Question: Nancy and Rose are making bracelets, and there are eight beads in each bracelet. Nancy has 40 metal beads and 20 more pearl beads. Rose has 20 crystal beads and twice as many stone beads as crystal beads. How many bracelets can Nancy and Rose make?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Nancy has 40 + 20 = 60 pearl beads. So, Nancy has a total of 40 + 60 = 100 beads. Rose has 2 x 20 = 40 stone beads. So, Rose has 20 + 40 = 60 beads. Thus, Nancy and Rose have 100 + 60 = 160 beads altogether. Therefore, they can make 160 / 8 = 20 bracelets.
So the answer is 20.

Question: Cathy and Chris got summer jobs at the cake shop and were supposed to work 20 hours per week each for 2 months. During that time, Chris got sick for one week and Cathy took her shifts. If there are four weeks in a month, how many hours did Cathy work during the 2 months?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: There are 4 weeks in a month so Cathy and Chris were supposed to work for 4 weeks / month x 2 months = 8 weeks each. Since Chris got sick then Chris was only able to work for 8 weeks - 1 week = 7 weeks while Cathy worked for 8 weeks + 1 week = 9 weeks. Therefore, Cathy worked for 9 weeks x 20 hours / week = 180 hours.
So the answer is 180.

Question: Carla is dividing up chores for her two kids, Anna and Billy. She wants each of them to spend the same number of minutes working. Sweeping takes 3 minutes per room, washing the dishes takes 2 minutes per dish, and doing laundry takes 9 minutes per load. If Anna does the sweeping for 10 rooms and Billy does two loads of laundry, how many dishes should Billy wash so they spend the same amount of time doing chores?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the total time Billy spends on laundry: 2 loads * 9 minutes / load = 18 minutes. Then find the total time Anna spends sweeping: 3 minutes / room * 10 rooms = 30 minutes. Then find how much longer Anna has already worked than Billy: 30 minutes - 18 minutes = 12 minutes. Then divide the difference in work time by the time to wash one dish to find the number of dishes Billy has to wash to work the same amount of time as Anna: 12 minutes / 2 minutes / dish = 6 dishes.
So the answer is 6.

Question: A large puzzle costs $15. A small puzzle and a large puzzle together cost $23. How much would you pay for 1 large and 3 small puzzles?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: A small puzzle costs $23 - $15 = $8. Three small puzzles cost $8 x 3 = $24. So, 1 large and 3 small puzzles cost $24 + $15 = $39.
So the answer is 39.