[Question]DeShaun always wins the award in English class for reading the most books over the summer. This year is no different. Summer break is 80 days long. When he arrives, he notifies the teacher that he read 60 books over the summer. Each book averaged 320 pages long. The person closest to him read 75% as much as he did. How many pages did the second person read on average each day of break?
[Answer]Deshaun read 19,200 pages because 60 x 320 = 19,200. The person closest to him read 14, 400 pages because 19,200 x .75 = 14,400. They read 180 pages a day because 14, 400 / 80 = 180. The answer is 180.

[Question]Lillian went out to forage for mushrooms with her handy guidebook. She found 32 mushrooms and used her guidebook to identify which ones were poisonous and which were safe to eat. In the end, she had 9 mushrooms she could safely eat for dinner. Of the rest, she identified twice the amount she ate as poisonous, and a remaining bunch she was uncertain about. How many mushrooms was she uncertain were safe or poisonous?
[Answer]Lillian found 9 of the mushrooms were safe, so there were 32 - 9 = 23 that she found poisonous or uncertain. She knew twice the amount she ate were poisonous, so she found 9 * 2 = 18 poisonous mushrooms. Thus, she was uncertain about 23 - 18 = 5 mushrooms. The answer is 5.

[Question]The school is having a book-a-thon. The winning class gets a pizza party. The fifth grade has 20 students and one week to read as much as possible. The 6th grade already finished and read a total of 299 hours. How many hours does each student in 5th grade need to average per day to beat them by 1?
[Answer]The class needs to read 300 hours in a week because 299 + 1 = 300. The class needs to read 60 hours a day because 300 / 5 = 60. Each student needs to read 3 hours a day because 60 / 20 = 3. The answer is 3.

[Question]Last year Jessica paid $1000 for rent, $200 for food, and $100 for car insurance each month. This year her rent goes up by 30%, food costs increase by 50%, and the cost of her car insurance triples because she was at fault in an accident. How much more does Jessica pay for her expenses over the whole year compared to last year?
[Answer]
First find the increase in rent by multiplying last year's rent by 30%: $1000 * .3 = $300. Then find the food cost increase by multiplying last year's costs by 50%: $200 * .5 = $100. Then find the new car insurance price by multiplying last year's price by 3: $100 * 3 = $300. Then subtract the cost of car insurance last year from this year's price to find the increase: $300 - $100 = $200. Now find how much Jessica's monthly expenses increased by adding the increases in each of the three costs: $300 + $100 + $200 = $600. Now multiply the increase per month by the number of months in a year to find the annual increase: $600 / month * 12 months / year = $7200 / year. The answer is 7200.