Question: Jean the jaguar has a beautiful fur coat containing a pattern of many rose-shaped spots, as unique as a human fingerprint. Half of her spots are located on her upper torso, with one-third of the spots located on her back and hindquarters, and the remaining spots located on her sides. If Jean has 30 spots on her upper torso, how many spots does she have located on her sides?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: If 30 is half the number of her spots, then she has 30 * 2 = 60 spots total. If one - third of her spots are located on her back and hindquarters, then she has 60 / 3 = 20 spots located on her back and hindquarters. If the reaming spots are located on her sides, then 60 - 30 - 20 = 10 spots are located on her sides.
So the answer is 10.

Question: Hilary is collecting her toenails in a jar to gross out her sister. She can fit 100 toenails in the jar, unless they are from her two big toes, which are twice as big as the rest. She has already filled it with 20 big toenails and 40 regular toenails. How many regular toenails can she fit into the remainder of the jar?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The 20 big toenails take up as much space as 40 regular toenails because 20 x 2 = 40. She has filled up 80 toenails worth because 40 + 40 = 80. She can fit 20 regular toenails in the jar because 100 - 80 = 20.
So the answer is 20.

Question: The Eat "N Go Mobile Sausage Sandwich Shop specializes in the sale of spicy sausage sandwiches served on a toasted bun. Each sausage sandwich comes with four strips of jalapeno pepper, one sausage patty, and a tablespoon of Stephen's famous special sauce. If a single jalapeno pepper makes 8 slices, and the Sandwich Shop serves a sandwich every 5 minutes, how many jalapeno peppers are required by the Sandwich Shop to serve all customers during an 8-hour day?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: If each sandwich comes with 4 strips of pepper, and each pepper makes 8 slices, then each sandwich uses 4 / 8 = 0.5 pepper. If the Sandwich Shop serves a sandwich every 5 minutes, then per hour the Shop serves 60 / 5 = 12 sandwiches. Thus, per hour, the Shop uses 12 * 0.5 = 6 jalapeno peppers. And in an 8 - hour day, the Sandwich Shop uses 8 * 6 = 48 jalapeno peppers.
So the answer is 48.

Question: The length of the straight part of a river is three times shorter than the crooked part. If the river is 80 miles long, how long is the straight part of the river?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Let's say the river's length in the straight part of the river is x. The total length of the river is the length of the straight part plus 3 times the length of the straight part for the crooked part, which is x + 3x = 80. The total length of the river is 4x = 80. The straight part of the river is x = 80 / 4 = 20 miles.
So the answer is 20.