Question: Megan went to the store and bought a dozen eggs. When she got home, her neighbor gave her another dozen eggs from her chickens. Megan used 2 eggs to make an omelet for dinner and 4 eggs to bake a cake. When Megan's aunt came over for a visit, Megan gave her half of her remaining eggs. How many eggs per meal would Megan have if she plans to divide what she has left equally for her next 3 meals?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Megan has 12 + 12 = 24 eggs. After making her omelet and cake, she was left with 24 - 2 - 4 = 18 eggs. After giving half to her aunt, she was left with 18 / 2 = 9. Megan would have 9 / 3 = 3 eggs per meal for the next three meals.
So the answer is 3.


Question: Frank picked 36 apples. Susan picked 3 times as many apples as Frank. If Susan gave out half of her apples, and Frank sold a third of his, how many in total do they have left?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Susan picked 3 times as much as 36 which is 3 * 36 = 108 apples. She gave out half which is 108 * (1 / 2) = 54 apples. She now has 108 - 54 = 54 apples. Frank sold a third of 36 which is 36 * (1 / 3) = 12 apples. Frank now has 36 - 12 = 24 apples. Altogether they now have 54 + 24 = 78 apples.
So the answer is 78.


Question: The Super Soup franchise had 23 stores in 2018. In 2019, the business opened 5 new stores, but closed the 2 that performed the worst. And in 2020, they opened 10 new stores, closing the 6 worst-performing. How many stores did Super Soup have at the end of 2020?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
The number of stores opened is 5 + 10 = 15. The number closed is 2 + 6 = 8. There were 23 + 15 - 8 = 30 stores open.
So the answer is 30.