[Question]One barnyard owl makes 5 hoot sounds per minute. If 5 less than 20 hoots per minute are heard coming out of the barn, how many Barnyard owls would this noise be coming from?
[Answer]5 less than 20 hoots per minute is 20 - 5 = 15 hoots per minute. If one barnyard owl makes 5 hoot sounds per minute, then 15 hoots per minute are coming from 15 / 5 = 3 barnyard owls. The answer is 3.

[Question]John eats a bag of chips for dinner and then eats twice as many after dinner. How many bags of chips did he eat?
[Answer]He ate 2 * 1 = 2 bags after dinner. So he ate 2 + 1 = 3 bags of chips. The answer is 3.

[Question]This year the Oscar swag bags include two diamond earrings that cost $6,000 each, a new iPhone that costs $2,000, and some designer scarves that each cost $1,500. If the total value of the swag bag is $20,000, how many scarves are there?
[Answer]First find the total cost of the diamond earrings: $6,000 / earring * 2 earrings = $12,000. Then subtract the cost of the earrings and iPhone from the total cost of the bags to find the cost of all the scarves: $20,000 - $12,000 - $2,000 = $6,000. Then divide the total cost of the scarves by the cost per scarf to find the number of scarves: $6,000 / $1,500 / scarf = 4 scarves. The answer is 4.

[Question]John manages to run 15 mph for his whole 5-mile race. The next fastest guy ran the race in 23 minutes. How many minutes did he win the race by?
[Answer]
He runs the race in 5 / 15 = 1 / 3 of an hour. So he runs the race in 60 / 3 = 20 minutes. That means he beat the next fastest guy by 23 - 20 = 3 minutes. The answer is 3.