[Question]Rikki is writing and selling poetry. He sells his poems for $.01 a word. He can write 25 words of poetry in 5 minutes. If he has 2 hours to write poetry, how much can he expect to earn?
[Answer]He will write for 120 hours because 2 x 60 = 120. He will write for 24 units of five minutes each because 120 / 5 = 24. He can write 600 words because 24 x 25 = 600. He can earn $6 because 600 x .01 = 6. The answer is 6.

[Question]Courtney liked to collect marbles. She kept them in mason jars. One jar had 80 marbles. Her second jar had twice that amount. She just started her third jar which currently has 1/4 the amount of her first jar. How many marbles does she have in total?
[Answer]One jar had 80 and the second jar had twice that amount so 2 * 80 = 160 marbles. The third jar had 1 / 4 of the first jar's 80 marbles so it had .25 * 80 = 20 marbles. When you add up all the jars, she had 80 + 160 + 20 = 260 marbles. The answer is 260.

[Question]Solomon collected three times as many cans as Juwan. Levi collected half of what Juwan collected. Solomon collected 66 cans. How many cans did the boys collect in all?
[Answer]Solomon is 3 * Juwan so Juwan is 1 / 3 of Solomon = 66 / 3 = 22. Levi collected half of 22 = 11. Combined the boys collected 66 + 22 + 11 = 99 cans in all. The answer is 99.

[Question]Borgnine wants to see 1100 legs at the zoo. He has already seen 12 chimps, 8 lions, and 5 lizards. He is next headed to see the tarantulas. How many tarantulas does he need to see to meet his goal?
[Answer]
He has seen 48 chimp legs because 12 x 4 = 48. He has seen 32 lion legs because 8 x 4 = 32. He has seen 20 lizard legs because 5 x 4 = 20. He has seen 100 total legs because 48 + 32 + 20 = 100. He has to see 1000 tarantulas legs because 1100 - 100 = 1000. He has to see 125 tarantulas because 1000 / 8 = 125. The answer is 125.