[Question]Collin learned that he could earn $0.25 per aluminum can that he brought into the recycling center. He found 12 cans at home and three times as many at his grandparents' house.  His neighbor gave him 46. His dad brought home 250 cans from the office. His dad told him he could keep the money from the cans he brought home from the office if he promised to put half of his entire amount collected into savings. How much money would Collin have to put into savings?
[Answer]He found 12 and his grandparents gave him three times that amount so he got 12 * 3 = 36 cans from his grandparents. All total he collected 12 cans, the 36 from his grandparents, 46 from the neighbor and 250 from his dad for a total of 12 + 36 + 46 + 250 = 344 cans. Each can is worth $0.25 so .25 * 344 = $86.00. He agreed to put half of the $86 earned into savings so he will save 86 / 2 = $43.00. The answer is 43.

[Question]Annie spends 2 hours a week on chess club, 8 hours a week on drama club, and 3 hours a week on glee club. If there are 12 weeks in each semester and Annie takes the first two weeks off sick, how many hours of extracurriculars does she do before midterms?
[Answer]First find the total number of extracurricular hours Annie does per week: 2 hours / week + 8 hours / week + 3 hours / week = 13 hours / week. Then find the number of weeks in a semester before midterms by dividing the total number of weeks by 2: 12 weeks / semester / 2 = 6 weeks / semester. Then find the number of weeks before midterms that Annie wasn't sick: 6 weeks - 2 weeks = 4 weeks. Then multiply Annie's weekly commitment by the number of weeks to find her total number of extracurricular hours: 13 hours / week * 4 weeks = 52 hours. The answer is 52.

[Question]James has 20 years of experience. 8 years ago John had twice as much experience as James. Mike started when John had 16 years of experience. What is their combined experience?
[Answer]8 years ago James had 20 - 8 = 12 years. So 8 years ago John had 12 * 2 = 24 years experience. That means John has 24 + 8 = 32 years experience. So Mike has 32 - 16 = 16 years of experience. So together they have 20 + 32 + 16 = 68 years experience. The answer is 68.

[Question]An apple tree can fill 20 baskets. Each basket can be filled with 15 apples. How many apples can you get from 10 trees?
[Answer]
You can get 20 x 15 = 300 apples per tree. So a total of 300 x 10 = 3000 apples can be gotten from 10 trees. The answer is 3000.