Answer the following question.
A craft store makes a third of its sales in the fabric section, a quarter of its sales in the jewelry section, and the rest in the stationery section. They made 36 sales today. How many sales were in the stationery section?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The craft store made 36 / 3 = 12 sales in the fabric section. It made 36 / 4 = 9 sales in the jewelry section. Thus, there were 36 - 12 - 9 = 15 sales in the stationery section.
The answer is 15.

Answer the following question.
Cadence has worked for her new company five months longer than she worked for her old company. If she worked at her old company for 3 years earning $5000 per month, and she's now earning 20% more in the new company, calculate the total amount of money she's earned in both companies in the period she's worked for them?
Step-by-step reasoning process: In her old company, if she worked for three years, the total number of months she was paid for is 3 years * 12, which is the number of months in a year = 36 months. If each month she was paid $5000, her total earnings in the old company were $5000 * 36 = $180000. In her new company, she is paid 20% more, which is 20 / 100 * $5000 = $1000 per month more than what she was paid at the old company. In total, she earns $5000 + $1000 = $6000 per month in her new company. Since she's worked five months more in the new company than the old company, she has worked for 36 + 5 = 41 months in the new company. The total amount she's earned in the new company is $6000 * 41 = $246000. The combined total for both companies is $246000 + $180000 = $426000.
The answer is 426000.

Answer the following question.
3 lions and 2 rhinos escape from the zoo. If it takes 2 hours to recover each animal how long did the zoo spend recovering animals?
Step-by-step reasoning process: They had to recover 3 + 2 = 5 animals. So it took 5 * 2 = 10 hours to recover everyone.
The answer is 10.

Answer the following question.
Victoria was given a $50 bill by her mother to buy her friends snacks for their group meeting. She bought 2 boxes of pizza that costs $12 each and 2 packs of juice drinks that cost $2 each. How much money should Victoria return to her mother?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Two boxes of pizza amount to $12 x 2 = $24. Two packs of juice amount to $2 x 2 = $4. Victoria paid a total of $24 + $4 = $28. Hence, she should return the $50 - $28 = $22 to her mother.
The answer is 22.