Question: There are 42 apples in a crate. 12 crates of apples were delivered to a factory. 4 apples were rotten and had to be thrown away. The remaining apples were packed into boxes that could fit 10 apples each. How many boxes of apples were there?
Answer: The total number of apples delivered was 42 × 12 = 504. There are 504 - 4 = 500 apples were left remaining. Finally, there are 500 ÷ 10 = 50 boxes of apples. The answer is 50.

Question: In Alaska the commercial Cod fishing season runs from January 1 - August 1 lasting exactly 7 months, or 213 days on a non-leap year. Two fishermen are competing against each other to see who can earn more profit. The first fisherman plans to catch fish at a steady rate of 3 per day for the entire season. The second fisherman is a novice who will need to start more slowly. He plans to catch only 1 fish per day during the first 30 days, 2 fish per day during the next 60 days, and then 4 fish per day during the remainder of the season. At the end of the season, how many more fish will be caught by the fisherman who catches the higher number of fish?
Answer: The first fisherman will catch 3 * 213 = 639 fish during the season. The second fisherman catch 1 * 30 + 2 * 60 = 150 fish during the first 90 days of the season. Then, during the remaining 213 - 90 = 123 days of the season, the second fisherman will can an additional 4 * 123 = 492 fish. Thus, the second fisherman will catch a total of 150 + 492 = 642 fish. Therefore, the second fisherman will catch 642 - 639 = 3 more fish than the first fisherman at the end of the season. The answer is 3.

Question: Timothy decides he wants to start living off the land. He buys 30 acres of land for $20 an acre. He then builds himself a large house for $120,000. After that, he gets himself 20 cows for $1000 per cow and 100 chickens for $5 per chicken. The last thing is solar panels which take 6 hours to install with an installation cost of $100 an hour and then a flat fee of $6000 for the equipment. How much did everything cost?
Answer: The land cost 30 * 20 = $600. The cows cost 20 * 1000 = $20,000. The chickens added another 100 * 5 = $500. The installation of the solar panels cost 6 * 100 = $600. So the total cost of everything was 600 + 120000 + 20000 + 500 + 600 + 6000 = $147,700. The answer is 147700.

Question: Three buckets are holding different fruits. Bucket A has 4 more pieces of fruit than bucket B while bucket B has 3 more pieces of fruit than bucket C. If bucket C has 9 pieces of fruit, how many pieces of fruit are in all 3 buckets?
Answer:
Bucket B has 3 more fruits than C (which has 9 fruits) for a total of 9 + 3 = 12 fruits. Bucket A has 4 more fruits than B (which has 12 fruits) for a total of 12 + 4 = 16 fruits. All three buckets have a total of 9 + 12 + 16 = 37 fruits. The answer is 37.