Question: There are 3414 yellow balloons and there are 1762 more black balloons than yellow balloons. If the balloons will be evenly divided among 10 schools, how many balloons will one school receive?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Black balloons: 3414 + 1762 = 5176. Total balloons: 3414 + 5176 = 8590. 8590 / 10 = 859. Each school will receive 859 balloons.
So the answer is 859.


Question: John injures his shoulder while lifting weights. After the injury, his bench press goes down 80%. After a bit of training, he manages to triple the weight he can bench. If he started with a 500-pound bench press, what is it now?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: He lost 500 * .8 = 400 pounds from his bench. So his bench went to 500 - 400 = 100 pounds. After training it increased to 100 * 3 = 300 pounds.
So the answer is 300.


Question: After eating half of the number of fruits he had, Martin remained with twice as many oranges as limes. If he has 50 oranges now, how many fruits did he initially have?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
Since the number of oranges that Martin has now is twice the number of limes, there are 50 / 2 = 25 limes. The number of fruits she has now is 50 oranges + 25 limes = 75. If she had eaten half of the number of fruits that she had, initially Martin had 2 * 75 = 150 fruits.
So the answer is 150.