Question: Mickey's number is greater than Jayden's number by exactly 20. If Jayden's number is 40 less than Coraline's number, and Coraline's number is 80, calculate the total of the numbers they have.
Answer with step-by-step thinking: If Coraline has the number 80, Jayden, whose number is 40 less than that of Coraline, has 80 - 40 = 40. Together, Jayden and Coraline's numbers total 80 + 40 = 120. Mickey's number is greater than Jayden's number by exactly 20, meaning his number is 40 + 20 = 60. The total of the numbers the three have is 120 + 60 = 180.
So the answer is 180.


Question: Max loves to play video games. He played for 2 hours on Wednesday and the same time on Thursday. On Friday his friends came to play together with him, so Max spent over three hours more on playing than on Wednesday. How many hours on average has Max spent playing video games during these three days?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Max played on Friday three hours more than on Wednesday, so he played for 2 + 3 = 5 hours. In total he played 2 + 2 + 5 = 9 hours. He was playing for three days, so on average, he spent 9 / 3 = 3 hours playing video games every day.
So the answer is 3.


Question: Emily wants to know how much it rained last week. She sees that it rained 2 inches on Monday morning and 1 more inch later that day. It rained twice that much on Tuesday. It did not rain on Wednesday but on Thursday it rained 1 inch. The biggest storm was on Friday when the total was equal to Monday through Thursday combined. What was the daily average rain total for the week?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
The total rain was 2 inches + 1 inches = 3 inches on Monday. The total rain was 2 * 3 inches = 6 inches on Tuesday. The total rain was 0 inches + 1 inch = 1 inch across Wednesday and Thursday. The total rain was 3 inches + 6 inches + 1 inch = 10 inches on Friday. There were 3 inches + 6 inches + 1 inch + 10 inches = 20 inches total last week. 20 inches / 5 days = 4 inches average daily rain.
So the answer is 4.