Question: At the beginning of the day, Principal Kumar instructed Harold to raise the flag up the flagpole. The flagpole is 60 feet long, and when fully raised, the flag sits on the very top of the flagpole. Later that morning, Vice-principal Zizi instructed Harold to lower the flag to half-mast. So, Harold lowered the flag halfway down the pole. Later, Principal Kumar told Harold to raise the flag to the top of the pole once again, and Harold did just that. At the end of the day, Vice-principal Zizi instructed Harold to completely lower the flag, take it off of the pole, and put it away for the evening. Over the course of the day, how far, in feet, had the flag moved up and down the pole?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Half of the distance up the flagpole is 60 / 2 = 30 feet. Thus, Harold moved the flag 60 up + 30 down + 30 up + 60 down = 180 feet.
So the answer is 180.

Question: Laura bought 2 pairs of pants for $54 each and 4 shirts for $33 each. She gave $250 to the cashier. So how much change did she take?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: 54 * 2 = $108 is the price of 2 pairs of pants. 4 * 33 = $132 is the price of 4 shirts. 108 + 132 = $240 is the total price. So the cashier gave 250 - 240 = $10 change to Laura.
So the answer is 10.

Question: Jerry is refilling the duck pond in his backyard during a drought. The pond can hold 200 gallons of water. Jerry's hose can normally pump 6 gallons/minute, but due to drought restrictions, it can only pump 2/3rds as fast right now. How many minutes will it take Jerry to fill his pond?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the current rate the hose pumps by multiplying its normal rate by 2 / 3: 6 gallons / minute * 2 / 3 = 4 gallons / minute. Then divide the number of gallons in the pond by the number of gallons pumped each minute to find how many minutes filling the pond takes: 200 gallons / 4 gallons / minute = 50 minutes.
So the answer is 50.

Question: Sam spends sixty minutes studying Science, eighty minutes in Math, and forty minutes in Literature. How many hours does Sam spend studying the three subjects?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: The total number of minutes he studies the three subjects is 60 + 80 + 40 = 180 minutes. Therefore, Sam spends 180 / 60 = 3 hours.
So the answer is 3.