[Question]: Big Lots is having a sale. All chairs are 25% off. If you buy more than 5 chairs, you get an additional 1/3 off the discounted price of the number of chairs over 5. If you bought 8 chairs that were normally priced at $20, how much do the chairs cost in total?
[Answer]: You save $5 per chair with the 25% off sale. On sale chairs cost $15 each because 20 - 5 = 15. You bought 3 chairs above the 5 required before the extra savings starts because 8 - 5 = 3. You save an extra $5 on these chairs because 15 x (1 / 3) = 5. The first five chairs cost $75 in total because 5 x 15 = 75. The final three chairs cost $30 in total because 3 x 10 = 30. In total they cost $105 because 75 + 30 = 105.
So the answer is 105.

[Question]: John buys 20 bars of soap each weighing 1.5 pounds for $.5 per pound. How much money did he spend on soap?
[Answer]: He bought 20 * 1.5 = 30 pounds of soap. That cost 30 * .5 = $15.
So the answer is 15.

[Question]: Cape May has 8 more than twice as many sharks as Daytona Beach. If Daytona Beach has 12 sharks, how many sharks are there in Cape May?
[Answer]:
Twice the number of sharks in Daytona Beach is 12 * 2 = 24. Cape May has 8 more sharks than that which is 24 + 8 = 32.
So the answer is 32.