Question: Nathan bought one large box of bananas. He saw that there are six bunches with eight bananas in a bunch and five bunches with seven bananas in a bunch. How many bananas did Nathan have?
Answer: There were 6 x 8 = 48 bananas from the bunches with 8 bananas in a bunch. There were 5 x 7 = 35 bananas from the bunches with 7 bananas in a bunch. Therefore, Nathan had 48 + 35 = 83 bananas. The answer is 83.

Question: Danny helps his friends carpool to work. He has to drive 8 miles to the first friend's house, half that distance to the second friend's house, then 3 times the total distance driven so far to get to work. How many miles does Danny drive between the second friend's house and work?
Answer: First find the distance to the second friend's house by halving the distance to the first friend's house: 8 miles / 2 = 4 miles. Then add that amount to the distance to the first friend's house: 4 miles + 8 miles = 12 miles. Then triple that number to find the distance from the second friend's house to work: 12 miles * 3 = 36 miles. The answer is 36.

Question: Ben wants to pick 56 sugar snap peas. At his current rate of picking, all will be picked in seven minutes. How long, in minutes, would it take Ben to pick 72 sugar snap peas?
Answer: In 1 minute, Ben picks 56 / 7 = 8 sugar snap peas. Ben would take 72 / 8 = 9 minutes to pick 72 sugar snap peas. The answer is 9.

Question: Georgie is a varsity player on a football team. He can run 40 yards within 5 seconds. If he can improve his speed by forty percent, how many yards will he be able to run within 10 seconds?
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The additional yard he will be able to run to after improving his speed is 40 x 40 / 100 = 16 yards. So the total yard he will be able to run to after improving his speed is 40 + 16 = 56 yards in 5 seconds. Therefore the total yards he will be able to run to within 10 seconds is 56 x 2 = 112. The answer is 112.