Nancy is crafting clay pots to sell. She creates 12 clay pots on Monday, twice as many on Tuesday, a few more on Wednesday, then ends the week with 50 clay pots. How many did she create on Wednesday?
Let's think: On Tuesday, Nancy creates 12 clay pots * 2 = 24 clay plots. So she created a combined total of 12 + 24 = 36 clay pots on Monday and Tuesday. Subtracting this from the number of clay pots she ended the week with means she must have created 50 36 = 14 clay pots on Wednesday.. The answer is: 14.

In the beginning, Justine had 10 more rubber bands than Bailey but 2 fewer bands than Ylona. Bailey decided to give two bands each to Justine and Ylona so that he is left with only 8 rubber bands. How many rubber bands did Ylona have in the beginning?
Let's think: Bailey gave 2 + 2 = 4 bands. So Bailey had 8 + 4 = 12 bands in the beginning. Justine had 12 + 10 = 22 bands in the beginning. Thus, Ylona had 22 + 2 = 24 bands in the beginning.. The answer is: 24.

At Hank's cafe, he sells big stack pancakes which have 5 pancakes and short stack pancakes which have 3 pancakes. If 9 customers order the short stack and 6 customers order the big stack, how many pancakes does Hank need to make?
Let's think: For the short stack orders, Hank needs to make 3 x 9 = 27 pancakes. For the big stack orders, he needs to make 5 x 6 = 30 pancakes. Altogether, Hank needs to make 27 + 30 = 57 pancakes.. The answer is: 57.

Paolo has 14 coconuts, while Dante has thrice as many coconuts as Paolo. If Dante sold 10 of his coconuts, how many coconuts did he have left?
Let's think:
Dante has 14 x 3 = 42 coconuts. Therefore, Dante was left with 42 - 10 = 32 coconuts after he sold 10 of them.. The answer is: 32.