Question: Eric has 4 ninja throwing stars. His friend Chad has twice as many. Then Jeff bought 2 ninja stars from Chad. Jeff now has 6 throwing stars. How many ninja throwing stars do they have altogether?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: We know Eric has 4 stars and Chad has twice that amount, so Chad has 4 x 2 = 8 stars. Then Chad sells 2 of them to Jeff, so Chad has 8 2 = 6 stars. Altogether, Eric has 4 + Chad has 6 + Jeff has 6 = 16 stars.
So the answer is 16.

Question: Emmy has a collection of 14 iPods. She loses 6 out of the 14 she had but she still has twice as many as Rosa. How many iPods does Emmy and Rosa have together?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Emmy has 14 - 6 = 8 iPods left. Rosa has 8 / 2 = 4 iPods. Emmy and Rosa have 8 + 4 = 12 iPods together.
So the answer is 12.

Question: John spent 3 years of his life exploring the jungle. He then spent half as much time writing up notes about his travels. It took .5 years to write his book once he was done with the notes. How long did he spend on his book and exploring?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: He spent 3 * .5 = 1.5 years compiling notes. So it took him 3 + 1.5 + .5 = 5 years for everything.
So the answer is 5.

Question: A psychiatrist has 4 patients that need 25 sessions in total. One of the patients needs 6 sessions. Another patient needs 5 more than that. How many sessions would the remaining patients need?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: The second patient needs 6 + 5 = 11 sessions. The first two patients need 6 + 11 = 17 sessions total. 25 - 17 = 8 sessions.
So the answer is 8.