Question: Thomas buys a weight vest. It weighed 60 pounds and worked well for him in the beginning but after a bit of training he decides he wants to increase the weight by 60%. The weights come in 2-pound steel ingots. Each ingot cost $5 and if you buy more than 10 you get a 20% discount. How much does it cost to get the weight he needs?
Answer: He needs to buy 60 * .6 = 36 pounds. So he needs to buy 36 / 2 = 18 weight plates. That would cost 18 * 5 = $90. Since he bought more than 10 he gets a discount so he gets 90 * .2 = $18 off. That means he paid 90 - 18 = $72. The answer is 72.

Question: Millie, Monica, and Marius are taking subjects for school. Millie takes three more subjects than Marius, who takes 4 subjects more than Monica. If Monica took 10 subjects, how many subjects all take altogether?
Answer: If Monica took ten subjects, Marius took 10 + 4 = 14 subjects. Marius and Monica have 14 + 10 = 24 subjects which they've taken. Since Millie is taking three more subjects than Marius, she is taking 14 + 3 = 17 subjects. Together, the three have taken 24 + 17 = 41 subjects. The answer is 41.

Question: There are 28 garden gnomes in a yard. Three-fourths of them have red hats, and the rest have blue hats. Half the garden gnomes have big noses instead of small noses. If six gnomes with blue hats have big noses, how many gnomes with red hats have small noses?
Answer: Half the gnomes have big noses, so 28 / 2 = 14 have big noses. Three - quarters of the gnomes have red hats, so 28 * 3 / 4 = 21 gnomes have red hats. There are 6 gnomes with blue hats and big noses, so there are 14 - 6 = 8 with red hats and big noses. Thus, there are 21 - 8 = 13 gnomes with red hats that have small noses. The answer is 13.

Question: James watched 2 episodes of Jeopardy and 2 episodes of Wheel of Fortune. Jeopardy is 20 minutes and Wheel of Fortune is twice as long. How many hours did he watch TV?
Answer:
He watched 2 * 20 = 40 minutes of Jeopardy. Wheel of Fortune is 2 * 20 = 40 minutes each. So he watched it for 40 * 2 = 80 minutes. So he watched 40 + 80 = 120 minutes of TV. That means he watched 120 / 60 = 2 hours of TV. The answer is 2.