Answer this question:A supermarket has pints of strawberries on sale. They sold 54 pints and made $216, which was $108 less than they would have made selling the same number of pints without the sale. How many more dollars does a pint of strawberries cost when not on sale?
On sale, a pint of strawberries costs 216 / 54 = $4. The supermarket would have made 216 + 108 = $324 if the strawberries were not on sale. Thus, a pint of strawberries not on sale costs 324 / 54 = $6. Hence, a pint of strawberries costs 6 - 4 = $2 more when not on sale.
The answer is 2.

Answer this question:John buys a lightsaber toy. It is twice as expensive as all his other Star Wars toys combined. If his other Star Wars toys cost $1000, how much money has he spent in all after buying the lightsaber?
The lightsaber cost 1000 * 2 = $2000. So he has spent 2000 + 1000 = $3000.
The answer is 3000.

Answer this question:A school bought pencils and pens. A pencil costs $2.50, while a pen costs $3.50. How much do 38 pencils and 56 pens cost?
The 38 pencils cost $2.5 x 38 = $95. The 56 pens cost $3.5 x 56 = $196. The total cost of 36 pencils and 56 pens is $95 + $196 = $291.
The answer is 291.

Answer this question:James wants to learn to become a chess grandmaster. It takes 2 hours to learn the rules. It then takes him 49 times that long to get a level of proficiency to start playing in local tournaments. After that, he devotes his life to chess and spends 100 times as much as the combined time to get proficient to becoming a master. How much total time did he spend?
It takes him 2 * 49 = 98 hours to go from knowing how to play to proficient. So he spends 98 + 2 = 100 hours combined on those. So it takes him 100 * 100 = 10,000 hours to become a master from proficient. So the total time was 100 + 10000 = 10,100 hours.
The answer is 10100.