Question: In the honey shop, the bulk price of honey is $5 per pound and the minimum spend is $40 before tax. The honey is taxed at $1 per pound. If Penny has paid $240 for honey, by how many pounds has Penny's purchase exceed the minimum spend?
Answer: Including tax, a pound of honey costs 5 + 1 = 6 dollars. The minimum purchase equals 40 / 5 = 8 pounds of honey. Penny has bought 240 / 6 = 40 pounds of honey. Penny has exceeded the minimum purchase by 40 - 8 = 32 pounds. The answer is 32.

Question: Agatha has $60 to spend on a new bike. She spends $15 on the frame, and $25 on the front wheel. What does she have left, in dollars, to spend on a seat and handlebar tape?
Answer: Agatha spends 15 + 25 = 40 dollars. Agatha has 60 - 40 = 20 dollars left. The answer is 20.

Question: Amber is trying to decide if she wants to spend her $7 on candy or chips. She decides to buy the thing that she can get the most of. The bags of candy cost $1 and contain 12 ounces each. The bags of chips are $1.40 and contain 17 ounces each. How many ounces does she get if she buys the item that gives her the most?
Answer: She can buy 7 bags of candy because 7 / 1 = 7. She can buy 5 bags of chips because 7 / 1.4 = 5. She gets 84 ounces of candy because 7 x 12 = 84. She gets 85 ounces of chips because 5 x 17 = 85. The gets 85 ounces in food because 85 > 84. The answer is 85.

Question: Remi wants to drink more water. He has a refillable water bottle that holds 20 ounces of water. That week Remi refills the bottle 3 times a day and drinks the whole bottle each time except for twice when he accidentally spills 5 ounces the first time and 8 ounces the second time. In 7 days how many ounces of water does Remi drink?
Answer:
Remi drinks the same amount of water every day for a week except for when he spills some of it. His water bottle holds 20 ounces which he drinks 3 times a day, 20 x 3 = 60 ounces a typical day. Over 7 days, without spilling anything, Remi drinks 60 ounces x 7 days = 420 ounces. Except Remi spills 8 + 5 ounces of water during the week = 13 ounces of water Remi spills. Total, Remi drinks 420 ounces - 13 ounces of spilled water = 407 ounces Remi drank during the week. The answer is 407.