Question: Jill spends time every day talking to her boyfriend on the phone. The first day of the week she spends 5 minutes on the phone with her boyfriend. Each of the following days she spends twice as much time talking on the phone as the day before. After the 5th day her parents take the phone away from her because she was on it too long. How much time did Jill spend talking to her boyfriend that week?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Jill starts off spending 5 minutes on the phone, and the following day she spends double that 5 minutes for 5 * 2 = 10 minutes. The following day Jill spends double the previous day's total of 10 minutes on the phone, for 10 * 2 = 20 minutes. On the fourth day, Jill spends double the previous day's total of 20 minutes on the phone, for 20 * 2 = 40 minutes. On the fifth and final day, Jill spends double the previous day's total of 40 minutes on the phone, for 40 * 2 = 80 minutes. All told, Jill spends 5 + 10 + 20 + 40 + 80 = 155 minutes on the phone over 5 days.
So the answer is 155.

Question: A factory produced televisions at a constant rate of 10 per day in a certain year. If they reduced the total production by 10 percent in the second year, calculate the total production of television by the factory in the second year.
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Since a year has 365 days, the total television production in the first year is 10 * 365 = 3650. In the second year, they reduced the total television production by 10 / 100 * 3650 = 365. The total television production in the second year was 3650 - 365 = 3285.
So the answer is 3285.

Question: Jean is wanted on 3 counts of arson, 2 burglary charges, and six times as many petty larceny as burglary charges. If each arson count has a 36-month sentence, each burglary charge is 18 months and each petty larceny charge is 1/3rd as long as a burglary charge, how many months in jail is Jean facing?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
First find the total time for the burglary charges: 18 months / charge * 2 charges = 36 months. Then find the total time for the arson charges: 3 counts * 36 months / count = 108 months. Then find the time per larceny charge: 18 months / 3 = 6 months. Then find the total number of larceny charges: 2 charges * 6 = 12 charges. Then find the total time for the larceny charges: 6 months / charge * 12 charges = 72 months. Then add up the time for all the charges to find the total jail time: 36 months + 72 months + 108 months = 216 months.
So the answer is 216.