Question: Nathaniel has 11 tickets to a basketball game. He gives away 2 tickets each to his best friends, until he only has 3 tickets left. How many best friends does Nathaniel have?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Nathaniel gave away 11 - 3 = 8 tickets to his best friends. Nathaniel has 8 / 2 = 4 best friends.
So the answer is 4.


Question: Jake has 3 snakes. Each of them lays 2 eggs. Most of the baby snakes sell for $250 but one super rare one costs 4 times as much. How much did he get from selling the snakes?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: He has 3 * 2 = 6 baby snakes. So 6 - 1 = 5 sell for $250 each. So those snakes sell for 5 * $250 = $1250. The other snake sells for $250 * 4 = $1000. So in total, the snakes sold for $1250 + $1000 = $2250.
So the answer is 2250.


Question: Ricky has 40 roses. His little sister steals 4 roses. If he wants to give away the rest of the roses in equal portions to 9 different people, how many roses will each person get?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
After Ricky’s little sister takes 4 roses, Ricky has 40 - 4 = 36 roses. Ricky can give each person 36 / 9 = 4 roses.
So the answer is 4.