Question: Thomas started saving for a car almost 2 years ago. For the first year, his weekly allowance was $50. In the second year, he got a job that pays $9 an hour at a coffee shop and worked 30 hours a week, so his parents discontinued his allowance. If the car he wants to buy is $15,000 and he spends $35 a week on himself, how much more money does Thomas need to buy the car by the end of the 2 years?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: There are 52 weeks in a year. For the first year, Thomas received 52 x 50 = $2600. In the second year, Thomas earned 9 x 30 = $270 a week. In a year, Thomas earned 52 x 270 = $14,040. The total for the two years is 14040 + 2600 = 16640. In 2 years, Thomas' weekly expenses amounted to $35 x (52 x 2) = $35 x 104 = $3640. By the end of 2 years, Thomas would have saved $16640 - $3640 = 13000. Thomas still needs $15,000 - 13000 = $2000.
So the answer is 2000.

Question: Daniel works for a sports stadium filling water bottles for athletes. He filled 254 water bottles this season. The football team had 11 players that wanted 6 bottles each. The soccer team had him fill 53 bottles. The lacrosse team needed 12 more bottles than the football team. Each team coach during the season also wanted two bottles apiece. How many bottles did he fill for the rugby team during the final game he worked this season?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Let R be the number of water bottles Daniel refilled for the rugby team. Daniel filled 11 * 6 = 66 bottles for the football team. He filled 66 + 12 = 78 bottles for the lacrosse team. He got water bottles for four teams, so the team coaches wanted 2 * 4 = 8 bottles. In all, he filled 66 + 53 + 78 + 8 + R = R + 205 = 254 bottles in all. Thus, he filled R = 254 - 205 = 49 bottles for the rugby team this season.
So the answer is 49.

Question: One student on a field trip counted 12 squirrels. Another counted a third more squirrels than the first student. How many squirrels did both students count combined?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
The second student counted 12 / 3 = 4 more squirrels than the first student. The second student counted 12 + 4 = 16 squirrels. Together, the first and second student counted 12 + 16 = 28 squirrels combined.
So the answer is 28.