Question: Meghan had money in the following denomination: 2 $100 bills, 5 $50 bills, and 10 $10 bills. How much money did he have altogether?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Total value of $100 bills is 2 × $100 = $200. Total value of $50 bills is 5 × $50 = $250. Total value of $10 bills is 10 × $10 = $100. Final total value is $200 + $250 + $100 = $550.
So the answer is 550.

Question: Jason is making pasta. He fills the pot with 41 degree water. Each minute the temperature of the water increases by 3 degrees. Once the water reaches 212 degrees and is boiling, Jason needs to cook his pasta for 12 minutes. Then it will take him 1/3 that long to mix the pasta with the sauce and make a salad. How many minutes does it take Jason to cook dinner?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: First find how many degrees the temperature of the water needs to increase: 212 degrees - 41 degrees = 171 degrees. Then divide that amount by the number of degrees the water temperature increases each minute to find how long it takes the water to boil: 171 degrees / 3 degrees / minute = 57 minutes. Now figure out how long it takes to mix the pasta and make salad by dividing the pasta cook time by 3: 12 minutes / 3 = 4 minutes. Now add the boiling time, cook time, and mixing time to find the total time it takes to make dinner: 57 minutes + 4 minutes + 12 minutes = 73 minutes.
So the answer is 73.

Question: Peter has 20 books. He has read 40% of them. His brother has read 10% of them. How many more of these books has Peter read than his brother?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Peter has read 8 of these books because 20 x .4 = 8. His brother has read 2 of these books because 20 x .1 = 2. Peter has read 6 more books than his brother because 8 - 2 = 6.
So the answer is 6.

Question: 5 squirrels collected 575 acorns. If each squirrel needs 130 acorns to get through the winter, how many more acorns does each squirrel need to collect?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Each squirrel now has 575 / 5 = 115 acorns. Each squirrel still needs to collect another 130 - 115 = 15 acorns.
So the answer is 15.