[Question]: Jason is making sand art. He wants to fill a rectangular patch 6 inches by 7 inches with blue sand, and a square path 5 inches by 5 inches with red sand. If it takes 3 grams of sand to fill one square inch, how many grams of sand does Jason need?
[Answer]: First find the area of the first patch: 6 inches * 7 inches = 42 inches. Then find the area of the second patch: 5 inches * 5 inches = 25 inches. Then add those two amounts to find the total area Jason needs to cover: 42 inches + 25 inches = 67 inches. Then multiply that area by the number of grams per square inch to find the total amount of sand needed: 67 inches * 3 grams / square inch = 201 grams.
So the answer is 201.

[Question]: It was reported that 2000 cases of Coronavirus had been confirmed in the state of New York in May 2020. There was half the number of cases in California, which had 400 more cases than the state of Texas. What's the total number of cases that had been confirmed in all of these states?
[Answer]: If California had half the number of Coronavirus cases in New York, then the number of cases was 2000 / 2 = 1000 cases. California had 400 more cases than the state of Texas, thus Texas had 1000 - 400 = 600 cases. The total number of Coronavirus cases in all of the three states is 600 + 1000 + 2000 = 3600 cases.
So the answer is 3600.

[Question]: Lisa has 18 more dresses than Ana. If the number of their dresses combined is 48, how many dresses does Ana have?
[Answer]:
If Lisa's surplus of 18 dresses is taken away from the total, they will have 48 - 18 = 30 dresses in total. They would each have the same number of dresses from these 30 i.e. 30 / 2 = 15 dresses which is the number of dresses that Ana actually has.
So the answer is 15.