Reasoning and answer: The daughter and her 3 friends each want 1.5 servings of pancakes so that's 4 * 1.5 = 6 servings of pancakes. Willow's son wants 3 servings of pancakes and the girls want 6 so that's 3 + 6 = 9 servings of pancakes. Each serving makes 4 pancakes and Willow needs to make 9 servings for a total of 4 * 9 = 36 pancakes.
The answer: 36
What was the question?
Question: Willow's daughter had a slumber party with 3 of her friends. For breakfast, they wanted pancakes. Willow's pancake recipe makes 1 serving of 4 pancakes. Each of the girls wanted a serving and a half of pancakes. Willow's son wanted 3 servings of pancakes. How many single pancakes will Willow make for the girls and her son?
First divide the download time in half to find the install time: 10 minutes / 2 = 5 minutes. Then add that amount of time to the download time: 5 minutes + 10 minutes = 15 minutes. Then triple that amount of time to find the tutorial time: 15 minutes * 3 = 45 minutes. Then add that time to the install and downtime time to find the total time: 45 minutes + 15 minutes = 60 minutes.
The answer: 60
Reverse engineering the question: James spends 10 minutes downloading a game, half as long installing it, and triple that combined amount of time going through the tutorial. How long does it take before he can play the main game?
Reasoning and answer: After giving $5, Lucy has $20 - $5 = $15 left. Since Linda has $15 after receiving $5, then she had $15 - $5 = $10 at the beginning.
The answer: 10
What was the question?
Question: If Lucy would give Linda $5, Lucy would have the same amount of money as Linda. If Lucy originally had $20, how much money did Linda have at the beginning?
First, we must recognize that all pairs of shoes and socks are actually two items each, whereas the pants and the t - shirts are individual items. Therefore there are 20 * 2 = 40 individual socks in 20 pairs of socks. Similarly, there are 5 * 2 = 10 individual shoes in 5 pairs of shoes. Therefore, Jonas has 40 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 70 individual items in his collection. To double this number, we perform 70 * 2 = 140. This means we need 140 - 70 = 70 new items to double the size. Since there are 2 individual socks in each pair, we take 70 / 2 = 35 new pairs of socks.
The answer: 35
Reverse engineering the question: Jonas is trying to expand his wardrobe. He has 20 pairs of socks, 5 pairs of shoes, 10 pairs of pants and 10 t-shirts. How many pairs of socks does he need to buy to double the number of individual items in his wardrobe?
Reasoning and answer: The first one runs a mile in 7 minutes because 21 / 3 = 7. The second runs a mile in 8 minutes because 24 / 3 = 8. The first one would finish 5 miles in 35 minutes because 5 x 7 = 35. The second one would finish in 40 minutes because 5 x 8 = 40. It will take 75 minutes in total because 35 + 40 = 75.
The answer: 75
What was the question?
Question: Two friends are racing three miles. The first one runs it in 21 minutes. The second one runs it in 24 minutes. If they keep up the same pace, how long combined will it take for them to run 5 miles each?
Reasoning and answer: The injury would be fully healed after 3 * 5 = 15 days. So he would start exercising again in 15 + 3 = 18 days. He would then wait for 3 * 7 = 21 more days to start lifting heavy again. That means he needs to wait 18 + 21 = 39 days.
The answer: 39
What was the question?
Question:
James hurt himself exercising. The pain subsided after 3 days, but he knew that the injury would take at least 5 times that long to fully heal. After that, he wanted to wait another 3 days before he started working out again. If he wants to wait 3 weeks after that to start lifting heavy again, how long until he can lift heavy again?