Question: Larry started off having 150 channels from his cable company. They took 20 channels away and replaced those with 12 channels. He called the company and asked if he could reduce his package by 10 more channels but add the sports package which is 8 channels. He realizes that he didn't add the supreme sports package. He calls back and that package adds 7 more channels. How many channels does Larry have?
Answer: He started off with 150 channels and they took 20 away and added 12 so he has 150 - 20 + 12 = 142 channels. He called and asked to reduce his 142 channels by 10 channels and added 8 sports channels so he now has 142 - 10 + 8 = 140 channels. He ordered the wrong sports package and the new one adds an additional 7 channels for a total of 140 + 7 = 147 channels. The answer is 147.

Question: Lindsey owns 4 more cars than Cathy. Susan owns 2 fewer cars than Carol. Carol owns twice as many cars as Cathy. If Cathy owns 5 cars, how many total cars do they all own put together?
Answer: Lindsey owns 4 + 5 = 9 cars. Carol owns 2 * 5 = 10 cars. Susan owns 10 - 2 = 8 cars. They all own 5 + 9 + 10 + 8 = 32 cars. The answer is 32.

Question: Stan hires a magician for $60 an hour. He works 3 hours every day for 2 weeks. How much money does he pay the magician?
Answer: The magician works for 2 * 7 = 14 days. So the magician works 14 * 3 = 42 hours. So that means he pays 42 * 60 = $2520. The answer is 2520.

Question: Jenny has a tummy ache. Her brother Mike says that it is because Jenny ate 5 more than thrice the number of chocolate squares that he ate. If Mike ate 20 chocolate squares, how many did Jenny eat?
Answer:
Thrice the number of chocolate squares that Mike ate is 20 squares * 3 = 60 squares. Jenny therefore ate 60 squares + 5 squares = 65 chocolate squares. The answer is 65.