Q: Jimmy is at the candy store and buys 2 candy bars for $.75 each. He then buys 4 lollipops that cost $.25 each. He spent 1/6 of the money he earned from shoveling snow. If he charges $1.5 per driveway, how many driveways did he shovel?
A: Jimmy spent $1.5 on candy bars because 2 x .75 = 1.5. He spent $1 on lollipops because 4 x .25 = 1. He spent $2.5 in total because 1.5 + 1 = 2.5. He earned $15 shoveling driveways because 2.5 / (1 / 6) = 15. He shoveled 10 driveways because 15 / 1.5 = 10. The answer is 10.

Q: The chicken crossed the road to get to the other side twice for the thrill of it. The first time, it had to dodge 23 speeding cars. The second time, a person tried to catch it and accidentally pulled out twice as many feathers as the number of cars the chicken had dodged. The chicken had 5263 feathers before its thrill-seeking road crossings. How many feathers did it have afterward?
A: The chicken lost 23 * 2 = 46 feathers on its second road crossing. Thus, it had 5263 - 46 = 5217 feathers after crossing the road twice. The answer is 5217.

Q: The average score on last week's Spanish test was 90. Marco scored 10% less than the average test score and Margaret received 5 more points than Marco. What score did Margaret receive on her test?
A:
The average test score was 90 and Marco scored 10% less so 90 * .10 = 9 points lower. The average test score was 90 and Marco scored 9 points less so his test score was 90 - 9 = 81. Margret received 5 more points than Marco whose test score was 81 so she made 5 + 81 = 86 on her test. The answer is 86.