We have a question: John has to hire a lawyer. He pays $1000 upfront. He then gets charged $100 per hour. The lawyer has to work 50 hours in court time. It takes 2 times that long in prep time. His brother pays half the fee. How much did John pay?
And an answer: 8000
So how you got the answer?
The lawyer worked 50 * 2 = 100 hours out of court. So he worked 100 + 50 = 150 hours total. That means the hourly time cost 150 * 100 = $15000. Adding the upfront cost it was 15000 + 1000 = $16000. His brother paid half so he paid 16000 / 2 = $8000.

We have a question: The movie theater sold 18 more than three times the number of tickets to the horror movie as it did to the romance movie. If the theater sold 25 tickets to the romance movie, how many tickets did it sell to the horror movie?
And an answer: 93
So how you got the answer?
Three times the number of tickets to the romance movie is 25 * 3 = 75 tickets. The horror movie sold 75 + 18 = 93 tickets.

We have a question: The student council sells scented erasers in the morning before school starts to help raise money for school dances. The local bookstore donated 48 boxes of erasers. There are 24 erasers in each box. If the student council sells the erasers for $0.75 each, how much money will they make?
And an answer: 864
So how you got the answer?
There are 48 boxes x 24 erasers = 1,152 erasers. The student council will make 1,152 erasers x $0.75 = $864.