Answer the following question.
The balance of Pam's bank account tripled during the year. At the end of the year, Pam withdrew $250. If her current balance is $950, how much did she have in the bank account at the beginning of the year?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First, we have to come up with the balance before her withdrawal. $950 (current) + $250 (withdraw) = $1200. Now since we know that is triple, we divide by 3. $1200 / 3 = $400.
The answer is 400.

Answer the following question.
Dane’s two daughters need to plant 5 flowers each to grow a garden. As the days passed, the flowers grew into 20 more but 10 of them died. Dane’s daughters harvested the flowers and split them between 5 different baskets. How many flowers ended up in each basket?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Two daughters planted 5 * 2 = 10 flowers. The flowers grew into 10 + 20 = 30 total. 30 - 10 = 20 flowers were left after 10 died. The daughters put 20 / 5 = 4 flowers in each basket.
The answer is 4.

Answer the following question.
Each slice of cheesecake contains 350 calories. If there are a total of 2800 calories in every cheesecake, and Kiley ate 25% of the cheesecake, how many slices of cheesecake did Kiley eat?
Step-by-step reasoning process: If there are 2800 calories in every cheesecake, and each slice of cheesecake contains 350 calories, then the cheesecake has 2800 / 350 = 8 slices. If Kiley ate 25% of the cheesecake, then she ate 8 * 0.25 = 2 slices of cake.
The answer is 2.

Answer the following question.
Jimmy has a collection of 5 action figures. Each figure is worth $15, except for one which is worth $20. He decided to sell his collection. To do it fast he decided to sell each of them for $5 less than their value. How much will Jimmy earn if he sells all the figures?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Four of the five figures are worth 4 * 15 = $60. With one more expensive figure, they are all worth 60 + 20 = $80. On all action figures, Jimmy will lose 5 * 5 = $25 if he sells them cheaper. So if Jimmy sells the figures he will get 80 - 25 = $55.
The answer is 55.