Louise is baking cakes for a gathering. She needs 60 cakes in total, and has already produced half this many. Today, she calculates how many cakes she has left to make and bakes half this amount. The next day, she again calculates how many cakes she has left to make and bakes a third of this amount. How many more cakes does Louise need to bake?
Let's think: Louise has already produced 60 cakes / 2 = 30 cakes. After calculating how many cakes are left, she bakes another 30 cakes / 2 = 15 cakes. The next day, she calculates again then bakes another 15 cakes / 3 = 5 cakes. She therefore still needs to bake 60 30 15 5 = 10 cakes.. The answer is: 10.

The movie theater sells matinee tickets for $5, evening tickets for $12, and 3D tickets for $20. If they sell 200 matinee tickets, 300 evening tickets and 100 3D tickets, how much money do they make in total?
Let's think: First find the total revenue from the matinee tickets: $5 / ticket * 200 tickets = $1000. Then find the total revenue from the evening tickets: $12 / ticket * 300 tickets = $3600. Then find the total revenue from the 3D tickets: $20 / ticket * 100 tickets = $2000. Then add the cost of each group of tickets to find the total cost: $1000 + $3600 + $2000 = $6600.. The answer is: 6600.

Jim has 2 rows of 4 trees to start. When he turns 10 he decides to plant a new row of trees every year on his birthday. On his 15th birthday after he doubles the number of trees he has. How many trees does he have?
Let's think: He started with 2 * 4 = 8 trees. He plants trees for 15 - 10 = 5 years. So he planted 5 * 4 = 20 trees. So he had 20 + 8 = 28 trees. After doubling them he had 28 * 2 = 56 trees.. The answer is: 56.

If Ken's house is twice as far from Dawn's house as Mary's house along a certain road, and Ken's house is 4 miles away from Dawn's house along this same road, how much distance (in miles) will Ken cover if he goes from his house to Dawn's house, then Mary's, then back to Dawn's before going back to his own house?
Let's think:
Ken's house is twice as far from Dawn's house as Mary's, so the distance between Ken's and Mary's is half that between Ken's and Dawn's (4 miles) which means the former is (1 / 2) * 4 miles = 2 miles. If Ken goes from his house to Dawn's, he has covered 4 miles. He goes from there to Mary's (2 miles, same as Ken's to Mary's) for a total of 4 + 2 = 6 miles. He goes back to Dawn's (another 2 miles) for a total of 6 + 2 = 8 miles. Then he goes to his own house (4 miles) for a final total of 8 + 4 = 12 miles.. The answer is: 12.