[Question]: For an operations manager job at a company, a person with a degree earns three times the amount paid to a diploma holder for the same position. How much will Jared earn from the company in a year after graduating with a degree if the pay for a person holding a diploma certificate is $4000 per month?
[Answer]: Since the pay for a person holding a degree is three times the amount paid for a diploma holder, Jared will earn 3 * $4000 = $12000 per month. In a year with 12 months, Jared will earn a total of 12 * 12000 = 144000.
So the answer is 144000.

[Question]: Ron ate pizza with his friends the other day. If they ordered a 12-slice pizza and each of them ate 4 slices, how many friends were there with Ron?
[Answer]: Let the number of friends that ate with Ron be represented by F. That means the total amount of people that ate that day were 1 + F. If each of them ate 4 slices, and the pizza only has 12 slices, that means there could only have been 12 / 4 = 3 people eating. If the total number of people eating was 3, and if was also represented by 1 + F then we have 3 = 1 + F. Solving for F we have 3 - 1 = F. F = 2 friends ate with Ron.
So the answer is 2.

[Question]: Susan is playing a board game with 48 spaces from the starting space to the winning end space of the game. On the first turn, she moves forward eight spaces. On the second turn, she moves two spaces, but lands on a space that sends her back five spaces. On the third turn, she moves forward six more spaces. How many spaces does she have to move to reach the ending space and win the game?
[Answer]:
In the first three turns, Susan has moved 8 + 2 - 5 + 6 = 11 spaces. Susan has 48 - 11 = 37 spaces to move to win the game.
So the answer is 37.