Q: The Giants baseball team is trying to make their league playoff. They have played 20 games and won 12 of them. To make the playoffs, they need to win 2/3 of their games over the season. If there are 10 games left, how many do they have to win to make the playoffs?
A: 8
Step-by-step reasoning process: There are 30 games total because 20 + 10 = 30. They need to win 20 games because 30 x (2 / 3) = 20. The need to win 8 more games because 20 - 12 = 8.

Q: Collin has 25 flowers. Ingrid gives Collin a third of her 33 flowers. If each flower has 4 petals, how many petals does Collin have in total?
A: 144
Step-by-step reasoning process: Ingrid gives Collin 33 / 3 = 11 flowers. Now Collin has 25 + 11 = 36 flowers. Since each flower has 4 petals, Collin has a total of 36 * 4 = 144 flowers.

Q: It's Mother's day, so mothers get a 10% discount on the department store. Mothers who have 3 children or more can get an additional 4% off the discounted price. If Mrs. Brown has 4 children and wants to buy a pair of shoes that costs $125, how much will she pay?
A: 108
Step-by-step reasoning process: Mrs. Brown has a $125 x 10 / 100 = $12.5 discount for her purchase. So, the remaining amount she needs to pay is $125 - $12.5 = $112.5. But Mrs. Brown can still avail of the 5% discount, so she has an additional discount of $112.5 x 4 / 100 = $4.5. Therefore, Mrs. brown will only pay $112.5 - $4.5 = $108.

Q: Uncle Jude baked 256 cookies. He gave 15 cookies to Tim, 23 cookies to Mike, kept some in the fridge and gave the rest to Anna. How many cookies did he put in the fridge if he gave twice as many cookies as he gave Tim to Anna?
A: 188
Step-by-step reasoning process: He gave twice 15 cookies to Anna which is 2 * 15 = 30 cookies. He gave out a total of 15 + 23 + 30 = 68 cookies. The remainder in the fridge is 256 - 68 = 188 cookies.