Question: Jim buys a wedding ring for $10,000. He gets his wife a ring that is twice that much and sells the first one for half its value. How much is he out of pocket?
Answer: The second ring cost 2 * 10000 = $20,000. He sells the first ring for 10,000 / 2 = $5000. So he is out of pocket 10000 - 5000 = $5000. So that means he is out of pocket 20,000 + 5000 = $25,000. The answer is 25000.

Question: Sarah interviewed 450 students at her school and asked them which fruit they liked best - oranges, apples, pears or strawberries. 70 students said they liked oranges, 120 students said they liked pears, and 147 students said they liked apples. How many students picked strawberries as their favorite fruit from the list?
Answer: First, you have to add the number of students that liked the three other fruits. Therefore, you have to add 70 + 120 + 147. This gives you a sum of 337. We know that 450 students were interviewed, so you have to subtract 337 from 450 to get the number of students who liked strawberries. 450 - 337 = 113 students liked strawberries best out of all of the fruits. The answer is 113.

Question: Tom opens an amusement park. It cost $100,000 to open initially. It also cost 1% of that to run per day. He sells 150 tickets a day for $10 each. How long will it take to make back his money?
Answer: It cost 100,000 * .01 = $1,000 a day to keep the place open. He makes 150 * 10 = $1500 a day from the park. So he makes a profit of 1500 - 1000 = $500 a day. So it takes 100000 / 500 = 200 days to make back his money. The answer is 200.

Question: Caleb and his dad went fishing at the lake. Caleb caught 2 trouts and his dad caught three times as much as Caleb. How many more trouts did his dad catch compared to Caleb?
Answer:
Caleb’s dad caught 2 x 3 = 6 trouts. His dad caught 6 - 2 = 4 more trouts than Caleb. The answer is 4.