Reasoning and answer: Yun has 20 - 12 = 8 paperclips. Marion has 8 / 4 + 7 = 9 paperclips.
The answer: 9
What was the question?
Question: Yun had 20 paperclips initially, but then lost 12. Marion has 1/4 more than what Yun currently has, plus 7. How many paperclips does Marion have?
He tears 30 * 3 = 90 cards a week. He bought 55 * 18 = 990 cards. So he can tear for 990 / 90 = 11 weeks.
The answer: 11
Reverse engineering the question: Jame is trying to learn to tear playing cards. He can tear 30 cards at a time. A new deck of cards has 55 cards if you include the jokers and blank cards. He tears cards 3 times a week. If he buys 18 decks how many weeks can he go?
Reasoning and answer: Jean kept 60 / 3 = 20 stuffies. That means she gave away 60 - 20 = 40 stuffies. So Janet got 40 / 4 = 10 stuffies.
The answer: 10
What was the question?
Question: Jean has 60 stuffies. She keeps 1/3 of them and then gives away the rest. She gives 1/4 of what she gave away to her sister Janet. How many stuffies did Janet get?
If Carlos has 20 cards, Matias has 20 - 6 = 14 baseball cards. Since Matias and Jorge have the same amount of baseball cards, the total number of cards the three have is 14 + 14 + 20 = 48 cards.
The answer: 48
Reverse engineering the question: Jorge has an equal number of baseball cards as Matias, who has 6 fewer cards than Carlos. If Carlos has 20 baseball cards, what is the total number of baseball cards the three have?
Reasoning and answer: Darla:6 books. Katie:6 / 2 = 3 books. Gary: 5(6 + 3) = 45 books. 6 + 3 + 45 = 54 books.
The answer: 54
What was the question?
Question: Darla has 6 books in her locker. Katie has half as many books as Darla, and Gary has 5 times the number of books that Darla and Katie have combined. How many books do the three have total?
Reasoning and answer: The marble statue has a volume of 2 * 2 * 8 = 32 cubic meters. So that means it has a weight of 2700 * 32 = 86,400 kg.
The answer: 86400
What was the question?
Question:
John carves a giant marble rectangular prism 8 meters tall with a 2-meter square base. It has a density of 2700 kg per cubic meter. How much does it weigh?