[Question]Mona plays a multiplayer video game on the weekends. She joins groups with four other players to complete objectives in the game. The past weekend, she joined 9 groups. One of the groups included two players she had grouped with before that weekend, and another group included one person she had grouped with before. How many unique players did Mona group with on the video game that weekend?
[Answer]Mona joined 9 groups, so she played with 9 * 4 = 36 people. She grouped with 2 + 1 = 3 people twice. Thus, she played with 36 - 3 = 33 unique players that weekend. The answer is 33.

[Question]Amanda had 10 notebooks. This week, she ordered 6 more and then lost 2. How many notebooks does Amanda have now?
[Answer]This week, Amanda added 6 notebooks - 2 notebooks = 4 notebooks. Now, Amanda has 10 notebooks + 4 notebooks = 14 notebooks. The answer is 14.

[Question]A 26-mile circular marathon has four checkpoints inside it. The first is one mile from the start line, and the last checkpoint is one mile from the finish line. The checkpoints have equal spacing between them. How many miles apart are each of the consecutive checkpoints between the start-finish line?
[Answer]The checkpoints are 1 mile from the start and finish, so they are spaced along 26 - 1 - 1 = 24 miles. There are 4 equally spaced checkpoints, so the checkpoints are 24 / 4 = 6 miles apart. The answer is 6.

[Question]Jay & Gloria were hosting a 4th of July party at their house. Jay invited 22 people and Gloria invited 36. They wanted to buy small American flags for everyone. The craft store was having a sale on small flags, 5 flags for $1.00. If they wanted all of their guests to have a flag and they also wanted 1 flag each, how much would they spend at the craft store?
[Answer]
Jay invited 22 guests and Gloria invited 36 so they invited 22 + 36 = 58 guests. They also each wanted a flag so in total they would need 1 + 1 + 58 = 60 flags. The craft store has them on sale at 5 for $1.00 and they need 60 flags so the flags will cost them 60 / 5 = $12.00. The answer is 12.