Question: The marching band has 110 members. There are 4 times as many percussion players as there are woodwind, and twice as many woodwinds as brass. How many brass players are there?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Let x represent the number of brass players in the band. Woodwind:2x. Percussion:4(2x) = 8x. Total:x + 2x + 8x = 110. 11x = 110. x = 10.
So the answer is 10.

Question: Wade has a hot dog food truck. He makes $2.00 in tips per customer. On Friday he served 28 customers. He served three times that amount of customers on Saturday. On Sunday, he served 36 customers. How many dollars did he make in tips between the 3 days?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: On Saturday, he served 3 times the amount of customers that he served on Friday, which was 28 customers so he served 3 * 28 = 84 customers. He served 28 customers on Friday, 84 on Saturday and 36 customers on Sunday for a total of 28 + 84 + 36 = 148 customers. Each customer tipped him $2.00 and he had 148 customers so he made 2 * 148 = $296.00.
So the answer is 296.

Question: Malcolm brushes his teeth for 2 minutes after breakfast, lunch and dinner. After 30 days, how many hours does he spend brushing his teeth?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: He brushes his teeth 3 times a day, after breakfast, lunch and dinner. He brushes for 2 minutes so that’s 3 * 2 = 6 minutes per day. He brushes 6 minutes per day so after 30 days he has brushed 6 * 30 = 180 minutes. There are 60 minutes in 1 hour and he brushes for 180 minutes so that’s 180 / 60 = 3 hours.
So the answer is 3.

Question: A town is holding a fireworks display for New Year’s Eve. They light enough fireworks to show the full year then light enough fireworks to write “HAPPY NEW YEAR” in the sky. They then light another 50 boxes of fireworks as part of the display. Each box of fireworks contains 8 fireworks. If it takes 6 fireworks to display a number and 5 fireworks to display a letter, how many fireworks are lit during the display?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Writing out the full year uses 4 numbers so this takes 4 numbers * 6 fireworks per number = 24 fireworks. “HAPPY NEW YEAR” contains 12 letters so this takes 12 letters * 5 fireworks per letter = 60 fireworks. There is therefore a total of 24 + 60 = 84 fireworks lit at the start of the display. From the boxes, they lit another 50 boxes * 8 fireworks per box = 400 fireworks. So in total, the whole display uses 84 + 400 = 484 fireworks.
So the answer is 484.