Question: Harper needs to buy teacher appreciation gifts for her children’s teachers. Her son has 3 different teachers and her daughter has 4. If she spent $70 on gifts, how much did each gift cost?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Her son has 3 teachers and her daughter has 4, so together they have 3 + 4 = 7 teachers. Harper has already spent $70 on 7 gifts, so she spent $70 / 7 = $10 per gift.
So the answer is 10.

Question: Guise went to a restaurant and ate ten hot dogs on a Monday. That week, he ate two more dogs each day than the previous day. How many hot dogs had Guise eaten by Wednesday that week?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: Since Guise was eating 2 more hot dogs each day than the previous day and ate 10 hot dogs on Monday, he ate 10 + 2 = 12 hot dogs on Tuesday. By Tuesday Guise had eaten 12 + 10 = 22 hot dogs. On Wednesday, after eating two more hot dogs than the previous day, the total number of hot dogs he ate is 12 + 2 = 14. In the three days, Guise ate 14 + 22 = 36 hotdogs.
So the answer is 36.

Question: A zoo has 8 parrots. It 3 times the number of snakes than parrots and 2 times the number of monkeys than snakes. The number of elephants is half the number of parrots and snakes added up, and there are 3 fewer zebras than elephants. What is the difference in number between the zebras and the monkeys?
Answer: Step-by-step reasoning process: The zoo has 8 x 3 = 24 snakes. It has 24 x 2 = 48 monkeys. The number of parrots and snakes added up is 8 + 24 = 32. There are 32 / 2 = 16 elephants. There are 16 - 3 = 13 zebras. The difference between zebras and monkeys is 48 - 13 = 35.
So the answer is 35.

Question: John earned $18 on Saturday but he only managed to earn half that amount on Sunday. He earned $20 the previous weekend. How much more money does he need to earn to give him the $60 he needs to buy a new pogo stick?
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Step-by-step reasoning process: John earnt $18 / 2 = $9 on Sunday. In total, John made $18 + $9 + $20 = $47 over the two weekends. John needs $60 - $47 = $13 extra to buy the pogo stick.
So the answer is 13.