Question: Kim's dad would buy her 2 candy bars a week. She would eat 1 candy bar every 4 weeks, saving the rest. After 16 weeks, how many candy bars did Kim have saved?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Kim got 2 candy bars a week for 16 weeks so she got 2 * 16 = 32 candy bars. She would only eat 1 candy bar every 4 weeks so in 16 weeks she only ate 16 / 4 = 4 candy bars. She saved 32 candy bars and only ate 4 so she still has 32 - 4 = 28 candy bars.
So the answer is 28.

Question: Mariel is a dog walker. While walking her pack of dogs, she gets tangled up in the leashes of another dog walker and their 3 dogs. There are 36 legs tangled up in leashes. How many dogs is Mariel walking?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: There are 2 dog walkers and they each have 2 legs so that's 2 * 2 = 4 legs. The other dog walker is walking 3 dogs that each have 4 legs so that's 3 * 4 = 12 legs. The dog walkers have 4 legs and the other dogs have 12 legs for a total of 4 + 12 = 16 legs. There are 36 legs total and 16 belong to the dog walkers and 3 dogs so that leaves 36 - 16 = 20 legs. Dogs have 4 legs and there are 20 legs so Mariel is walking 20 / 4 = 5 dogs.
So the answer is 5.

Question: Marcy's grade is electing their class president. Marcy got three times as many votes as Barry, who got twice as many as 3 more than the number of votes Joey got. If Joey got 8 votes, how many votes did Marcy get?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: First, add three to Joey's vote total: 8 votes + 3 votes = 11 votes. Then double that number to find the number of votes Barry got: 11 votes * 2 = 22 votes. Then triple that number to find Marcy's vote total: 22 votes * 3 = 66 votes.
So the answer is 66.

Question: James runs a TV show and there are 5 main characters and 4 minor characters. He pays the minor characters $15,000 each episode. He paid the major characters three times as much. How much does he pay per episode?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: He pays the minor characters 15000 * 4 = $60,000. The major characters each get 15000 * 3 = $45,000. So he pays the main characters 45,000 * 5 = $225,000. So in total he pays 225,000 + 60,000 = $285,000.
So the answer is 285000.