Answer the following question.
A town is trying to clear litter from its streets. The council pays for adding 14 trash cans to the streets and also pays for adding twice as many trash cans to the back of stores. How many trash cans has the town paid for?
Step-by-step reasoning process: At the back of stores, the town has paid for 14 trash cans on the streets * 2 = 28 trash cans. The town has therefore added 14 trash cans on the streets + 28 trash cans at the back of stores = 42 trash cans.
The answer is 42.

Answer the following question.
Eve wants to buy her 3 nieces cooking gear that's made for kids. The hand mitts cost $14.00 and the apron is $16.00. A set of 3 cooking utensils is $10.00 and a small knife is twice the amount of the utensils. The store is offering a 25% off sale on all cooking gear. How much will Eve spend on the gifts?
Step-by-step reasoning process: A small knife is twice the amount of the utensils that costs $10.00 so the knife costs 2 * 10 = $20.00. All total, each little kit will costs $14.00 for mitts, $16.00 for an apron, $10.00 for utensils and $20.00 for a knife for a total of 14 + 16 + 10 + 20 = $60.00. Each kit costs $60.00 and they are currently 25% off so that's a savings of 60 * .25 = $15.00. The kits are $60.00 and they are $15.00 off so they now cost 60 - 15 = $45.00. She needs to buy 3 kits and each kit costs $45.00 so that's 3 * 45 = $135.00.
The answer is 135.

Answer the following question.
A carton of ice cream contains 10 scoops each. Mary has 3 cartons of ice cream, one chocolate, one strawberry and one vanilla. Ethan wants one scoop of vanilla and one of chocolate. Lucas, Danny and Connor all want 2 scoops of chocolate. Olivia would like a scoop of vanilla and one of strawberry. Shannon wants twice as much as Olivia. How many scoops of ice cream will be left?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The total number of scoops of ice cream that Mary has is 3 cartons * 10 scoops = 30 scoops of ice cream. Lucas, Danny and Connor will eat 2 scoops * 3 people = 6 scoops of ice cream. Shannon will eat 2 * (1 vanilla + 1 strawberry) = 4 total scoops of ice cream. Combined the kids will eat a total of 2 + 6 + 2 + 4 scoops = 14 scoops of ice cream. Mary will have 30 scoops - 14 scoops = 16 scoops of ice cream remaining.
The answer is 16.

Answer the following question.
Before work, Hayden spends 5 minutes ironing his button-up shirt and 3 minutes ironing his pants. He does this 5 days a week. How many minutes does he iron over 4 weeks?
Step-by-step reasoning process: He spends 5 minutes ironing his shirt and 3 minutes ironing his pants so that's 5 + 3 = 8 minutes. He does this every day for 5 days so that's 5 * 8 = 40 minutes. After 4 weeks, Hayden has spent 4 * 40 = 160 minutes ironing his clothes.
The answer is 160.