[Question]In preparation for the church fundraiser, Julia bakes one less than 5 cakes per day for 6 days. Unfortunately, every other day, Julia's brother, Clifford, sneaks into Julia's house and eats one of Julia's cakes. At the end of 6 days, how many cakes does Julia have remaining?
[Answer]Julia baked one less than 5 cakes per day, or 5 - 1 = 4 cakes per day. For 6 days, Julia baked 4 cakes per day, for a total of 4 * 6 = 24 cakes. Over 6 days, every other day, Clifford sneaks into Julia's house and eats one of Julia's cakes resulting in disappearance of 6 / 2 = 3 cakes. At the end of 6 days, Julia has 24 - 3 = 21 cakes remaining. The answer is 21.

[Question]Mona plays a multiplayer video game on the weekends. She joins groups with four other players to complete objectives in the game. The past weekend, she joined 9 groups. One of the groups included two players she had grouped with before that weekend, and another group included one person she had grouped with before. How many unique players did Mona group with on the video game that weekend?
[Answer]Mona joined 9 groups, so she played with 9 * 4 = 36 people. She grouped with 2 + 1 = 3 people twice. Thus, she played with 36 - 3 = 33 unique players that weekend. The answer is 33.

[Question]Fran baked 50 red macaroons and 40 green macarons. How many macaroons will remain if Fran ate 15 green macaroons and twice as many red macaroons as green macaroons?
[Answer]After eating 15 green macaroons, the number is reduced to 40 green macaroons - 15 green macaroons = 25 green macaroons. If Fran ate 15 green macaroons, he also ate 2 red / green * 15 green macaroons = 30 red macaroons. The total number of red macaroons remaining is 50 red macaroons - 30 red macaroons = 20 red macaroons. The total number of macaroons Fran has left are 20 macaroons + 25 macaroons = 45 macaroons. The answer is 45.

[Question]Julie is reading a 120-page book. Yesterday, she was able to read 12 pages and today, she read twice as many pages as yesterday. If she wants to read half of the remaining pages tomorrow, how many pages should she read?
[Answer]
Maila read 12 x 2 = 24 pages today. So she was able to read a total of 12 + 24 = 36 pages since yesterday. There are 120 - 36 = 84 pages left to be read. Since she wants to read half of the remaining pages tomorrow, then she should read 84 / 2 = 42 pages. The answer is 42.