Question: At Peanut Emporium, peanuts cost $3 per pound with a 15-pound minimum. If Baxter spent $105 on peanuts, how many pounds over the minimum did he purchase?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Start by figuring the number of pounds Baxter bought. $105 / $3 per pound = 35 pounds of peanuts. 35 pounds bought - 15 pounds minimum = 20 pounds over.
So the answer is 20.


Question: A truck driver’s heavy semi truck can go 3 miles per gallon of gas. The truck driver needs to put gas in his truck at one gas station, but wants to put the minimum amount he needs to get him to a much cheaper gas station 90 miles away. He already has 12 gallons of gas in his tank. How many more gallons does the truck driver need to put in his semi to make it to the cheaper gas station?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: The truck driver can go 3 * 12 = 36 miles on the gas in his tank. He needs to go 90 - 36 = 54 more miles. Thus, the truck driver needs to put 54 / 3 = 18 more gallons of gas in his semi.
So the answer is 18.


Question: John buys 4 pounds of beef. He uses all but 1 pound in soup. He uses twice as many pounds of vegetables as beef. How many pounds of vegetables did he use?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
He used 4 - 1 = 3 pounds of beef. So he used 3 * 2 = 6 pounds of vegetables.
So the answer is 6.