Question: If Pam is currently twice as young as Rena is, and in 10 years Rena will be 5 years older than her, how old is Pam now?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: If Rena will be 5 years older than Pam in 10 years, this means they have a 5 year age gap. Therefore, to be twice Pam's age, Rena would have to be 5 * 2 = 10 years old. This means that Pam is currently 10 - 5 = 5 years old.
So the answer is 5.


Question: A wildlife team is monitoring the number of birds in a park. There are 3 blackbirds in each of the park’s 7 trees. There are also 13 magpies roaming around the park. How many birds are in the park in total?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: In the trees, there are 7 trees * 3 blackbirds per tree = 21 blackbirds. In addition to the magpies, there is a total of 21 blackbirds + 13 magpies = 34 birds in the park.
So the answer is 34.


Question: Miranda is stuffing feather pillows. She needs two pounds of feathers for each pillow. A pound of goose feathers is approximately 300 feathers. Her goose has approximately 3600 feathers. How many pillows can she stuff after she plucks the goose?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
Miranda will have 3600 / 300 = 12 pounds of feathers from her goose. Thus, Miranda can stuff about 12 / 2 = 6 feather pillows after she plucks the goose.
So the answer is 6.