[Question]A deep-sea monster rises from the waters once every hundred years to feast on a ship and sate its hunger. Over three hundred years, it has consumed 847 people. Ships have been built larger over time, so each new ship has twice as many people as the last ship. How many people were on the ship the monster ate in the first hundred years?
[Answer]Let S be the number of people on the first hundred years’ ship. The second hundred years’ ship had twice as many as the first, so it had 2S people. The third hundred years’ ship had twice as many as the second, so it had 2 * 2S = 4S people. All the ships had S + 2S + 4S = 7S = 847 people. Thus, the ship that the monster ate in the first hundred years had S = 847 / 7 = 121 people on it. The answer is 121.
Q: Jack goes hunting 6 times a month. The hunting season lasts for 1 quarter of the year. He catches 2 deers each time he goes hunting and they weigh 600 pounds each. He keeps half the weight of deer a year. How much deer does he keep in pounds?
A: The hunting season last 12 / 4 = 3 months. So he goes hunting 3 * 6 = 18 times a year. That means he gets 18 * 2 = 36 deers per year. So he catches 36 * 600 = 21,600 pounds of deer a year. That means he keeps 21600 / 2 = 10,800 pounds of deer a year. The answer is 10800.
Question: Sedrach has 13 apple pies. If every apple pie can be quickly divided into halves and every half an apple pie can be split into 5 bite-size samples, how many people can taste Sedrach's apple pie if he divides them all into bite-size samples?
Answer: Every apple pie has 5 x 2 = 10 bite sizes. 13 x 10 = 130 people can taste Sedrach's apple pies. The answer is 130.
[Question]John raises butterflies. He has 4 jars of 10 caterpillars each. 40% of them fail to become butterflies, but the rest become caterpillars.  He sells the butterflies for $3 each. How much money does he make?
[Answer]He has 4 * 10 = 40 caterpillars. 40 * .4 = 16 fail to form. That means he has 40 - 16 = 24 butterflies. So he makes 24 * 3 = $72. The answer is 72.
Q: Sami finds 3 spiders in the playground. Hunter sees 12 ants climbing the wall. Ming discovers 8 ladybugs in the sandbox, and watches 2 of them fly away. How many insects are remaining in the playground?
A: The children find 3 + 12 + 8 = 23 insects. After the ladybugs fly away, there are 23 - 2 = 21 insects. The answer is 21.
Question: Jeff has a shelter where he currently takes care of 20 cats. On Monday he found 2 kittens in a box and took them to the shelter. On Tuesday he found 1 more cat with a leg injury. On Wednesday 3 people adopted 2 cats each. How many cats does Jeff currently have in his shelter?
Answer:
Counting the cats he had, the kittens he found, and the injured cat, Jeff had a total of 20 + 2 + 1 = 23 cats. 3 people took a total of 3 * 2 = 6 cats. After Wednesday, Jeff was left with 23 - 6 = 17 cats. The answer is 17.