[Question]Ahmed is 11 years old and Fouad is 26 years old. In how many years will Fouad's age be double Ahmed's current age?
[Answer]Let X be the number of years before Fouad's age doubles Ahmed's age. So (X + 11) * 2 = X + 26. So X * 2 + 22 = X + 26. So X = 26 - 22 = 4 years. The answer is 4.

[Question]For the gala luncheon planning committee, Margaret wants to serve chicken salad sandwiches using mini croissants. She wants there to be enough food that each person on the committee can have 2 sandwiches each. Her bakery offers 12 minis croissants for $8.00. There are 24 people on the committee. How much will she spend on croissants?
[Answer]There are 24 people on the committee and she wants 2 sandwiches per person so that's 24 * 2 = 48 sandwiches. She can buy the croissants by the dozen and she needs 48 croissants so she needs 48 / 12 = 4 dozen croissants. A dozen croissants cost $8.00 and she needs 4 dozens so that will costs 8 * 4 = $32.00. The answer is 32.

[Question]Marissa is serving her kids lunch. Each kid gets a burger with 400 calories and 5 carrot sticks with 20 calories each, and some cookies with 50 calories each. Marissa wants each kid to eat a total of 750 calories for lunch. How many cookies does each kid get?
[Answer]First figure out how many total calories come from the carrots by multiplying the calories per carrot by the number of carrots: 20 calories / carrot * 5 carrots = 100 calories. Then subtract the calories the kids have already eaten from the goal number of calories to find out how many more total calories they should eat: 750 calories - 400 calories - 100 calories = 250 calories. Then divide the total number of calories by the calories per cookie to find the number of cookies each kid gets: 250 calories / 50 calories / cookie = 5 cookies. The answer is 5.

[Question]Zainab earns $2 an hour passing out flyers at the town square. She passes out flyers on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday each week, for 4 hours at a time. After passing out flyers for 4 weeks, how much money will Zainab earn?
[Answer]
Every day Zainab passes out flyers, she earns $2 x 4 = $8. If she hands out flyers for 3 days, she'll earn $8 / day * 3 days = $24. If she passes out flyers for 4 weeks, she will earn $24 * 4 = $96. The answer is 96.