Answer the following question.
In a certain country store, there are three kinds of bottled drinks. A cola, which costs $3, a juice for $1.5, and water for $1 per bottle. One day the store was able to sell 15 bottles of cola, 25 bottles of water, and 12 bottles of juice. How much did the shop earn?
Step-by-step reasoning process: 15 bottles of cola is a cost of 15 * 3 = $45. 12 bottles of juice make up to 12 * 1.5 = $18. As each of the 25 sold water bottles was $1, the shop made a total of 45 + 18 + 25 = $88.
The answer is 88.

Answer the following question.
There are 50 staplers in the stapler. Stacie staples 3 dozen reports on her desk. How many staplers are left in the stapler?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Stacie staples 3 x 12 = 36 reports. There are 50 - 36 = 14 staplers left in the stapler.
The answer is 14.

Answer the following question.
When Herman's team is busy working on large projects he stops at the drive-through 5 days, every week to buy a breakfast combo for himself and 3 members of his team. Each meal costs $4.00. This current project will last 16 weeks. How much will Herman spend on breakfast?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Herman buys himself and 3 team members breakfast 5 days a week so that's 4 * 5 = 20 breakfast combo meals. Each combo meals costs $4.00 and he buys 20 of them a week so that's 4 * 20 = $80.00. Over a 16 week period he spends 16 * 80 = $1,280.00 on breakfast.
The answer is 1280.

Answer the following question.
Pearl wants to order 5 monogrammed Christmas stockings for each of her 5 grandchildren and her own 4 children. The stockings are $20.00 each and currently 10% off. The monogramming will costs $5.00 per stocking. How much will the stockings costs?
Step-by-step reasoning process: She has 5 grandchildren 4 children so she needs 5 + 4 = 9 stockings. The stockings are $20.00 each and currently 10% off so that's 20 * .10 = $2.00 off. The stockings are $20.00 with a $2.00 discount so they are each 20 - 2 = $18.00. The stockings are now $18.00 and she needs 9 so that's $162.00. She also wants to monogram each stocking at $5.00 per stocking so that's 9 * 5 = $45.00. The stockings are $162.00 and the monogramming will cost $45.00 so the stockings will cost 162 + 45 = $207.00.
The answer is 1035.