Question: There are 3/5 times as many people living in Boise as the number living in Seattle. There are 4000 more people in Lake View than the population in Seattle. If Lake View's population is 24000, calculate the total population of the three cities.
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: If Lake View's population is 24000, then there are 24000 - 4000 = 20000 people living in Seattle. The total population of Seattle and Lake view is 20000 + 24000 = 44000. Since the population in Boise is 3 / 5 times that of Seattle, there are 3 / 5 * 20000 = 12000 people living in Boise. The three cities have a total population of 44000 + 12000 = 56000.
So the answer is 56000.

Question: Carly had 42 lollipops to share with her friends. Half of the lollipops were cherry, and the rest were equal amounts of watermelon, sour apple, and grape. How many lollipops were grape?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Of her 42 lollipops, half were cherry, so 42 lollipops / 2 = 21 were not cherry. Of the 21 that were not cherry, 1 / 3 of them were grape, so 21 lollipops / 3 = 7 grape lollipops.
So the answer is 7.

Question: There are 32 students in a statistics course. 25 percent of the class received an A. 1/4 of the remaining students got either a B or C, and the rest of the students failed. How many students failed?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: A grade:32(.25) = 8. 32 - 8 = 24 students remaining. B / C grade:24 / 4 = 6. 24 - 6 = 18 students fail.
So the answer is 18.

Question: Tim has 30 less apples than Martha, and Harry has half as many apples as Tim. If Martha has 68 apples, how many apples does Harry have?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Tim has 68 - 30 = 38 apples. Harry has 38 / 2 = 19 apples.
So the answer is 19.