Question: In order to train for his fights Rocky would run 4 miles on day one of training. Rocky would double the miles for day 2, and triple the miles from day 2 for day 3. How many miles did Rocky run in the first three days of training?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Day 1:4. Day 2:2(4) = 8. Day 3:8(3) = 24. Total:4 + 8 + 24 = 36 miles.
So the answer is 36.


Question: There were 140 kids in the junior prom. Of those, a fourth of them were dancers. Of the dancers, 25 danced the slow dance. How many of the dancer students did not slow dance?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: 140 / 4 = 35 of the students were dancers. 35 - 25 = 10 of the dancer students did not slow dance.
So the answer is 10.


Question: There are 5 houses on a street, and each of the first four houses has 3 gnomes in the garden. If there are a total of 20 gnomes on the street, how many gnomes does the fifth house have?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:

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In the first four houses, there are a total of 4 houses * 3 gnomes = 12 gnomes. Therefore, the fifth house had 20 total gnomes – 12 gnomes = 8 gnomes.
So the answer is 8.