[Question]Vicente bought 5 kilograms of rice and 3 pounds of meat. Each kilogram of rice is $2 and a pound of meat is $5. How much did Vicente spend in total?
[Answer]Vicente spent 5 x $2 = $10 for 5 kilograms of rice. He spent 3 x $5 = $15 for 3 pounds of meat. Therefore, the total amount he spent was $15 + $10 = $25. The answer is 25.

[Question]Ellen is in charge of parking at a golf tournament. Once the main lot is full, she must direct cars to park in the overflow lot. She must transport the patrons who parked in the overflow lot up to the main lot using a golf cart. Ellen can fit 3 patrons in a golf cart. There are 12 patrons who came in cars and 27 from a bus waiting in the overflow parking lot. How many golf carts does Ellen need to transport them?
[Answer]There are a total of 12 patrons who came in cars + 27 from a bus = 39 patrons who need a ride to the main lot. 3 patrons can fit in each golf cart, so 39 patrons / 3 in a cart = 13 total carts. The answer is 13.

[Question]Sara sent letters to her friend in China every month. She sent 6 letters in January, 9 letters in February, and in March she sent triple the number of letters she sent in January. How many letters does Sara send?
[Answer]Combining January and February, Sara sent 6 + 9 = 15 letters. In March, she sent 3 * 6 = 18 letters. Altogether, Sara sent 15 + 18 = 33 letters. The answer is 33.

[Question]In a certain country store, there are three kinds of bottled drinks. A cola, which costs $3, a juice for $1.5, and water for $1 per bottle. One day the store was able to sell 15 bottles of cola, 25 bottles of water, and 12 bottles of juice. How much did the shop earn?
[Answer]
15 bottles of cola is a cost of 15 * 3 = $45. 12 bottles of juice make up to 12 * 1.5 = $18. As each of the 25 sold water bottles was $1, the shop made a total of 45 + 18 + 25 = $88. The answer is 88.