Question: Lori owns 15 times as many beanie babies as Sydney. If Lori has 300 beanie babies, how many beanie babies do they have in total?
Answer: If Lori has 15 times as many beanie babies as Sydney, Sydney has 300 / 15 = 20 beanie babies. Together, they have 20 + 300 = 320 beanie babies. The answer is 320.

Question: Michael’s largest watermelon weighs 8 pounds. His neighbor, Clay, grew a watermelon three times that size. And their mutual friend, John, grew a watermelon that was half the size of Clay’s. How big was John’s watermelon?
Answer: Michael’s watermelon weighs 8 pounds and Clay’s weighs 3 times that so it weighs 8 * 3 = 24 pounds. John’s watermelon is half the size of Clay’s 24 - pound watermelon so it weighs 24 / 2 = 12 pounds. The answer is 12.

Question: Archie holds the school record for most touchdown passes with 89 in a season of 16 games. Richard is close to breaking the record, having averaged 6 touchdowns a game in the first 14 games. How many touchdowns per game must he average in the final two games to beat Archie's record?
Answer: Richard has scored 84 touchdowns because 14 x 6 = 84. To beat the record he must score 90 touchdowns because 89 + 1 = 90. He needs 6 more touchdowns to beat the record because 90 - 84 = 6. He has two games left because 16 - 14 = 2. He needs to average 3 touchdowns a game to beat the record because 6 / 2 = 3. The answer is 3.

Question: A tank with a capacity of 8000 gallons is 3/4 full. Daxton empty's the tank by 40% of the total volume of water in the tank to water his vegetable farm. He then fills the tank with 30% of the volume of water remaining in the tank. Calculate the final volume of water in the tank.
Answer:
The volume of water that is in the tank initially is 3 / 4 * 8000 = 6000 gallons. When Daxton empties 40% of the water, he pumps out 40 / 100 * 6000 = 2400 gallons of water. The total volume of water remaining in the tank is 6000 - 2400 = 3600 gallons. Daxton then fills the tank with 30 / 100 * 3600 = 1080 gallons of water. The final volume of water in the tank is 3600 + 1080 = 4680 gallons. The answer is 4680.