Answer this question:A pack of dogs found a pile of bones in the dumpster behind the butcher shop. One by one, the dogs crawled into the dumpster, grabbed a mouthful of bones, and ran off with their newfound treasure. In all, there were 5 dogs. The first dog carried off 3 bones. The second dog carried off 1 less bone than the first dog. The third dog carried off twice as many as the second dog. The fourth dog carried off one bone, and the fifth dog carried off twice the number of bones as the fourth dog carried, leaving no remaining bones in the dumpster. How many bones were in the original pile of bones?
The second dog carried off 1 less bone than the first dog, or 3 - 1 = 2 bones. The third dog carried off twice as many bones as the third dog, or 2 * 2 = 4 bones. The fifth dog carried off twice the number of bones as the fourth dog carried, or 2 * 1 = 2 bones. Therefore, the original pile of bones contained 3 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 12 bones.
The answer is 12.

Answer this question:Cheryl got angry with her sister and decided to run away from home. She walked 2 miles every hour for 3 hours. Then she got homesick and walked back home. How many miles did Cheryl walk in total?
Cheryl walked 2 miles x 3 hours = 6 miles. Once Cheryl was 6 miles away, she walked back home, another 6 miles, so she walked 6 + 6 = 12 miles.
The answer is 12.

Answer this question:The tripodasaurus has three legs. In a flock of tripodasauruses, there is a total of 20 heads and legs. How many tripodasauruses are in the flock?
Each animal has 1 + 3 = 4 total heads and legs. Then there are 20 / 4 = 5 in the flock.
The answer is 5.

Answer this question:A taco truck buys 100 pounds of beef. They use .25 pounds of beef per taco. If they sell each taco for $2 and each taco takes $1.5 to make how much profit did they make if they used all the beef?
They made 100 / .25 = 400 tacos. Each taco gives a profit of 2 - 1.5 = $.5. So they made a profit of 400 * .5 = $200.
The answer is 200.