Question: Benny is baking pies for a bake sale. He plans to make ten pumpkin pies, which cost $3 each to make, and twelve cherry pies, which cost $5 each to make. If he wants to make a profit of $20 selling all the pies, how much does he have to charge for each pie if both kinds sell at the same price?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Benny will spend 3 * 10 = $30 to make the pumpkin pies. He will spend 5 * 12 = $60 to make the cherry pies. He wants to make a profit of $20, so he has to earn 30 + 60 + 20 = $110 selling all the pies. He is making 22 pies, so he needs to charge 110 / 22 = $5 per pie.
So the answer is 5.


Question: In Mariam's neighborhood, there are 40 houses on one side of the main road passing through the neighborhood and three times as many homes on the other side of the road. How many homes are in Mariam's neighborhood?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: If the number of homes on one side of the main road is three times the number on the other side, there are 3 * 40 = 120 homes. In total, there are 40 + 120 = 160 homes in Mariam's neighborhood.
So the answer is 160.


Question: Every day, Bob logs 10 hours of work in his office. If he works for five days a week, calculate the total number of hours he logs in a month.
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
In a week, working 10 hours a day, Bob logs 10 * 5 = 50 hours. After a month with 4 weeks, Bob logs 4 * 50 = 200 hours for his office working hours.
So the answer is 200.