Answer the following question.
Jane purchased 15 ice cream cones and 5 cups of pudding. Each ice cream cone cost $5 and each cup of pudding cost $2. How much more did Jane spend on ice cream than on pudding, in dollars?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The cost of 15 cones of ice cream was 15 × $5 = $75. The cost of the 5 cups of pudding was 5 × $2 = $10. Jane spent $75 - $10 = $65 more on ice cream than on pudding.
The answer is 65.

Answer the following question.
James was doing some shopping in his favorite shop and he saw an offer on shoes that give him a second pair of shoes for half off the original price. He took the offer and took the first pair of shoes for $40 and the second one for $60. At the cashier, the lady told him that the offer applies strictly to the cheaper pair of shoes, and also that he was selected for an extra discount of a fourth off the total amount. How much money did James end up paying for both pairs of shoes?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The price of the cheaper pair after the discount was $40 / 2 = $20. The total price of both pairs of shoes $20 + $60 = $80. The final discount was $80 / 4 = $20. The price he ends up paying was $80 - $20 = $60.
The answer is 60.

Answer the following question.
Barbara went shopping in a supermarket. She bought 5 packs of tuna for $2 each and 4 bottles of water for $1.5 each. In total, she paid $56 for her shopping. How much did Barbara spend on different than the mentioned goods?
Step-by-step reasoning process: For the tuna Barbara needed to pay 5 * 2 = $10. For the four bottles of water, she needed to pay 4 * 1.5 = $6. On different goods Barbara spend 56 - 10 - 6 = $40.
The answer is 40.

Answer the following question.
Carson needs to mow the lawn and plant some flowers. Carson has to mow 40 lines to cover the whole yard, and it takes him 2 minutes to mow one line. He also needs to plant 8 rows of flowers, each with 7 flowers, and it takes him half a minute to plant each flower. How many minutes will Carson spend gardening?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the total time Carson spends mowing: 40 lines * 2 minutes / line = 80 minutes. Then find the total number of flowers Carson plants: 8 rows * 7 flowers / row = 56 flowers. Then multiply that number by the time taken to plant each flower to find the total time spent planting flowers: .5 minutes / flower * 56 flowers = 28 minutes. Finally, add that time to the time spent mowing to find the total time spent gardening: 28 minutes + 80 minutes = 108 minutes.
The answer is 108.