Question: Two apartment roommates split the rent, utilities, and grocery payments equally each month. The rent for the whole apartment is $1100 and utilities are $114. If one roommate pays $757 in all, how many dollars are groceries for the whole apartment?
Answer: Rent plus utilities for the whole apartment is 1100 + 114 = $1214. If one roommate pays $757 in all, the total cost of everything is 757 * 2 = 1514. The groceries cost 1514 - 1214 = 300. The answer is 300.

Question: Beatrice is shopping for a new TV. First she looks at 8 TVs at one store in person. Then she looks at three times as many TVs at an online store. She looks at more TVs on an auction site online. If Beatrice looked at 42 TVs in all, how many did look at on the auction site?
Answer: Beatrice looked at 3 x 8 TVs at an online store = 24 TVs. She looked at 8 TVs in person + 24 TVs online = 32 TVs. Beatrice looked at 42 TVs in all - the 32 she looked at = 10 TVs she looked at on an auction site. The answer is 10.

Question: Lee had $10 and his friend had $8. They went to a restaurant where they ordered chicken wings for $6 and a chicken salad for $4. They also got 2 sodas for $1.00 each. The tax came to $3. How much change should they have received in total?
Answer: Lee and his friend had a total of $10 + $8 = $18. The cost of the food was $6 + $4 + $1 + $1 = $12. The total cost, including tax was $12 + $3 = $15. They should have received $18 - $15 = $3 in total. The answer is 3.

Question: New York is two-thirds as populated as all of New England. If New England has 2100000 people, calculate the combined population of both states.
Answer:
New York is two - thirds as populated as all of New England, meaning there are 2 / 3 * 2100000 = 1400000 people living in New York. The combined population of both states is 1400000 + 2100000 = 3500000. The answer is 3500000.