He's cooking for 8 people and wants to serve 2 scallops per person so he needs 8 * 2 = 16 scallops. 8 jumbo scallops come in 1 pound and he needs 16 scallops so he will need 16 / 8 = 2 pounds of scallops. A pound of scallops weigh $24.00 and he needs 2 pounds so it will cost him 24 * 2 = $48.00 for scallops.
The answer: 48
Reverse engineering the question: 8 jumbo scallops weigh one pound and cost $24.00 a pound. Nate is pairing 2 scallops with a corn bisque as a light summer dinner. He's cooking for 8 people. How much will the scallops cost?
Reasoning and answer: The tickets are $50.00 each and they need 2 tickets so that's 50 * 2 = $100.00. There is a 15% processing fee for the tickets so that's 100 * .15 = $15.00. The tickets are $100.00 and the processing fee is $15.00 for a total of 100 + 15 = $115.00. There is a $5.00 per person entrance fee and there are 2 people so that's 5 * 2 = $10.00. The tickets are $115.00, parking is $10.00 and the entrance fee is $10.0 for a total of 115 + 10 + 10 = $135.00.
The answer: 135
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Question: Seth and his brother want to see their favorite band in concert. The tickets are $50.00 each. There is a 15% processing fee for the tickets. They are also charged $10.00 for parking and an additional $5.00 per person entrance fee. How much will it cost to go to the concert?
Let's say Rickey took t minutes to finish the race. If Prejean's speed in the race was three - quarters that of Rickey, and Rickey took t minutes to finish the race, the time that Prejean took to finish the race is 3 / 4 * t = 3 / 4t. Together, Rickey and Prejean took t + 3 / 4t = 70. They took 1 3 / 4 t hours = 70 to finish the race. This is 7 / 4t = 70. t = 70 * 4 / 7. The time that Rickey took to finish the race is t = 40 minutes.
The answer: 40
Reverse engineering the question: Prejean's speed in a race was three-quarters that of Rickey. If they both took a total of 70 minutes to run the race, calculate the total number of minutes that Rickey took to finish the race.
Reasoning and answer: The baby sleeps 20 hours a day because 2.5 x 8 = 20. The baby sleeps 2 times as much as the father because 60 / 30 = 2. The father sleeps 10 hours a night because 20 / 2 = 10. The father sleeps for 70 hours a week because 7 x 10 = 70.
The answer: 70
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Question: Samantha sleeps an average of 8 hours a night. Her baby sister sleeps 2.5 times as much as Samantha does. Because her father is so tired from watching the baby, for every hour the baby sleeps, he sleeps 30 minutes. How many hours does her father sleep in a week?
Half of the marbles are white, so there are 50 / 2 = 25 white marbles. Green marbles are only 50% as many as yellow marbles, so there are 50 / 100 * 12 = 6 green marbles. So currently we know that we have 25 + 12 + 6 = 43 marbles. The rest are red, so there are 50 - 43 = 7 red marbles.
The answer: 7
Reverse engineering the question: George collected 50 marbles in white, yellow, green, and red. Half of them are white, and 12 are yellow. There are 50% fewer green balls than yellow balls. How many marbles are red?
The length of the chalkboard is 2 x the width of 3 feet = 6 feet. We can calculate area by multiplying the width and the length, so 3 feet x 6 feet = 18 feet.
The answer: 18
Reverse engineering the question:
Mark made a chalkboard that is 3 feet wide. It is 2 times as long as it is wide. What is the area of the chalkboard?