Question: Gertrude the chicken has 10 fleas. The other chicken, Maud has 5 times the amount of fleas as Olive. The final chicken, Olive has half the amount of flees as Gertrude. How many fleas are there?
Answer: Gertrude has 10 fleas and Olive has half that amount so Olive has 10 / 2 = 5 fleas. Maud has 5 times the amount of fleas as Olive who has 5 fleas so Maud has 5 * 5 = 25 fleas. Gertrude has 10 fleas, Maud has 25 fleas and Olive has 5 for a total of 10 + 25 + 5 = 40 fleas. The answer is 40.

Question: The standard poodle is 8 inches taller than the miniature poodle, and the miniature poodle is 6 inches taller than the toy poodle. If the standard poodle in 28 inches tall, how tall is the toy poodle in inches?
Answer: If the standard poodle is 8 inches taller than the miniature poodle, then the miniature poodle is 28 - 8 = 20 inches tall. And if the miniature poodle is 8 inches taller than the toy poodle, that the toy poodle is 20 - 6 = 14 inches tall. The answer is 14.

Question: It took Dad 5 more than twice as long to vacuum upstairs then to vacuum downstairs. He vacuumed for a total of 38 minutes. How many minutes did he vacuum upstairs?
Answer: Let D = time in minutes to vacuum downstairs. Upstairs = 2D + 5 minutes. 3D + 5 = 38. 3D = 33. D = 11 minutes. Upstairs = (2 * 11) + 5 = 27 minutes. Dad took 27 minutes to vacuum upstairs. The answer is 27.

Question: Bobby needs to buy a new pair of fancy shoes. He decides to go to a cobbler and get them handmade. The cobbler charges $250 to make the mold. He then charges $75 an hour for 8 hours to make the shoes. The cobbler agrees to only charge 80% of the cost for work to make the shoes, since it is his first pair of shoes. How much did Bobby pay?
Answer:
The cost of labor is 75 * 8 = $600. So Bobby pays 600 * .8 = $480. So that means Bobby pays 480 + 250 = $730. The answer is 730.