Q: Alison has half as much money as Brittany. Brittany has 4 times as much money as Brooke. Brooke has twice as much money as Kent. If Kent has $1,000, how much money does Alison have?
A: Brooke has 2 * 1,000 = 2,000 dollars. Brittany has 4 * 2,000 = 8,000 dollars. Alison has 8,000 / 2 = 4,000 dollars. The answer is 4000.

Q: Donna is catering for a party. She makes 20 sandwiches and then cuts them in half, before cutting them in half again. She then gives everyone 8 portions. How many people can she feed?
A: First, we need to determine the overall number of portions. To do this, we begin by performing 20 * 2 = 40 portions after the first halving. Next, we take this portion number and double it again, performing 40 * 2 = 80 portions after the second halving. Lastly, we divide this portion number by the number of portions each person will be served, performing 80 / 8 = 10 people served. The answer is 10.

Q: A packet of candy sweets has 30 cherry-flavored sweets, 40 strawberry-flavored sweets, and 50 pineapple-flavored sweets. Aaron eats half of each of the flavored sweets and gives 5 cherry-flavored sweets to his friend. How many sweets are still in the packet of candy?
A:
Aaron eats 1 / 2 * 30 sweets + 1 / 2 * 40 sweets + 1 / 2 * 50 sweets = 60 candy sweets. The packet of candy sweets still has 60 sweets - 5 sweets = 55 candy sweets. The answer is 55.