James wants to learn to become a chess grandmaster. It takes 2 hours to learn the rules. It then takes him 49 times that long to get a level of proficiency to start playing in local tournaments. After that, he devotes his life to chess and spends 100 times as much as the combined time to get proficient to becoming a master. How much total time did he spend?
Let's think: It takes him 2 * 49 = 98 hours to go from knowing how to play to proficient. So he spends 98 + 2 = 100 hours combined on those. So it takes him 100 * 100 = 10,000 hours to become a master from proficient. So the total time was 100 + 10000 = 10,100 hours.. The answer is: 10100.

Ashley and her family went to the movies on Saturday. Children’s tickets cost $4.25 and adult tickets cost $3.25 more. They were given a $2 discount for buying more than 3 tickets. How much did they spend if they bought two adult tickets and four children’s tickets?
Let's think: The adult tickets cost $4.25 + $3.25 = $7.50. So two adult tickets cost $7.50 x 2 = $15. Four children's tickets cost $4.25 x 4 = $17. So the total cost of all the tickets amounted to $15 + $17 = $32. The family had a discount, so they paid a total of $32 - $2 = $30.. The answer is: 30.

James buys 5 packs of sodas that are 12 sodas each. He had 10 sodas already. He finishes all the sodas in 1 week. How many sodas does he drink a day?
Let's think: He bought 5 * 12 = 60 sodas. So he had 60 + 10 = 70 sodas. So he drank 70 / 7 = 10 sodas per day.. The answer is: 10.

On his calculator, August had solved a math problem with an answer of 600. The following math problem had an answer twice as big as the answer of the first math problem, and the third math problem had an answer 400 less than the combined total answers of the first and the second math problems. What's the total of August's answers from solving the three math problems on his calculator?
Let's think:
August solved a math problem that had an answer twice as big as the answer of the first math problem, meaning the next answer was 600 * 2 = 1200. The first math problem and the second math problem has answers totaling 1200 + 600 = 1800. The third math problem had an answer 400 less than the combined total answers of the first and the second math problems, meaning the third answer was 1800 - 400 = 1400. Altogether, the math problems that August solved on his computer had answers totaling 1800 + 1400 = 3200.. The answer is: 3200.