Question: At Penny’s bakery, her famous blueberry cheesecakes are $7 a slice. Each cheesecake pie is cut into 6 thick slices. If she sells 7 cheesecake pies, how much money does she make?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: There are a total of 7 x 6 = 42 cheesecake slices. She makes a total of 42 x $7 = $294.
So the answer is 294.


Question: Last week, the price of a movie ticket was $100. This year the price is down by 20%. What's the new price of the movie ticket?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: The price of the book is down by: 100 * 0.2 = $20. So the new price of the movie ticket is: 100 - 20 = $80.
So the answer is 80.


Question: Camden went swimming 16 times in March and Susannah went 24 times. If the number of times they went throughout the month was divided equally among 4 weeks, how many more times a week did Susannah swim than Camden?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
Camden went swimming 16 / 4 = 4 times a week. Susannah went swimming 24 / 4 = 6 times a week. Susannah went 6 - 4 = 2 more times a week than Camden.
So the answer is 2.