Question: On Monday, a restaurant sells forty dinners. On Tuesday, it sells 40 more dinners than it did Monday. On Wednesday, it sells half the amount of dinners it sold on Tuesday. On Thursday they changed their recipe, and then sold 3 more dinners than they did on Wednesday. How many dinners were sold in those 4 days?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: On Tuesday the restaurant sells 40 + 40 = 80 dinners. On Wednesday the restaurant sells 80 / 2 = 40 dinners. On Thursday the restaurant sells 40 + 3 = 43 dinners. In those 4 days, the restaurant sells a total of 40 + 80 + 40 + 43 = 203 dinners.
So the answer is 203.

Question: A wood stove burns 4 bundles of wood in the morning, then some more in the afternoon. If there were 10 bundles of wood at the start of the day and 3 bundles of wood at the end of the day, how many bundles of wood were burned in the afternoon?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Working out the difference between the amount of wood available at the start and the end of the day shows that 10 bundles – 3 bundles = 7 bundles of wood have been burned throughout the day. Subtracting the wood burned in the morning from this shows that 7 bundles – 4 bundles = 3 bundles of wood were burned in the afternoon.
So the answer is 3.

Question: There are 8 men at a yoga studio with an average weight of 190 pounds and 6 women with an average weight of 120 pounds. What is the average weight of all 14 men and women?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The total weight for the 8 men is 8 men * 190 pounds per man = 1520 pounds. The total weight for the 6 women is 6 women * 120 pounds per woman = 720 pounds. The total weight for 14 men and women is 1520 pounds + 720 pounds = 2240 pounds. The average weight per person is 2240 pounds / 14 men and women = 160 pounds.
So the answer is 160.

Question: Cupcakes are sold in packages of 10 and 15. Jean bought 4 packs of 15 cupcakes. If she will give one cupcake each to 100 children in the orphanage, how many packs of 10 cupcakes should she need to buy?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Jean already bought 15 cupcakes x 4 packs = 60 cupcakes. She needs 100 - 60 = 40 more cupcakes. Thus, she needs to buy 40 / 10 = 4 packs of 10 cupcakes.
So the answer is 4.