Question: Geordie takes a toll road on his drive to work and back every day of his five-day workweek. The toll is $12.50 per car or $7 per motorcycle. Both his car and his motorcycle get 35 miles per gallon of gas and the commute to work is 14 miles. Gas costs him $3.75 per gallon. Geordie drives his car to work three times a week and his motorcycle to work twice a week. How many dollars does he spend driving to work and back on the same route in a week?
Answer: Geordie pays 12.50 * 3 = $37.50 for car tolls driving to work three times a week. He pays 7 * 2 = $14 for motorcycle tolls driving to work twice a week. He drives 14 * 5 = 70 miles to work each five - day workweek. He uses 70 / 35 = 2 gallons of gas on the drive. He spends 3.75 * 2 = $7.50 on gas each week. Thus, he spends 37.50 + 14 + 7.50 = $59 driving to work. Since he drives to work and back from work, he spends 59 * 2 = $118 a week. The answer is 118.

Question: At the end of a circus act, there are 12 dogs on stage. Half of the dogs are standing on their back legs and the other half are standing on all 4 legs. How many dog paws are on the ground?
Answer: There are 12 dogs and half are standing on their back legs so that means 12 / 2 = 6 are standing on their back legs. A dog has 2 back legs and only 6 are standing on their back legs meaning that there are 2 * 6 = 12 paws on the ground. The other 6 dogs are standing on all 4 legs which means these 6 dogs have 6 * 4 = 24 paws on the ground. When you add them together 12 + 24 = 36 paws on the ground. The answer is 36.

Question: At Palm Meadows, there are 13 hotel rooms. Eight of the rooms have two beds in them and the rest have three beds. How many beds are there in total?
Answer: There are 13 - 8 = 5 rooms with three beds. There are 5 * 3 = 15 beds for those hotel rooms that have three beds in them. There are 8 * 2 = 16 beds for those hotel rooms that have two beds in them. There are 15 + 16 = 31 beds in total. The answer is 31.

Question: A man is returning home from work and trying to decide which route to take. His first route option includes 3 stoplights. This route will take him 10 minutes if all three lights are green, but each light that is red will add 3 minutes to the trip. The second route does not include any stoplights and takes 14 minutes. If the man chooses the first route, how much longer will his trip be if all 3 stoplights are red?
Answer:
If all 3 stoplights are red, the first route will take 10 + 3 * 3 = 19 minutes. Thus, the first route will take 19 - 14 = 5 minutes longer than the second route. The answer is 5.