Answer this question:There are 285 sweets in the bowl. If 49 of the sweets are red and 59 of the sweets are green, how many of the sweets are neither red nor green?
There are 49 + 59 = 108 red or green sweets in the bowl. There are 285 - 108 = 177 sweets that are neither red nor green.
The answer is 177.

Answer this question:Lorraine made a pan of brownies and cut them into 16 pieces. Her children ate 25% of the brownies when they got home from school. After dinner, the entire family ate 50% of the remaining brownies. After everyone went to bed, Lorraine ate 1 more brownie. How many brownies are left over?
Her children ate 25% of the 16 brownies so they ate .25 * 16 = 4 slices. There were 16 brownies and the children ate 4 slices, leaving 16 - 4 = 12 brownies. The family ate 50% of the remaining 12 brownies so they ate .50 * 12 = 6 brownies. There were 12 brownies and they ate 6 which leaves 12 - 6 = 6 brownies. Lorraine had 1 more of the 6 remaining brownies which leaves 6 - 1 = 5 brownies.
The answer is 5.

Answer this question:Apples used to cost $1.6 per pound. The price got raised 25%. How much does it cost to buy 2 pounds of apples for each person in a 4 member family?
The price increase raised the price by 1.6 * .25 = $.4. So each pound of apples cost 1.6 + .4 = $2. 2 * 4 = 8 pounds of apples are bought. So the apples cost 8 * 2 = $16.
The answer is 16.

Answer this question:A leaf is being blown down a sidewalk by swirling gusts of wind. For every five feet that a gust blows it forward, the wind swirls and blows it back two feet. How many feet has it traveled down the sidewalk after 11 gusts of wind?
Each gust blows the leaf forward 5 feet, so 11 gusts will blow it forward 5 * 11 = 55 feet. Each swirl after a gust blows it back 2 feet, so 11 swirls will blow it back 2 * 11 = 22 feet. After 11 gusts, the leaf has traveled 55 - 22 = 33 feet down the sidewalk.
The answer is 33.