Question: Dante needs half as many cups of flour to bake his chocolate cake as he needs eggs. If he uses 60 eggs in his recipe, calculate the total number of cups of flour and eggs that he uses altogether.
Answer: Dante needs half as many cups of flour to bake his chocolate cake as he needs eggs, meaning he needs 60 / 2 = 30 cups of flour for his recipe. Altogether, Dante needs 30 + 60 = 90 eggs and cups of flour for his recipe. The answer is 90.

Question: Scott has 7 pairs of shoes. Anthony has 3 times as many pairs of shoes as Scott, and Jim has 2 less pairs than Anthony. How many more pairs of shoes does Anthony have compared to Jim?
Answer: Anthony:7(3) = 21. Jim:21 - 2 = 19. Anthony has 21 - 19 = 2 more pairs of shoes. The answer is 2.

Question: Billy has $25 less than twice the money Sam has. If Sam has $75, how much money do they have together?
Answer: Billy has $25 less than twice Sam's money, or 2 * $75 - $25 = $150 - $25 = $125. Together they have $75 + $125 = $200. The answer is 200.

Question: 9 years from now, John will be 3 times as old as he was 11 years ago. How old is he now?
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Let J represent John’s age. We have J + 9 = 3(j − 11). So, J + 9 = 3J − 33. So, 9 = 2J − 33. So, 42 = 2J. Which means that John’s age is J = 42 / 2 = 21. The answer is 21.