Question: John buys 3 puzzles. The first puzzle has 1000 pieces. The second and third puzzles have the same number of pieces and each has 50% more pieces. How many total pieces are all the puzzles?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The second puzzle has 1000 * .5 = 500 more pieces than the first. So it has 1000 + 500 = 1500 total pieces. That means those two puzzles have 1500 * 2 = 3000 pieces. So in total there were 3000 + 1000 = 4000 pieces.
So the answer is 4000.

Question: Michael ran a bakeshop and had to fill an order for 5 peach pies, 4 apple pies and 3 blueberry pies. Each pie recipe called for 3 pounds of fruit each. At the market, produce was on sale for $1.00 per pound for both blueberries and apples. The peaches each cost $2.00 per pound. How much will Michael spend at the market buying the fruit for his pie order?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Each pie needs 3 pounds of fruit so for 5 Peach pies, 3 * 5 = 15 pounds of fruit. 3 pounds of fruit for 4 apple pies is 3 * 4 = 12 pounds. 3 pounds of fruit for 3 blueberry pies is 3 * 3 = 9 pounds. He needs 12 pounds of apples and 9 pounds of blueberries so 12 + 9 = 21. 21 pounds of fruit at $1.00 per pound is 21 * 1 = $21.00. 15 pounds of peaches will cost $2.00 per pound so 15 * 2 = $30. The apple and blueberries will cost $21.00 and the peaches will cost $30 so 21 + 30 = $51.
So the answer is 51.

Question: Jenny signs up for dinner theater with 5 of her friends. Each person pays $50 for the ticket and $10 for their entree, and half the people also buy unlimited drink tickets for $30/person. Then the dinner theater is canceled due to COVID, and each person gets a 90% refund. How much money did the group of six friends lose?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the cost of the ticket and the entree for each person: $50 / person + $10 / person = $60 / person. Then multiply that cost by the number of people to find the total cost of entrees and tickets: $60 / person * 6 people = $360. Now find how many people ordered drink tickets: 6 people / 2 = 3 people. Now find the total cost of the drink tickets: 3 people * $30 / person = $90. Now find the total cost of the evening: $90 + $360 = $450. Now multiply this quantity by 90% to find the amount of the refund: $450 * .9 = $405. Now subtract the refund amount from the total cost to find how much money the friends lost: $450 - $405 = $45.
So the answer is 45.

Question: Farmer Red has three milk cows: Bess, Brownie, and Daisy. Bess, the smallest cow, gives him two pails of milk every day. Brownie, the largest cow, produces three times that amount. Then Daisy makes one pail more than Bess. How many pails of milk does Farmer Red get from them each week?
Answer:
Step-by-step reasoning process: Bess produces 2 pails every day. Brownie produces 3 times as much * 2 = 6 pails every day. Daisy produces 2 + 1 more pail than Bess = 3 pails every day. Bess, Brownie, and Daisy together produce 2 + 6 + 3 = 11 pails every day. A week is 7 days, so Farmer Red gets 11 * 7 = 77 pails each week.
So the answer is 77.