Question: Coleen loved sprinkles. At the beginning of the day, she had twelve cans of sprinkles. After applying sprinkles to her hair, her clothing and her pets, she had 3 less than half as many cans of sprinkles as she started out with. How many cans of sprinkles remained?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Half of twelve cans of sprinkles is 12 / 2 = 6 cans. Three less than half as many cans of sprinkles is 6 - 3 = 3 cans of sprinkles.
So the answer is 3.

Question: Roselyn gives Mara three times as many books as she gives Rebecca and remains with 60 books. If Rebecca received 40 books, how many books did Roselyn have before?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: If Roselyn gave Rebecca 40 books, and Mara was given three times as many books, Mara has 3 * 40 = 120 books. Rebecca and Mara's total number of books is 120 + 40 = 160 books. If Roselyn gave Mara and Rebecca her books, which is 160, then she initially had 60 + 160 = 220 books.
So the answer is 220.

Question: Lance has 70 cents, Margaret has three-fourths of a dollar, Guy has two quarters and a dime, and Bill has six dimes. How many cents do they have combined?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Margaret has 100 * 0.75 = $0.75. Guy has $0.25 + $0.25 + $0.10 = $0.60. Bill has 6 * $0.10 = $0.60. Lance, Margaret, Guy and Bill have $0.70 + $0.75 + $0.60 + $0.60 = $2.65. Thus they have $2.65 * 100 = 265 cents.
So the answer is 265.

Question: Wade has called into a rest stop and decides to get food for the road. He buys a sandwich to eat now, one for the road, and one for in the evening. He also buys 2 drinks. If the drinks cost $4 each and Wade spends a total of $26 then how much, in dollars, did the sandwiches each cost?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: The drinks cost a total of $4 per drink * 2 drinks = $8. So the sandwiches cost a total of $26 total spending - $8 spending on drinks = $18. Therefore, each sandwich costs $18 for sandwiches / 3 sandwiches = $6.
So the answer is 6.