[Question]Milly is making feather boas for her dance team. Each flamingo has 20 tail feathers, and it's only safe to pluck 25% of their tail feathers at one time. If Milly needs to make 12 boas, and each boa has 200 feathers, how many flamingoes does she need to harvest?
[Answer]First find the number of feathers Milly can get from one flamingo: 20 feathers * 25% = 5 feathers. Then find how many feathers she needs total: 12 boas * 200 feathers / boa = 2400 feathers. Then divide the number of feathers she needs by the number of feathers per flamingo to find the number of flamingoes she needs to harvest: 2400 feathers / 5 feathers / flamingo = 480 flamingoes. The answer is 480.

[Question]The dog toys Samantha buys for her dog are "buy one get one half off" and all cost $12.00 each. She buys 4 toys. How much does she spend on dog toys?
[Answer]If she buys 1 toy at $12.00 she gets the 2nd toy 1 / 2 off, the 2nd toy is 12 * .5 = $6.00. 1 full - priced toy is $12.00 and 1 / 2 priced toy is $6.00 so these 2 toys come to 12 + 6 = $18.00. She buys 2 more toys that are "buy one get one 1 / 2 off" so all total she spends 2 * 18 = $36.00. The answer is 36.

[Question]Jules is walking dogs to help pay for his family's vacation. The vacation costs $1,000. There are five members in his family and each one must contribute the same amount towards the vacation cost. He charges $2 to start a walk and $1.25 per block. If he walks 20 dogs, how many blocks in total does he have to walk them?
[Answer]Jules has to earn $200 because 1000 / 5 = 200. He has earned $40 from starting the walks because 20 x 2 = 40. He has to earn $160 from distance, because 200 - 40 = 160. He has to walk 128 blocks because 160 / 1.25 = 128. The answer is 128.

[Question]Austin is a surfer. He took a trip to the beach during surfing season and the highest wave he caught was two feet higher than four times his height. The shortest wave he caught was four feet higher than his height. The shortest wave was three feet higher than his 7-foot surfboard is long. How tall was the highest wave Austin caught?
[Answer]
The shortest wave was 7 + 3 = 10 feet tall. Austin is 10 - 4 = 6 feet tall. Thus, the highest wave Austin caught was 6 * 4 + 2 = 24 + 2 = 26 feet tall. The answer is 26.