Q: James splits 4 packs of stickers that have 30 stickers each. Each sticker cost $.10. If his friend pays for half how much did James pay?
A: 6
Step-by-step reasoning process: He buys 4 * 30 = 120 stickers. That means it cost 120 * .1 = $12. So he pays 12 * .5 = $6.


Q: Aston has accidentally torn apart his comics and needs to put all the pages back together. Each comic has 25 pages and Aston has found 150 pages on the floor. He puts his comics back together and adds them back into his box of comics. If there were already 5 untorn comics in the box, how many comics are now in the box of comics?
A: 11
Step-by-step reasoning process: Aston had torn and has now fixed a total of 150 pages on the floor / 25 pages per comic = 6 comics. Adding this to the comics that were never torn means there are 6 fixed comics + 5 untorn comics = 11 comics in the box of comics.


Q: Onum Lake has 25 more trout than Boast Pool.  There are 75 fish in Boast Pool. Riddle Pond has half as many fish as Onum Lake. What is the average number of fish in all three bodies of water?
A: 75
Step-by-step reasoning process: Onum lake has 25 trout + 75 = 100 fish. Riddle Pond has 1 / 2 * 100 fish in Onum lake = 50 fish. Combined the three bodies of water have 100 fish + 50 fish + 75 fish = 225 fish. The average number of fish in the bodies of water is 225 fish / 3 = 75 fish.


Q: The half-hour newscast includes 12 minutes of national news, 5 minutes of international news, 5 minutes of sports, and 2 minutes of weather forecasts. The rest is advertisements. How many minutes of advertising are in the newscast?
A: 6
Step-by-step reasoning process: 12 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 24 minutes are accounted for. There are 30 - 24 = 6 minutes of ads.