Question: There are 9 bicycles and 16 cars in the garage. How many wheels are there in the garage?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: There are 9 bicycles x 2 wheels / bicycle = 18 bicycle wheels. There are 16 cars x 4 wheels / car = 64 car wheels. In total there are 18 bicycle wheels + 64 car wheels = 82 wheels in the garage.
So the answer is 82.

Question: There are 12 inches to a foot. Blossom measures her room and finds that it is exactly 10 feet long in each direction. In square inches, what is the area of her room?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: First translate the feet to inches or 10 feet * 12 inches per foot = 120 inches. Then use length * width which is 120 * 120 = 14400 square inches.
So the answer is 14400.

Question: Maryann can pick the lock on a cheap pair of handcuffs in 6 minutes and on an expensive pair of handcuffs in 8 minutes. If Maryann needs to rescue three of her friends who have expensive handcuffs on their hands and cheap handcuffs on their ankles, how long will it take for her to free all of them?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
First find the total time it takes Maryann to rescue one friend: 6 minutes + 8 minutes = 14 minutes. Then multiply the time to save one friend by the number of friends Maryann needs to save: 14 minutes / friend * 3 friends = 42 minutes.
So the answer is 42.