Travis goes through 2 boxes of cereal a week. If each box costs $3.00 and he eats 2 boxes every week for an entire year, 52 weeks, how much does he spend on cereal?
Let's think: He eats 2 boxes for 52 weeks so he eats 2 * 52 = 104 boxes. Each box costs $3.00 and he buys 104 boxes so he spends 3 * 104 = $312.00.. The answer is: 312.

Mabel planted 4 tomato plants. One tomato plant bore 8 tomatoes and another bore 4 more tomatoes than the first. The two remaining plants each bore three times the number of tomatoes as the first two plants combined. How many tomatoes does Mabel have?
Let's think: The second tomato plant bore 8 + 4 = 12 fruit. The first two plants bore 8 + 12 = 20 fruit combined. Each of the other two plants bore 20 x 3 = 60 fruit. Mabel has 8 + 12 + 60 + 60 = 140 tomatoes.. The answer is: 140.

Trisha needed to buy some groceries for herself and her dog. She spent $17 on meat, $22 on chicken, $43 on all the veggies, $5 on the eggs, and finally $45 on her dog’s food. When she left the store, she had only $35 left. How much money did she bring with her at the beginning?
Let's think: The total amount of money she spent is $17 + $22 + $43 + $5 + $45 = $132. Add this to the amount she had left over to find the amount of money she brought at the beginning: $132 + $35 = $167.. The answer is: 167.

A box of six popsicles was left out in the sun and is slowly melting. Every time a popsicle melts the remaining popsicles melt twice as fast as the previous one. How many times faster than the first popsicle does the last popsicle’s remains melt?
Let's think:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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The remains of the second popsicle melt 2 * 1 = 2 times as fast as the first. The remains of the third popsicle melt 2 * 2 = 4 times as fast as the first. The remains of the fourth popsicle melt 2 * 4 = 8 times as fast as the first. The remains of the fifth popsicle melt 2 * 8 = 16 times as fast as the first. The remains of the sixth popsicle melt 2 * 16 = 32 times as fast as the first popsicle.. The answer is: 32.