Question: The price of a home is $98 per square foot (sq ft). The house is 2,400 sq ft and the barn out back is 1,000 sq ft. How much is this property?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: The house is 2,400 sq ft and the barn is 1,000 sq ft so it's 2400 + 1000 = 3,400 sq ft. The price is $98 per sq ft and it's 3,400 sq ft big so the property costs 98 * 3400 = $333,200.00.
So the answer is 333200.


Question: Stephanie is decorating 24 cupcakes for a birthday party, but she needs more candles. She currently has a total of 30 candles. She wants to decorate half of the cupcakes with 1 candle each and the other half of the cupcakes with 2 candles each. How many additional candles does Stephanie need to complete the cupcakes?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: For half of the cupcakes, Stephanie wants to use 1 candle each. Since half of the cupcakes is 24 / 2 and she plans to use 1 candle each for this half of the cupcakes, Stephanie needs (24 / 2) * 1 = 12 candles for this half of the cupcakes. For the other half of the cupcakes, Stephanie wants to use 2 candles. Therefore, she will need (24 / 2) * 2 = 24 candles for this half of the cupcakes. Because Stephanie needs 12 candles for half of the cupcakes and 24 candles for the other half, she needs a total of 12 + 24 = 36 candles. Since Stephanie needs 36 candles to decorate all the cupcakes and she currently has 30 candles, Stephanie needs 36 - 30 = 6 additional candles.
So the answer is 6.


Question: The selling price of a bicycle that had sold for $220 last year was increased by 15%. What is the new price?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
The price of the bicycle increased by $220 * 15 / 100 = $33. Adding the increment price, the new price is $220 + $33 = $253.
So the answer is 253.