Q: Samuel bought 2 dozen doughnuts and Cathy bought 3 dozen doughnuts. They planned to share the doughnuts evenly with their 8 other friends. How many doughnuts will each of them receive?
A: Since 1 dozen is equal to 12, then Samuel has 2 x 12 = 24 doughnuts. While Cathy has 3 x 12 = 36. They both have 24 + 36 = 60 doughnuts together. There are 8 friends + 1 (Samuel) + 1 (Cathy) = 10 that will share the doughnuts. Thus, each of them will get 60 / 10 = 6 doughnuts. The answer is 6.

Q: The file, 90 megabytes in size, downloads at the rate of 5 megabytes per second for its first 60 megabytes, and then 10 megabytes per second thereafter. How long, in seconds, does it take to download entirely?
A: The first 60 megabytes take 60 / 5 = 12 seconds. There are 90 - 60 = 30 remaining megabytes. The remaining 30 megabytes take 30 / 10 = 3 seconds. And 12 + 3 = 15 seconds. The answer is 15.

Q: Porter is a painter who creates beautiful paintings of wild animals. Most recently, he painted a mural of a pack of wolves standing on a snowy-white mountainside underneath a full moon. He put the painting up for auction and it sold for $1000 less than five times more than he had made on his previous painting. If he received $44,000 for the sale of his most recent painting, how much, in dollars, did he make for selling his previous painting?
A:
If $44,000 is $1000 less than five times more than he had made on his previous painting, then $44,000 + $1000 = $45,000 is five times what he made on his previous painting. If $45,000 is five times what he made for his previous painting, then he made $45,000 / 5 = $9,000 for selling his previous painting. The answer is 9000.