[Question]Olga has three stripes on the side of each of her tennis shoes. Rick has one less stripe per shoe than does Olga. But Hortense has double the number of stripes on her tennis shoes as does Olga. In total, what is the combined number of stripes on all of their pairs of tennis shoes?
[Answer]Rick has one less than three stripes, or 3 - 1 = 2 stripes on each tennis shoe. Hortense has double the 3 stripes that Olga has, or a total of 3 * 2 = 6 stripes per shoe. Since each of them has two tennis shoes per pair, then the total number of stripes on all of their shoes is 2 * (3 + 2 + 6) = 22 stripes. The answer is 22.

[Question]Frank is walking through a corn maze. He has already spent 45 minutes inside. He has done 4 other corn mazes and finished those in 50 minutes on average. How much longer can he spend inside if he wants to ensure that his average doesn't go above 60 minutes per maze?
[Answer]He needs to keep his total time at 300 or below because 5 x 60 = 300. His total time spent in the other mazes is 200 because 4 x 50 = 200. His total time spent in the five mazes thus far is 245 because 200 + 45 = 245. He can spend 55 more minutes on this maze before his average go above 60 because 300 - 245 = 55. The answer is 55.

[Question]Lorenzo put three full cans of thumbtacks into his pocket and went off to work at the corkboard factory. It was Lorenzo's job, as head of quality control, to test every cork board for its ability to hold thumbtacks. He placed one thumbtack from each of the three cans of thumbtacks into every board tested. At the end of the day, he had tested 120 boards and had 30 tacks remaining in each of the three cans. What was the total combined number of thumbtacks from the three full cans?
[Answer]At the end of the day, he had tested 120 boards, each with three tacks, for a total of 3 * 120 = 360 tacks. He had 30 tacks remaining in each of the three cans, for an additional 3 * 30 = 90 thumbs tacks. Therefore, the original total combined number of thumbtacks in the three full cans of thumbtacks was 360 + 90 = 450 thumbtacks. The answer is 450.

[Question]Victor, Austin, and Brian made traps to catch shrimp. Victor's trap caught 26 shrimp and Austin's trap caught 8 less than Victor's. Brian's trap caught half of Victor and Austin's total number of shrimp. If the boys then sold their shrimp for $7 for every 11 tails of shrimp and then divided their earnings equally amongst themselves, how much money does each boy make?
[Answer]
Austin's trap caught 26 - 8 = 18 shrimp. Together, Victor and Austin's traps caught 18 + 26 = 44 shrimp. Brian's trap caught 44 / 2 = 22 shrimp. In total, they caught 26 + 18 + 22 = 66 shrimp. They were able to sell 66 / 11 = 6 sets of shrimp. They made a total of 6 x $7 = $42. Each boy made $42 / 3 = $14. The answer is 14.