Question: Kara has to drink 4 ounces of water every time she takes her medication. Her medication instructions are to take one tablet three times a day. She followed the instructions for one week, but in the second week, she forgot twice on one day. How many ounces of water did she drink with her medication over those two weeks?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Kara drinks 4 * 3 = 12 ounces of water with her medication each day. In a week, she drinks 12 * 7 = 84 ounces of water with her medication. In two weeks, she drinks 84 * 2 = 168 ounces of water with her medication. One day, she forgot two tablets, so she did not drink 2 * 4 = 8 ounces of water. Thus, Kara drank 168 - 8 = 160 ounces of water with her medication over two weeks.
So the answer is 160.


Question: Shawn collected 40 plain pebbles. He painted 9 pebbles red and 13 pebbles blue. He then divided the remaining pebbles equally into 3 groups, and painted them purple, yellow, and green. What is the difference between the number of blue and yellow pebbles?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: After painting the red and blue pebbles, Shawn had a remainder of 40 - 9 - 13 = 18 pebbles. He painted 18 / 3 = 6 pebbles yellow. The difference between the number of blue and yellow pebbles is 13 - 6 = 7.
So the answer is 7.


Question: Sean buys 3 cans of soda, 2 soups, and 1 sandwich. Each soup cost as much as the 3 combined sodas. The sandwich cost 3 times as much as the soup. If the soda cost $1 how much did everything cost together?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:

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The soda cost 3 * 1 = $3. So the soups cost 2 * 3 = $6. The sandwich cost 3 * 3 = $9. So the total cost of everything was 3 + 6 + 9 = $18.
So the answer is 18.