Q: Bruce's aunt gave him $71 to spend on clothes at the mall. He bought 5 shirts that cost $5 each and a pair of pants that cost $26. How much money does Bruce have left to buy more clothes?
A: 20
Step-by-step reasoning process: Bruce spent 5 * $5 on shirts = $25. Including the pants, Bruce spent $25 + $26 = $51. Since he began with $71, he has $71 - $51 spent = $20 remaining.


Q: A Burmese python that was 1.4 meters long swallowed a 50-centimeter alligator. After one week, the alligator was completely digested. If this snake continues to eat 50-centimeter-long alligators at a constant rate of one alligator per week, what is the maximum number of alligators that the snake can eat in 616 days?
A: 88
Step-by-step reasoning process: Since one week is 7 days. 616 days is 616 / 7 = 88 weeks. Since the python eats 1 alligator per week, in 88 weeks it can eat 88 / 1 = 88 alligators.


Q: Every day Janet spends 8 minutes looking for her keys and another 3 minutes complaining after she finds them. If Janet stops losing her keys, how many minutes will she save every week?
A: 77
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the total time Janet spends looking for her key and complaining each day: 8 minutes / day + 3 minutes / day = 11 minutes / day. Then multiply that number by the number of days in a week to find the weekly time spent: 11 minutes / day * 7 days / week = 77 minutes.


Q: Robin likes to bake cupcakes for friends and to make her puppy North happy. Once Robin ate four cupcakes with chocolate sauce and twice as many cupcakes with buttercream frosting on her own. How many cupcakes did Robin eat?
A: 12
Step-by-step reasoning process: Robin ate twice as many buttercream cupcakes as chocolate sauce cupcakes, or 2 * 4 = 8. So in total she ate 4 + 8 = 12 cupcakes.