Question: Jacob has half the number of shoes Edward has. Edward has 3 times the number of shoes Brian has. If Brian has 22 pairs of shoes, how many pairs of shoes do they have in total?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Edward has 3 * 22 = 66 pairs of shoes. Jacob has 66 / 2 = 33 pairs of shoes. All of them have 22 + 66 + 33 = 121 pairs of shoes in total.
So the answer is 121.

Question: Joan is at the grocery store. She has a total of $60 to spend. She is going to purchase 2 containers of hummus, which are $5 each. She is going to purchase chicken for $20, bacon for $10, and vegetables for $10. She wants to purchase apples which are $2 each. With her remaining money, how many apples can she purchase?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The total cost of the hummus is 2 * $5 = $10. The total cost of the chicken, bacon, and vegetables is $20 + $10 + $10 = $40. The remaining money she has is $60 - $10 - $40 = $10. The amount of apples she can purchase is $10 / $2 = 5.
So the answer is 5.

Question: Francie saves up her allowance for several weeks. She receives an allowance of $5 a week for 8 weeks. Then her dad raises her allowance, and she receives $6 a week for 6 weeks. Francie uses half of the money to buy new clothes. With the remaining money, she buys a video game that costs $35. How much money does Francie have remaining after buying the video game?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: When her allowance is $5 a week, Francie gets a total of $5 * 8 = $40. When her allowance is $6 a week, Francie gets a total of $6 * 6 = $36. The total amount of money Francie gets is $40 + $36 = $76. After purchasing new clothes, she has $76 / 2 = $38 remaining. After buying the video game, Francie has $38 - $35 = $3 remaining.
So the answer is 3.

Question: Vinny weighed 300 pounds then lost 20 pounds in the first month of his diet. He continued his diet but each month, he lost half as much weight as he had lost in the previous month. At the start of the fifth month of his diet, he worked harder to lose extra weight then decided to end his diet. If Vinny weighed 250.5 pounds at the end of his diet, how many pounds did he lose throughout the fifth month?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: In the second month, Vinny lost half as much as he had the first month, so he lost 20 pounds / 2 = 10 pounds. In the third month, he again lost half as much which was 10 pounds / 2 = 5 pounds. And in the fourth month, he lost 5 pounds / 2 = 2.5 pounds. So in total, Vinny lost 20 + 10 + 5 + 2.5 = 37.5 pounds in the first four months. Over his entire diet, he had lost 300 – 250.5 = 49.5 pounds. So in the fifth month, Vinny must have lost 49.5 pounds total loss – 37.5 pounds loss in the first four months = 12 pounds.
So the answer is 12.