[Question]A bird watcher records the number of birds he sees each day. One Monday he sees 70 birds. On Tuesday he sees half as many birds as he did on Monday. On Wednesday he sees 8 more birds than he did on Tuesday. How many total birds did the bird watcher see from Monday to Wednesday?
[Answer]Monday:70. Tuesday:70 / 2 = 35. Wednesday:35 + 8 = 43. Total:70 + 35 + 43 = 148 birds. The answer is 148.

[Question]John builds a box. The box is 26 inches by 26 inches by 14 inches. The walls are 1 inch thick on each side. How much is the internal volume in cubic feet?
[Answer]The walls take away 2 * 1 = 2 inches from each dimension. So the longer sides are 26 - 2 = 24 inches. That is 24 / 12 = 2 feet. The smaller dimension is 14 - 2 = 12 inches. That is 12 / 12 = 1 foot. So the internal volume is 2 * 2 * 1 = 4 cubic feet. The answer is 4.

[Question]Gus eats 2 eggs-omelet for breakfast. He has an egg salad sandwich made with 3 eggs for lunch. He then has an egg drop soup made with 1 egg for dinner. How many eggs did Gus eat altogether?
[Answer]Gus eats 2 + 3 = 5 eggs for breakfast and lunch. Including dinner, he eats a total of 5 + 1 = 6 eggs. The answer is 6.

[Question]Tracy has been collecting novels from her friends to donate to the Children For The Future charity organization. In the first week she collects a certain number of books. In the next five weeks, she collects ten times as many books as she did in the first week. How many books did she collect in the first week if she has 99 books now?
[Answer]
Let's say the number of books she had in the first week is x. After six weeks, Tracy has x + x * 10 = 99 books. Combining like terms, we get 11x = 99. Dividing both sides by 11, we find that the number of books Tracy had in the first week is x = 9. The answer is 9.