Question: Mark gets a new phone plan that is 30% more expensive than his old plan. If his old plan was $150 a month how much does his new plan cost?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: His new plan is 150 * .3 = $45 more expensive than his old plan. So his new plan is 150 + 45 = $195.
So the answer is 195.


Question: Lisa has decided to replace her old cutlery. As she is going through the cupboards, she sees the spoons from when each of her 4 children were babies as well as 2 decorative spoons she created. She doesn't want to get rid of any of these so she adds them to her new set of cutlery. The new set of cutlery has 10 large spoons and 15 teaspoons. If the children each had 3 spoons when they were babies, how many spoons does Lisa now have?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: From the baby spoons, Lisa holds 4 children * 3 spoons each = 12 baby spoons. Adding this to the decorative spoons means Lisa has 12 baby spoons + 2 decorative spoons = 14 old spoons. In the new set of cutlery, there is a total of 10 large spoons + 15 teaspoons = 25 new spoons. So in total, Lisa has 14 old spoons + 25 new spoons = 39 spoons.
So the answer is 39.


Question: John decides to get a new phone number and it ends up being a recycled number. He used to get 20 text messages a day. Now he is getting 55. Assuming the number of texts his friends send has not changed, how many text messages per week is he getting that are not intended for him?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
He is getting an extra 55 - 20 = 35 text messages per day. So he is getting an extra 35 * 7 = 245 text messages per week.
So the answer is 245.