[Question]Jane is sewing sequins onto her trapeze artist costume. She sews 6 rows of 8 blue sequins each, 5 rows of 12 purple sequins each, and 9 rows of 6 green sequins each. How many sequins does she add total?
[Answer]First find the total number of blue sequins: 6 rows * 8 sequins / row = 48 sequins. Then find the total number of purple sequins: 5 rows * 12 sequins / row = 60 sequins. Then find the total number of green sequins: 9 rows * 6 sequins / row = 54 sequins. Then add the number of each color of sequin to find the total number of sequins: 48 sequins + 60 sequins + 54 sequins = 162 sequins. The answer is 162.

[Question]Jane is painting her fingernails. She applies a base coat that takes 2 minutes to dry, two color coats that take 3 minutes each to dry, and a clear top coat that takes 5 minutes to dry. How many minutes total does Jane spend waiting for her nail polish to dry?
[Answer]First figure out how long both color coats will take to dry: 3 minutes * 2 = 6 minutes. Then add up the time for the base coat, top coat, and color coats: 6 minutes + 2 minutes + 5 minutes = 13 minutes. The answer is 13.

[Question]Jason worked for 9 years as a bartender and 3 years and six months as a manager. How many months of work experience does he have total?
[Answer]First find how many months Jason worked as a bartender: 9 years * 12 months / year = 108 months. Then find how many months Jason worked as a manager: 3 years * 12 months / year + 6 months = 42 months. Then add those two amounts to find his total amount of work experience: 108 months + 42 months = 150 months. The answer is 150.

[Question]3 people run for president. John manages to capture 150 votes. James captures 70% of the remaining vote. If there were 1150 people voting, how many more votes did the third guy get than John?
[Answer]
There were 1150 - 150 = 1000 people who didn't vote for John. That means James got 1000 * .7 = 700 votes. So the other candidate got 1000 - 700 = 300 votes. This means he got 300 - 150 = 150 more votes than John. The answer is 150.