Question: At school today, Charlize was 20 minutes late. Four of her classmates were each ten minutes late than she was. What's the total time for which the five students were late?
Answer: If Charlize was 20 minutes late, each of her friends was 20 + 10 = 30 minutes late. The total time for which Charlize's friends were late was 4 * 30 = 120 minutes. Together with Charlize, the three friends were 120 + 20 = 140 minutes late. The answer is 140.

Question: Ray has 95 cents in nickels. If Ray gives 25 cents to Peter, and twice as many cents to Randi as he gave to Peter, how many nickels does Ray have left?
Answer: Ray gave 25 * 2 = 50 cents to Randi. Ray has 95 - 25 - 50 = 20 cents in nickels left. Ray has 20 / 5 = 4 nickels. The answer is 4.

Question: There are 200 snakes in a park. There are three times as many pythons as boa constrictors. If there 40 boa constrictors and the rest of the snakes are rattlesnakes, calculate the total number of rattlesnakes in the park.
Answer: If the number of pythons is three times the number of boa constrictors, then there are 3 * 40 = 120 pythons. Together, the number of pythons and boa constrictors is 120 + 40 = 160. If there are 200 snakes in the park, the number of rattlesnakes is 200 - 160 = 40. The answer is 40.

Question: Alannah, Beatrix, and Queen are preparing for the new school year and have been given books by their parents. Alannah has 20 more books than Beatrix. Queen has 1/5 times more books than Alannah. If Beatrix has 30 books, how many books do the three have together?
Answer:
If Beatrix has 30 books, Alannah has 30 books + 20 books = 50 books. Queen has 1 / 5 * 50 books = 10 more books than Alannah. The total number of books Queen has is 50 books + 10 books = 60 books. All three have 60 books + 50 books + 30 books = 140 books together. The answer is 140.