Question: Jay has decided to save money from his paycheck every week. He has decided that he will increase the amount he saves each week by 10 dollars. If he started by saving 20 dollars this week, how much will he have saved in a month from now?
Answer: In one week he will have saved 20 + 10 = 30 dollars. In two weeks he will have saved 30 + 10 = 40 dollars. In three weeks he will have saved 40 + 10 = 50 dollars. At the end of week four, he will have saved 50 + 10 = 60 dollars. The answer is 60.

Question: Mimi has decided to start going to the gym again. Over the weekend, she spent $8,000 on athletic sneakers and clothes. She spent thrice as much on Nike sneakers as she did on Adidas. What she spent on Adidas was 1/5 the cost of Skechers. If Mimi's Adidas sneakers purchase was $600, what amount did she spend on clothes?
Answer: The Adidas purchase was 1 / 5 that of Skechers, therefore the Skechers cost 5 * 600 = 3000 dollars. Spending three times the cost of Adidas on Nike sneakers translates to 3 * 600 = 1800 dollars. All together, the three athletic - sneaker purchases cost Mimi 600 + 1800 + 3000 = 5400 dollars. Subtracting the amount spent on athletic sneakers from the total spent gives 8000 - 5400 = 2600 dollars. Mimi therefore spent 2600 dollars on clothes. The answer is 2600.

Question: Sabrina went to the library and found a historical series novel called The Rangers Apprentice. There are 14 books in the series, and each book has 200 pages. She read four books in a month and half the number of books remaining in the second month. What's the total number of pages Sabrina has to read to finish the whole series?
Answer: The total number of pages in the series is 14 books * 200 pages / book = 2800 pages. Sabrina read 4 books * 200 pages / book = 800 pages in the first month. She still has 14 books - 4 books = 10 books after reading four books. In the second month, she read 1 / 2 * 10 books = 5 books. The total number of pages she read is 5 books * 200 pages / book = 1000 in the second month. In total, Sabrina 1000 pages + 800 pages = 1800 pages in two months. Sabrina has to read 2800 pages - 1800 pages = 1000 more pages to complete the total series. The answer is 1000.

Question: Hector purchased a container of gumballs. He gave 4 to Todd, then he gave twice as many as he had given Todd to Alisha, and then he gave 5 less than four times as many to Bobby as he had given to Alisha. If Hector had 6 gumballs remaining, what is the total number of gumballs that Hector purchased?
Answer:
Hector gave to Alisha twice as many as he had given Todd, for a total of 4 * 2 = 8 gumballs,. Hector gave 5 less than four times as many to Bobby as he had given to Alisha, or a total of (8 * 4) - 5 = 27 gumballs. If Hector had 6 gumballs remaining, he originally purchased 4 + 8 + 27 + 6 = 45 gumballs. The answer is 45.