Answer the following question.
Frank bakes two trays of cookies per day, for 6 days. Frank eats one cookie each day to make sure they taste good. Ted comes over on the sixth day and eats 4 cookies. If each tray makes 12 cookies, how many cookies are left when Ted leaves?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Frank bakes 2 * 12 = 24 cookies per day. Frank bakes a total of 24 * 6 = 144 cookies. Frank eats 1 * 6 = 6 cookies. After Ted leaves, there are 144 - 6 - 4 = 134.
The answer is 134.

Answer the following question.
Alex makes luxury dresses out of silk. Each dress needs 5 meters of silk and Alex has 600 meters of silk in storage. His friends also want to learn how to make these dresses so Alex gives all 5 of them 20 meters of silk each. He uses the rest to make dresses himself. How many dresses can Alex make?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Alex gives his friends a total of 5 friends * 20 meters of silk = 100 meters of silk. This means he has 600 – 100 = 500 meters of silk left in storage. He can therefore make 500 meters of silk / 5 meters of silk per dress = 100 dresses.
The answer is 100.

Answer the following question.
Last year Jessica paid $1000 for rent, $200 for food, and $100 for car insurance each month. This year her rent goes up by 30%, food costs increase by 50%, and the cost of her car insurance triples because she was at fault in an accident. How much more does Jessica pay for her expenses over the whole year compared to last year?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the increase in rent by multiplying last year's rent by 30%: $1000 * .3 = $300. Then find the food cost increase by multiplying last year's costs by 50%: $200 * .5 = $100. Then find the new car insurance price by multiplying last year's price by 3: $100 * 3 = $300. Then subtract the cost of car insurance last year from this year's price to find the increase: $300 - $100 = $200. Now find how much Jessica's monthly expenses increased by adding the increases in each of the three costs: $300 + $100 + $200 = $600. Now multiply the increase per month by the number of months in a year to find the annual increase: $600 / month * 12 months / year = $7200 / year.
The answer is 7200.

Answer the following question.
Mason opens the hood of his car and discovers that squirrels have been using his engine compartment to store nuts. If 2 busy squirrels have been stockpiling 30 nuts/day and one sleepy squirrel has been stockpiling 20 nuts/day, all for 40 days, how many nuts are in Mason's car?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the number of nuts the two busy squirrels gather per day: 2 squirrels * 30 nuts / day / squirrel = 60 nuts / day. Then add the number the sleepy squirrel gathers each day: 60 nuts / day + 20 nuts / day = 80 nuts / day. Then multiply the number of nuts gathered daily by the number of days to find the total number of nuts gathered: 80 nuts / day * 40 days = 3200 nuts.
The answer is 3200.