Question: In preparation for the church fundraiser, Julia bakes one less than 5 cakes per day for 6 days. Unfortunately, every other day, Julia's brother, Clifford, sneaks into Julia's house and eats one of Julia's cakes. At the end of 6 days, how many cakes does Julia have remaining?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Julia baked one less than 5 cakes per day, or 5 - 1 = 4 cakes per day. For 6 days, Julia baked 4 cakes per day, for a total of 4 * 6 = 24 cakes. Over 6 days, every other day, Clifford sneaks into Julia's house and eats one of Julia's cakes resulting in disappearance of 6 / 2 = 3 cakes. At the end of 6 days, Julia has 24 - 3 = 21 cakes remaining.
So the answer is 21.

Question: About 450 000 people lived in Maryville in 2000. In 2005, about 467 000 people lived in Maryville. What is the average number of people added each year?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The total increase of people was counted in 2005 - 2000 = 5 years. In 5 years, there is a total of 467 000 - 450 000 = 17 000 people increase. So, each year, the average number of people added is 17 000 / 5 = 3 400.
So the answer is 3400.

Question: At the Johnson family reunion, there were 45 children and one third as many adults. One third of the adults wore blue. How many adults did not wear blue?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: One third as many adults as children is 45 / 3 = 15 adults. One third of adults wore blue, or 15 / 3 = 5 adults wore blue. Thus, the remaining 15 - 5 = 10 adults did not wear blue.
So the answer is 10.

Question: A company hires employees on a contract basis, depending on the availability of work. In a particular month, they hired 200 more employees on the first week than on the second week, and 150 fewer employees on the second week than on the third week. If the number of employees hired on the fourth week was twice the number hired in the third week, and the number of employees on the fourth week was 400, what's the average number of employees hired per week?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: The fourth week had twice the number of employees as the third week, so 400 / 2 = 200 employees on the third week. In the third week, they hired 150 fewer employees than on the second week, that is 200 - 150 = 50 employees hired on the second week. The first week had 200 more hirings than the second week, that is 50 + 200 = 250 employees. The total number of employees hired is 250 + 50 + 200 + 400 = 900. The average number of employees hired per week is 900 / 4 = 225 employees.
So the answer is 225.