Question: Teddy is a pillow-maker. He uses 3 less than 5 pounds of fluffy foam material to make each pillow. If Teddy has three tons of fluffy foam material, how many pillows can he make?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Three less than 5 is 5 - 3 = 2. Since one ton is 2000 pounds, three tons is 2000 * 3 = 6000 pounds. Thus, in 6000 pounds, he can make 6000 / 2 = 3000 pillows.
So the answer is 3000.

Question: Johann had 60 oranges. He decided to eat 10. Once he ate them, half were stolen by Carson. Carson returned exactly 5. How many oranges does Johann have now?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Start with the consumed oranges: 60 oranges - 10 oranges = 50 oranges. To find the stolen oranges: 50 oranges / 2 = 25 oranges. To find the number of oranges after the return: 25 oranges + 5 oranges = 30 oranges.
So the answer is 30.

Question: UF got into the national championship. For them to get into the championship, they scored a total of 720 points during their previous 24 games. In the championship game, however, their opponent was much stronger than any other team they had previously gone against and they scored 2 points less than half as much as they had previously scored in each of the 24 games. Their opponent only lost by 2 points. How many points did their opponent score?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: They scored an average of 720 / 24 = 30 points in their previous games. Half that many would be 30 / 2 = 15 points. So in the finals, they scored 15 - 2 = 13 points. Their opponent thus scored 13 - 2 = 11 points.
So the answer is 11.

Question: Jerome has 20 classmates on his cell phone contact list. He has half as many out of school friends as classmates on his contact list. He also has his two parents and his sister on his contact list. How many people are on Jerome's contact list?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Jerome has 20 classmates on the list, and has half as many out of school friends on there so he has 20 / 2 = 10 out of school friends on the contact list. He has 2 parents and 1 sister on the contact list, for 2 + 1 = 3 family members on the contact list. Adding the classmates, out of school friends and family members together we get 20 + 10 + 3 = 33 people on his contact list.
So the answer is 33.