Reasoning and answer: Lucy can read 20 more pages than Oliver who can read 40 pages so Lucy can read 40 + 20 = 60 pages. Carter can read half as many pages as Lucy who can read 60 pages so he can read 60 / 2 = 30 pages in 1 hour.
The answer: 30
What was the question?
Question: Carter can read half as many pages as Lucy in 1 hour. Lucy can read 20 more pages than Oliver in 1 hour. Oliver can read 40 pages. How many pages can Carter read in 1 hour?
Let x be the number of years Tom has been teaching. Devin has been teaching for (1 / 2)x - 5 years. 70 = x + ((1 / 2)x - 5). 70 = (3 / 2)x - 5. 75 = (3 / 2)x. x = 50. Tom has been teaching for 50 years.
The answer: 50
Reverse engineering the question: Tom and Devin have been teaching for a total of 70 years. Devin has been teaching for 5 less than half the number of years that Tom has. How many years has Tom been teaching?
Reasoning and answer: First find how many onions total Trent needs to chop: 4 onions / pot * 6 pots = 24 onions. Then divide that number by three onions per 2 tears to find how many sets of two tears Trent cries: 24 onions / 3 onions = 8. Then multiply that number by the number of tears per set to find the total number of tears: 8 * 2 tears = 16 tears.
The answer: 16
What was the question?
Question: Trent cries 2 tears for every three onions he chops. He needs to chop 4 onions per pot of soup. If he's making 6 pots of soup, how many tears does he cry?
After the first month you get 10 / 100 * $300 = $30 interest. After the first month you will have $300 + $30 = $330 in total. After the second month you get = 10 / 100 * $330 = $33 interest. After the second month you will have $330 + $33 = $363 in total.
The answer: 363
Reverse engineering the question: An investment bank gives 10 percent interest at the end of every month. How much money in total will you have, including interest, at the end of 2 months if you invest $300?
Reasoning and answer: Joe has 8 * 7 = 56 fish. Harry has 4 * 56 = 224 fish.
The answer: 224
What was the question?
Question: Of the 3 friends, Harry has 4 times as many fish as Joe, and Joe has 8 times as many fish as Sam does. If Sam has 7 fish, how many fish does Harry have?
Reasoning and answer: The length of the rectangle is 4 * 7 inches = 28 inches. The area of the rectangle is 7 inches * 28 inches = 196 square inches.
The answer: 196
What was the question?
Question:
You draw a rectangle that is 7 inches wide. It is 4 times as long as it is wide. What is the area of the rectangle?