Question: Calvin and Paislee played a pool game where points were awarded for winning a round. If Calvin had scored 500 points and Paislee 3/4 times as many points as Calvin, how many points was Paislee required to achieve to have a chance of tying the game?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: If Calvin had scored 500 points and Paislee 3 / 4 times as many points as Calvin, Paislee had scored 3 / 4 * 500 = 375 points. To have a chance of tying the game, Paislee had to score 500 - 375 = 125 points.
So the answer is 125.

Question: Alex and Max are running a race against each other. At the beginning of the race they are even with each other for 200 feet. Then Alex gets ahead of Max by 300 feet. Then Max gets ahead of Alex by 170 feet. Alex gets a burst of speed and gets ahead of Max by 440 feet. If the road they're running on is 5000 feet long, how many feet are there left for Max to catch up to Alex?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: So far Alex and Max are running the race for 200 + 300 + 170 + 440 = 1,110 feet. If the road they're racing each other on is 5000 feet long, 5000 - 1,110 feet = 3,890 feet left for Max to catch up to Alex.
So the answer is 3890.

Question: Ginger owns a flower shop, where she sells roses, lilacs, and gardenias. On Tuesday, she sold three times more roses than lilacs, and half as many gardenias as lilacs. If she sold 10 lilacs, what is the total number of flowers sold on Tuesday?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: With 10 lilacs sold, three times more roses than lilacs is 3 * 10 = 30 roses. Half as many gardenias as lilacs is 10 / 2 = 5 gardenias. In total, there were 10 + 30 + 5 = 45 flowers sold on Tuesday.
So the answer is 45.

Question: Reyna had 20 lamps with seven light bulbs in each lamp. If 1/4 of them have 2 burnt-out light bulbs each, how many light bulbs are working?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: The total number of light bulbs in the 20 lamps is 20 * 7 = 140. If 1 / 4 of the 20 lamps have burnt - out light bulbs, there are 1 / 4 * 20 = 5 lamps with burn out light bulbs. Since each of the 5 lamps has 2 burnt - out light bulbs, the number of burn out light bulbs is 2 * 5 = 10. The number of working light bulbs is 140 - 10 = 130.
So the answer is 130.