Reasoning & answer: CoT: The first 8 customers bought 8 * 3 = 24 cases. The next 4 customers bought 4 * 2 = 8 cases. The last 8 customers bought 8 * 1 = 8. In total 24 + 8 + 8 = 40 cases were sold.
The answer: 40
Question: There was a big sale on cat food at the pet store. 20 people bought cat food that day. The first 8 customers bought 3 cases each. The next four customers bought 2 cases each. The last 8 customers of the day only bought 1 case each. How many cases of cat food were sold?

Reasoning & answer: CoT: Animals were seen 26 times in January and three times as much in February, 26 x 3 = 78 times animals were seen in February. In March the animals were seen 1 / 2 as many times as were seen in February, 78 / 2 = 39 times animals were seen in March. If animals were seen 26 times in January + 78 times in February + 39 times in March = 143 times animals were seen in the first three months of the year.
The answer: 143
Question: In January the families visiting a national park see animals 26 times. In February the families that visit the national park see animals three times as many as were seen there in January. Then in March the animals are shyer and the families who visit the national park see animals half as many times as they were seen in February. How many times total did families see an animal in the first three months of the year?

Reasoning & answer: CoT: If there were 4000 whales in the sea three years ago, and their number doubled this year, then there are 2 * 4000 = 8000 whales in the sea this year. If the predictions come true, there will be 8000 + 800 = 8800 whales in the water next year.
The answer: 8800
Question: The total number of whales in the sea this year is double what it was last year. If the World Animals Organization predicts that there will be 800 more whales in the sea next year, and the number of whales in the sea last year was 4000, calculate the total number of whales in the sea next year if the predictions are accurate.

Reasoning & answer: CoT: There are 3 families of 4 meaning there are 3 * 4 = 12 people in the vacation rental. They all use 1 oversized beach towel a day so they use 1 * 12 = 12 towels a day. They use 12 towels a day for 7 days so in one week they use 12 * 7 = 84 beach towels. The washing machine can only hold 14 towels and they have 84 towels to wash which means there are 84 / 14 = 6 loads of laundry.
The answer: 6
Question:
3 families of 4 people shared a vacation rental for 7 days. Everyone uses 1 oversized beach towel a day before getting a new one. The washing machine can hold 14 oversized beach towels per load. How many loads of laundry will it take to wash all the oversized beach towels?