Question: A packet of candy sweets has 30 cherry-flavored sweets, 40 strawberry-flavored sweets, and 50 pineapple-flavored sweets. Aaron eats half of each of the flavored sweets and gives 5 cherry-flavored sweets to his friend. How many sweets are still in the packet of candy?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Aaron eats 1 / 2 * 30 sweets + 1 / 2 * 40 sweets + 1 / 2 * 50 sweets = 60 candy sweets. The packet of candy sweets still has 60 sweets - 5 sweets = 55 candy sweets.
So the answer is 55.

Question: Jonas is trying to expand his wardrobe. He has 20 pairs of socks, 5 pairs of shoes, 10 pairs of pants and 10 t-shirts. How many pairs of socks does he need to buy to double the number of individual items in his wardrobe?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: First, we must recognize that all pairs of shoes and socks are actually two items each, whereas the pants and the t - shirts are individual items. Therefore there are 20 * 2 = 40 individual socks in 20 pairs of socks. Similarly, there are 5 * 2 = 10 individual shoes in 5 pairs of shoes. Therefore, Jonas has 40 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 70 individual items in his collection. To double this number, we perform 70 * 2 = 140. This means we need 140 - 70 = 70 new items to double the size. Since there are 2 individual socks in each pair, we take 70 / 2 = 35 new pairs of socks.
So the answer is 35.

Question: In 5 years, Raven will be 4 times as old as Phoebe. If Phoebe is currently 10 years old, how old is Raven?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
In five years, Phoebe will be 10 + 5 = 15 years old. If Raven is four times as old as Phoebe in fifteen years, he will be 4 * 15 = 60 years old in 5 years. Currently, Raven is 60 - 5 = 55 years old.
So the answer is 55.