Question: Bethany loved riding horses. She rode 1 hour after school every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday, she rode for 30 min and on Saturdays, she could ride for 2 hours. How many hours in total did she ride over a 2 week period?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: She rode 1 hour every Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week so every week she rode 1 * 3 = 3 hours. She rode 30 min on Tuesday and Thursday each week for a total of 30 * 2 = 60 min or 1 hour. On Mon, Wed & Friday she rode 3 hours, 1 hour total on Tue and Thur and 2 hours on Sat for a total of 3 + 1 + 2 = 6 hours. She rode 6 hours per week for 2 weeks so in total she rode 6 * 2 = 12 hours.
So the answer is 12.

Question: Lassie eats half of her bones on Saturday. On Sunday she received 10 more bones. She now has a total of 35 bones. How many bones did she start with before eating them on Saturday?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: 35 bones at the end - 10 received = 25 on Sunday. Lassie ate half, so multiply by two to find the number of bones at the beginning which is 25 * 2 = 50 bones.
So the answer is 50.

Question: At a birthday party, 30% of the guests are married, 50% are single, and the rest are children. If there are 1000 guests, how many more married people are there than children?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: There are 1000 x 30 / 100 = 300 people who are married. There are 1000 x 50 / 100 = 500 people who are single. So, there are a total of 300 + 500 = 800 that are either married or single. This means, 1000 - 800 = 200 are children. Therefore, there are 300 - 200 = 100 more married people than children.
So the answer is 100.

Question: The United States flag has 50 stars, one for every state in the union, and 13 stripes, which represent the original 13 colonies. Pete, inspired by history, decided to make his own flag. He used circles, to represent how many scoops of ice cream he can consume in one sitting, and squares, to represent the number of brownies he has hidden beneath his bed. For circles, he used 3 less than half the number of stars on the US flag, and for squares, he used six more than twice the number of stripes on the US flag. What is the combined total number of circles and squares on Pete's flag?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Half the number of stars on the US flag is 50 / 2 = 25. Three less than half the number of stars on the US flag is 25 - 3 = 22 circles. Twice the number of stripes on the US flag is 13 * 2 = 26. Six more than twice the number of stripes on the US flag is 26 + 6 = 32 squares. In total, Pete's flag has 22 + 32 = 54 circles and squares.
So the answer is 54.