Answer the following question.
Four cats live in the old grey house at the end of the road. Their names are Puffy, Scruffy, Buffy, and Juniper. Puffy has three times more whiskers than Juniper, but half as many as Scruffy. Buffy has the same number of whiskers as the average number of whiskers on the three other cats. If Juniper has 12 whiskers. how many whiskers does Buffy have?
Step-by-step reasoning process: If Juniper has 12 whiskers, then Puffy has 3 * 12 = 36 whiskers. Since Puffy has half as many whiskers and Scruffy, then Scruffy has 36 * 2 = 72 whiskers. Since the number of whiskers on Buffy is the average between 12, 36, and 72 whiskers, then he has (12 + 36 + 72) / 3 = 40 whiskers.
The answer is 40.

Answer the following question.
At a laundromat, it costs $4 for a washer and a quarter for every 10 minutes in the dryer. Samantha does 2 loads of laundry in the wash and then divides all the washed clothes equally into 3 separate dryers. If she lets the dryers run for 40 minutes each, how much does she spend altogether?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Samantha spends $4 x 2 = $8 on washing. Each dryer costs 25 x 4 = 100 cents = $1. Three dryers cost 1 x 3 = $3. Altogether, she spends 8 + 3 = $11.
The answer is 11.

Answer the following question.
Woody wants to buy a games console that costs $282. Woody already has $42 and receives an allowance of $24 every week. How many weeks will it take him to save the money he needs for the game console?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Woody needs to save another $282 - $42 = $240 to be able to afford a games console. It will take Woody $240 / $24 / week = 10 weeks to save up enough money.
The answer is 10.

Answer the following question.
A highway is being extended from its current length of 200 miles up to 650 miles. 50 miles are built on the first day, and three times this amount are built on the second day. How many miles still need to be added to the highway to finish extending it?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The length of the highway that needs to be constructed is 650 200 = 450 miles. After the first day, there are still 450 50 = 400 miles that need to be constructed. On the second day, 50 miles * 3 = 150 miles are added to the highway. This means that 400 150 = 250 miles still need to be added to the highway.
The answer is 250.