Q: 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?
A: 32
Step-by-step reasoning process: 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.

Q: In the spelling bee, Max has 5 points, Dulce has 3 points, and Val has twice the combined points of Max and Dulce. If they are on the same team and their opponents' team has a total of 40 points, how many points are their team behind?
A: 16
Step-by-step reasoning process: Max and Dulce's total combined points are 5 + 3 = 8. So, Val got 8 x 2 = 16 points. And the total points of their team is 8 + 16 = 24. Therefore, their team is 40 - 24 = 16 points behind.

Q: Annie is building a diorama for her history class. The amount of time she spent building it is equal to three times the amount of time she spent planning it minus 5 minutes. If she spent 67 minutes on the diorama total, how many minutes did she spend building it?
A: 49
Step-by-step reasoning process: Let p be the planning time in minutes and b be the building time. We know that b = 3p - 5 and b + p = 67. Substituting the first equation into the second equation, we get 3p - 5 + p = 67. Combining like terms, we get 4p - 5 = 67. Adding 5 to both sides, we get 4p = 72. Dividing both sides by 4, we get p = 18. Substituting this value into b = 3p - 5, we find that b = 3 * 18 - 5 = 49.

Q: Gary bought his first used car for $6,000. Gary borrowed the money from his dad who said he could pay him back the full amount over 5 years. Gary decided he would pay his dad back the full amount in 2 years. How much more is Gary spending per month to pay the loan off in 2 years instead of 5?
A: 150
Step-by-step reasoning process: A full year has 12 months. So 2 years is 2 * 12 = 24 months. The loan amount is $6,000 that he will repay in 24 months so 6000 / 24 = $250 per month. If he paid his dad back in 5 years that 5 * 12 = 60 months. $6,000 loan spread out over 60 months is 6000 / 60 = $100 per month. To pay it off in 2 years instead of 5, Gary is paying 250 - 100 = $150 more per month.