Answer the following question.
Rick took off on a road trip for the summer. He traveled to the first destination on his trip, and then from there, he traveled twice the distance to this second destination. The third point on his trip was 40 miles away, which was half the distance he traveled from the beginning to his first destination. The final destination took twice the amount of driving of all the other legs put together. How many miles in total did he travel across all the legs of the trip?
Step-by-step reasoning process: If the third leg of Rick's trip was half the distance of the first leg, was 40 miles, this means the first leg was 40 * 2 = 80 miles long. If the second leg of the trip was twice the distance of the first leg, that means it was 80 * 2 = 160 miles long. If the fourth leg was equal in distance to the total amount traveled across the first 3 legs, that means it was equal to 40 + 80 + 160 = 280 miles long. This means in total Rick traveled 280 + 280 = 560 miles.
The answer is 560.

Answer the following question.
Justin needs to collect one flower for each classmate that is in his 2nd-grade class. It takes him on average 10 minutes to find a flower he likes. He has been gathering for 2 hours. Assuming he has lost 3 of the flowers he initially gathered, how many more minutes does he need to look if he has 30 classmates?
Step-by-step reasoning process: If he gathers for 2 hours, the number of minutes gathering is 2 * 60 minutes per hour = 120 minutes of gathering flowers. Gathering for 120 minutes / 10 minutes per flower = 12 flowers gathered. If he gathers 12 flowers initially but lost 3, he has 12 - 3 = 9 flowers gathered and kept. Since he has 30 classmates total and has 9 flowers, he needs to gather 30 - 9 = 21 more flowers. Assuming it takes 10 minutes per flower, it will take him 10 * 21 = 210 minutes to gather the remaining 21 flowers needed.
The answer is 210.

Answer the following question.
Fran is in charge of counting votes for the book club's next book, but she always cheats so her favorite gets picked. Originally, there were 10 votes for Game of Thrones, 12 votes for Twilight, and 20 votes for The Art of the Deal. Fran throws away 80% of the votes for The Art of the Deal and half the votes for Twilight. What percentage of the altered votes were for Game of Thrones?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the total number of The Art of the Deal votes Fran throws away: 80% * 20 votes = 16 votes. Then subtract these votes from the total number of The Art of the Deal votes to find the altered number: 20 votes - 16 votes = 4 votes. Then divide the total number Twilight votes by 2 to find the altered number of votes: 12 votes / 2 = 6 votes. Then add the altered number of votes for each book to find the total altered number of votes: 6 votes + 4 votes + 10 votes = 20 votes. Then divide the number of votes for Game of Thrones by the total altered number of votes and multiply by 100% to express the answer as a percentage: 10 votes / 20 votes * 100% = 50%.
The answer is 50.

Answer the following question.
Darryl is an inventor who just designed a new machine. He had to pay $3600 for the parts to construct the machine, and $4500 for the patent he applied for once he built it. If the machine sells for $180, how many machines does Darryl need to sell to break even after the costs?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Darryl paid 3600 + 4500 = $8100 in costs for the parts and patent. Thus, Darryl needs to sell 8100 / 180 = 45 machines to break even.
The answer is 45.