Answer the following question.
Pauline will make tacos for dinner. She bought a box of taco shells that cost $5, 4 bell peppers that cost $1.5 each, and 2 pounds of meat that cost $3 per pound. How much did she spend in all?
Step-by-step reasoning process: She spent 4 x $1.5 = $6 for the four bell peppers. She spent 2 x $3 = $6 for the 2 pounds of meat. So, Pauline spent $5 + $6 + $6 = $17 in all.
The answer is 17.

Answer the following question.
Zig wrote four times as many books as Flo. If Zig wrote 60 books, how many books did they write altogether?
Step-by-step reasoning process: If Zig wrote 60 books, four times as many books as Flo, Flo wrote 60 / 4 = 15 books. Together, they wrote 60 + 15 = 75 books.
The answer is 75.

Answer the following question.
Samuel bought 2 dozen doughnuts and Cathy bought 3 dozen doughnuts. They planned to share the doughnuts evenly with their 8 other friends. How many doughnuts will each of them receive?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Since 1 dozen is equal to 12, then Samuel has 2 x 12 = 24 doughnuts. While Cathy has 3 x 12 = 36. They both have 24 + 36 = 60 doughnuts together. There are 8 friends + 1 (Samuel) + 1 (Cathy) = 10 that will share the doughnuts. Thus, each of them will get 60 / 10 = 6 doughnuts.
The answer is 6.

Answer the following question.
Alexander is going food shopping. If he buys 5 apples for $1 each and 2 oranges for $2 each, how much does he spend?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Alexander spends 5 * $1 = $5 on apples. He spends 2 * $2 = $4 on oranges. In total, he spends $5 + $4 = $9.
The answer is 9.