Question: Rodney, Roger and Ron can lift a combined weight of 239 pounds. Rodney can lift twice as much as Roger, and Roger can lift 7 pounds less than 4 times the amount that Ron can lift. How much can Rodney lift?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Let x represent the amount that Ron can lift. Roger: 4x - 7. Rodney:2(4x - 7) = 8x - 14. Total:x + 4x - 7 + 8x - 14 = 239. 13x - 21 = 239. 13x = 260. x = 20. Rodney:8(20) - 14 = 146 pounds.
So the answer is 146.

Question: Greg is riding his bike around town and notices that each block he rides, his wheels rotate 200 times. He's now on a a trail and wants to make sure he rides at least 8 blocks. His wheels have already rotated 600 times, how many more times do they need to rotate to reach his goal?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: They need to rotate 1,600 times because 8 x 200 = 1,600. They need to rotate 1,000 more times because 1,600 - 600 = 1,000.
So the answer is 1000.

Question: A bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds and each individual ear of corn weighs .5 pounds. If Clyde picked 2 bushels of corn over the weekend, how many individual corn cobs did he pick?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: He picked 2 bushels of corn and each bushel weighs 56 pounds so he picked 2 * 56 = 112 pounds of corn. Each ear of corn weighs .5 pounds and he has 112 pounds of corn so he picked 112 / .5 = 224 ears of corn.
So the answer is 224.

Question: Brenda catches smallpox. She has 60 blisters on each arm and 80 blisters on the rest of her body. How many blisters does she have in total?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the total number of blisters on Brenda's arms: 60 blisters / arm * 2 arms = 120 blisters. Then add the blisters on the rest of her body to find the total: 120 blisters + 80 blisters = 200 blisters.
So the answer is 200.