Question: Brad's car broke down on an isolated road. At the time, Brad was traveling with Jim and Marcus. So, the three decided to push the car back into town, which was 10 miles away. For the first three miles, Brad steered as Jim and Marcus pushed at a speed of 6 miles per hour. Then, for the next 3 miles, Jim steered, as Brad and Marcus pushed at a speed of 3 miles per hour. For the last four miles, Marcus steered as Brad and Jim pushed at a speed of 8 miles per hour. How long did it take, in hours, to push the car back to town?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Three miles at 6 miles per hour is 3 / 6 = 1 / 2 hours. Then, 3 miles at 3 miles per hour is 3 / 3 = 1 hour. The last 4 miles at 8 miles per hour is 4 / 8 = 1 / 2 hour. In total, it took them 1 / 2 + 1 + 1 / 2 = 2 hours to push the car back to town.
So the answer is 2.


Question: There's a Bobbit worm hiding in the bottom of James' aquarium. Every day it eats 2 fish. After two weeks, James adds 8 more fish to the aquarium. A week later, he discovers the Bobbit worm. If the aquarium had 60 fish to start with, how many does it have when James discovers the Bobbit worm?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: First find the total number of weeks the Bobbit worm preys on the fish: 2 weeks + 1 week = 3 weeks. Then multiply that number by the number of days per week: 3 weeks * 7 days / week = 21 days. Then multiply that number by the number of fish the worm eats per day to find how many fish it eats total: 21 days * 2 fish / day = 42 fish. Then add the number of fish James adds to the starting number of fish to find the ending number of fish: 60 fish + 8 fish = 68 fish. Then subtract the number of eaten fish to find the number of surviving fish: 68 fish - 42 fish = 26 fish.
So the answer is 26.


Question: Remy sold 55 bottles of soda in the morning. Nick sold six fewer bottles of soda than Remy. The price per bottle is $.50. If their total evening sales are $55, how much more did they earn in the evening than in the morning?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
Nick sold 55 - 6 = 49 bottles of soda in the morning. They sold 55 + 49 = 104 bottles of soda altogether. They earned a total of 104 x $.50 = $52 in the morning. So, they earned $55 - $52 = $3 more in the evening than in the morning.
So the answer is 3.