Question: Henry has 30 more lollipops than Alison does. With 60 lollipops, Alisson has half the number of lollipops Diane has. If they combine the lollipops and eat 45 lollipops each day, calculate the total number of days it will take for them to finish the lollipops.
Answer: Since Henry has 30 more lollipops than Alison, he has 60 + 30 = 90 lollipops. Together, Alison and Henry have 90 + 60 = 150 lollipops. Alison has half the number of lollipops that Diane has, meaning Diane has 2 * 60 = 120 lollipops. Altogether, the three have 120 + 150 = 270 lollipops. Since they eat 45 lollipops each day, they'll take 270 / 45 = 6 days to finish all the lollipops. The answer is 6.

Question: A new movie gets released and makes $120 million in the box office for its opening weekend. It ends up making 3.5 times that much during its entire run. If the production company gets to keep 60%, how much profit did they make if the movie cost $60 million to produce?
Answer: Over the movies run it made 120 * 3.5 = 420 million. So the production company made 420,000,000 * .6 = $252,000,000. So they got a profit of 252,000,000 - 60,000,000 = $192,000,000. The answer is 192000000.

Question: Jim starts with $80 in his investment portfolio. After 1 year it grows by 15%. He then adds another $28 to his portfolio. After 1 more year the combined portfolio grows by 10%. What is his final portfolio worth after 2 years from when he started?
Answer: After 1 year Jim has gained $80 * 0.15 = $12. Therefore, after 1 year his portfolio has grown to $80 + $12 = $92. He then adds $28 to this total, so his new portfolio total is $92 + $28 = $120 at the beginning of year 2. Next, this total grows by 10%, so he gains $120 * 0.10 = $12 across year 2. Thus, after year 2, his portfolio is worth $120 + $12 = $132. The answer is 132.

Question: Iris has a berry farm. Her brother and sister help her to pick up the berries and sell them to the market. Iris picked 30 blueberries, her sister picked 20 cranberries, and her brother was able to pick 10 raspberries. If 1/3 of the total berries they were able to pick are rotten and the remaining 1/2 of the fresh berries need to be kept, how many berries will they be able to sell?
Answer:
Iris and his brother and sister were able to pick a total of 30 + 20 + 10 = 60 berries. The rotten berries that needed to be thrown away are (1 / 3) x 60 = 20. So, the total number of fresh berries is 60 - 20 = 40. The berries they need to keep are (1 / 2) x 40 = 20. Therefore, the total number of berries they will be able to sell is 40 - 20 = 20. The answer is 20.