Answer the following question.
A busy port has 4 cruise ships and twice as many cargo ships. The number of sailboats is 6 more than the cargo ships and seven times more than fishing boats. How many vessels are there on the water?
Step-by-step reasoning process: There are 4 x 2 = 8 cargo ships. There are 8 + 6 = 14 sailboats. There are 14 / 7 = 2 fishing boats. There are 4 + 8 + 14 + 2 = 28 vessels on the water.
The answer is 28.

Answer the following question.
Holly wants to plant a wall of privacy trees along her fence line. Her fence is 25 yards long. At maturity, the trees she wants to plant will measure 1.5 feet wide. Right now, these trees are on sale for $8.00 apiece. How much will it cost her to plant a row of the trees to run the length of her fence?
Step-by-step reasoning process: 3 feet are in 1 yard and her fence is 25 yards long so her fence is 3 * 25 = 75 feet long. At maturity these trees will measure 1.5 feet and she needs them to run along her 75 - foot fence so she needs 75 / 1.5 = 50 trees. The trees cost $8.00 apiece and she needs 50 so 8 * 50 = $400.00 worth of trees.
The answer is 400.

Answer the following question.
A small pizza can gives 4 slices, and a large pizza gives 8 slices. George purchased 3 small and 2 large pizzas. George would like to eat 3 pieces. His friend Bob would like to eat one more piece than George. Susie will eat half as many as Bob. Bill, Fred and Mark would each like 3 pieces. How many slices of pizza will be left over?
Step-by-step reasoning process: George has 3 small pizzas * 4 slices = 12 pieces. George also has 2 large pizzas * 8 slices = 16 slices. Total, George has 12 + 16 slices = 28 slices of pizza. Bob will eat 3 slices + 1 = 4 slices. Susie will eat 1 / 2 * 4 slices = 2 slices. Bob, Fred and Mark will eat in total 3 + 3 + 3 = 9 pieces. Total slices of pizza eaten will be 3 + 4 + 2 + 9 = 18 pieces. Total pizza slices remaining will be 28 pieces - 18 = 10 slices left.
The answer is 10.

Answer the following question.
Rodney, Roger and Ron can lift a combined weight of 239 pounds. Rodney can lift twice as much as Roger, and Roger can lift 7 pounds less than 4 times the amount that Ron can lift. How much can Rodney lift?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Let x represent the amount that Ron can lift. Roger: 4x - 7. Rodney:2(4x - 7) = 8x - 14. Total:x + 4x - 7 + 8x - 14 = 239. 13x - 21 = 239. 13x = 260. x = 20. Rodney:8(20) - 14 = 146 pounds.
The answer is 146.