Answer the following question.
Freddy is calling his family on New Year's Eve. He calls his dad, who lives in the same city as him, and they talk for 45 minutes. Then he calls his brother, who lives on the other side of the world, and they talk for 31 minutes. Local calls cost 5 cents a minute, while international calls cost 25 cents a minute. How many dollars did Freddy spend calling his family on New Year's Eve?
Step-by-step reasoning process: At 5 cents a minute, calling his father cost Freddy 5 * 45 = 225 cents. At 25 cents a minute, calling his brother cost Freddy 25 * 31 = 775 cents. Adding the cost of calling his father and brother, we find that Freddy paid a total of 225 + 775 = 1000 cents. Since each dollar has 100 cents, Freddy paid 1000 / 100 = 10 dollars.
The answer is 10.

Answer the following question.
Mason, Noah and Jacob want to have an eating contest but can't agree on what food to eat. Mason wants hot dogs, Noah insists on burgers, and Jacob thinks they should eat pies. They finally agree that everyone can eat whatever they want and they'll use the weight of the food to determine who wins. A hot dog weighs 2 ounces, a burger weighs 5 ounces, and a pie weighs 10 ounces. Jacob eats three fewer pies than Noah eats burgers. Mason eats 3 times as many hotdogs as the number of pies consumed by Jacob. If Noah ate 8 burgers, what is the total weight of the hotdogs that Mason ate?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Jacob ate 8 – 3 = 5 pies. Noah ate 5 * 3 = 15 hotdogs. The total weight of the hotdogs was 15 * 2 ounces = 30 ounces.
The answer is 30.

Answer the following question.
Last week, a farmer shipped 10 boxes of pomelos which had 240 pomelos in all. This week, the farmer shipped 20 boxes. How many dozens of pomelos did the farmer ship in all?
Step-by-step reasoning process: There were 240 / 10 = 24 pomelos in a box. This means that each box has 24 / 12 = 2 dozens of pomelos since 1 dozen is equal to 12. The farmer shipped a total of 10 + 20 = 30 boxes. Thus, the farmer shipped a total of 30 x 2 = 60 dozens of pomelos.
The answer is 60.

Answer the following question.
Neil charges $5.00 to trim up each boxwood. He charges $15.00 to trim it into a fancy shape. The customer wants the entire 30 boxwood hedge trimmed up. He has also asked for 4 specific boxwoods shaped into spheres. How much will Neil charge?
Step-by-step reasoning process: He has 30 boxwoods to trim and will charge $5.00 each so he will charge 30 * 5 = $150.00. He will shape 4 boxwoods into spheres for $15.00 each so he will charge 4 * 15 = $$60.00. All total he will charge 150 + 60 = $210.00.
The answer is 210.