Question: Max attended 40 college courses in 2 years. Sid attended four times as many college courses as Max in the same period. What's the total of college courses they both attended?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: If Sid attended four times as many college courses as Max, he attended 4 * 40 = 160 college courses. The total of college courses they both attended is 160 + 40 = 200.
So the answer is 200.

Question: Miles and Daphne are comparing their reading collection and want to figure out who has more pages. They are about to count each page, but their parents suggest that they see whose collection is taller. Mile's collection is taller, but then Daphne notices that Miles reads board books, and so the pages are thicker. After some more measuring, they figure out that for Miles, 1 inch equals 5 pages, but for Daphne 1 inch equals 50 pages. If Miles's books are 240 inches tall and Daphne's collection is 25 inches tall, how many pages are in the longest collection?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Miles's collection has 1,200 pages because 240 x 5 = 1,200. Daphne's collection has 1,250 pages because 25 x 50 = 1,250. The largest collection has 1,250 pages because 1,250 > 1,200.
So the answer is 1250.

Question: Edward the plumber is replacing a pipe in a bathroom wall. He needs to use 40 feet of copper pipe to complete the job. For every 5 feet of pipe, Edward must use one tightening bolt, and for every bolt, he uses two washers. He buys a bag of 20 washers for the job. After he completes the bathroom job, how many washers will be remaining in the bag?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: If Edward needs to use 1 bolt per every five feet of piping, then for a job requiring 40 - feet of piping, he will use 40 / 5 = 8 tightening bolts. If for every 1 bolt he uses two washers, then he will need 8 * 2 = 16 washers to complete the job. if he buys a bag containing 20 washers, and removes 16, he will have 20 - 16 = 4 washers remaining in the bag.
So the answer is 4.

Question: Jeanine bought 18 pencils and Clare bought half as many pencils. If Jeanine gave one third of his pencils to Abby, how many more pencils than Clare does Jeanine have now?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Clare bought half of 18 pencils which is 18 / 2 = 9 pencils. One - third of 18 pencils is (1 / 3) * 18 = 6 pencils. Jeanine gave out 6 pencils so he has 18 - 6 = 12 pencils left. Jeanine now has 12 - 9 = 3 pencils.
So the answer is 3.