Question: John buys 20 bars of soap each weighing 1.5 pounds for $.5 per pound. How much money did he spend on soap?
Answer: He bought 20 * 1.5 = 30 pounds of soap. That cost 30 * .5 = $15. The answer is 15.

Question: Monroe has a collection of ants and a collection of spiders. He has 8 spiders and 12 ants. He is wondering what the number of legs of the entire collection is.
Answer: The ants have 72 legs because 12 times 6 equals 72. The spiders have 64 legs because 8 times 8 equals 64. There are a total of 136 legs because 72 plus 64 equals 136. The answer is 136.

Question: Chip has a $50.00 balance on his credit card. Since he didn't pay it off, he will be charged a 20% interest fee. He puts $20.00 on his credit card the following month and doesn't make any payments to his debt. He is hit with another 20% interest fee. What's the current balance on his credit card?
Answer: He has a balance of $50.00 and is charged 20% interest so that's 50 * .20 = $10.00. He had a balance of $50.00 and now has a $10.00 interest fee making his balance 50 + 10 = $60.00. His balance is $60.00 and he puts another $20.00 on his card for a total of 60 + 20 = $80.00. He didn't make a payment that month and is hit with another 20% interest fee so that's 80 * .20 = $16.00 in interest. His new balance is 80 + 16 = $96.00. The answer is 96.

Question: In his first season at Best Hockey's team, Louie scored four goals in the last hockey match of this season. His brother has scored twice as many goals as Louie scored in the last match in each game he's played in each of the three seasons he's been on the team. Each season has 50 games. What is the total number of goals the brothers have scored between them if, in the previous matches, Louie scored 40 goals?
Answer:
If Louie scored 4 goals last night, his brother has scored 2 * 4 goals = 8 goals in each game. The total number of games Louie's brother has played in is 3 seasons * 50 games / season = 150 games. Louie's brother's total number of goals in the three seasons is 8 goals / game * 150 games = 1200 goals. Louie's total number of goals this season is 40 goals + 4 goals = 44 goals. Together, they have a total of 44 goals + 1200 goals = 1244 goals in the team. The answer is 1244.