Monte Foods donated 30 fewer bottles of water than American Summits. How many food items did the companies donate in total?
Step-by-step reasoning process: American Summits donated 45 x 2 = 90 bottled waters. Hormel donated 45 x 3 = 135 spams. Boudin Bakery donated 135 x 1 / 3 = 45 sourdoughs. Del Monte Foods donated 90 - 30 = 60 canned fruits. Therefore, a total of 45 + 90 + 135 + 45 + 60 = 375 different food.
The answer is 375.

Answer the following question.
Jason joined the military when he turned 18. It took him 8 years to raise to the rank of chief. Then 25% longer than that to go from chief to master chief. He then spent 10 years more in the military before retiring. How old was he when he retired?
Step-by-step reasoning process: It took 8 * .25 = 2 years longer to go from chief to master chief than to get chief. So it takes him 8 + 2 = 10 years to become a master chief. That means he took 10 + 8 = 18 years to reach master chief from enlisting. So he was in the military for 18 + 10 = 28 years. So he was 28 + 18 = 46 when he retired.
The answer is 46.

Answer the following question.
Teddy is a pillow-maker. He uses 3 less than 5 pounds of fluffy foam material to make each pillow. If Teddy has three tons of fluffy foam material, how many pillows can he make?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Three less than 5 is 5 - 3 = 2. Since one ton is 2000 pounds, three tons is 2000 * 3 = 6000 pounds. Thus, in 6000 pounds, he can make 6000 / 2 = 3000 pillows.
The answer is 3000.

Answer the following question.
When Michelle makes fresh pasta, she first makes the dough, then she rolls it out and cuts it, and then she hangs it on racks to dry for cooking later. She needs a drying rack for each three pounds of pasta she makes, and it takes two cups of flour to make each pound of pasta dough. She owns three racks right now. How many more drying racks will Michelle need if she makes pasta using three 8-cup bags of flour?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Michelle used 3 * 8 = 24 cups of flour in the pasta dough. She made 24 / 2 = 12 pounds of pasta dough. She needs 12 / 3 = 4 drying racks for the pasta. Thus, Michelle needs 4 - 3 = 1 more drying rack.
The answer is 1.