The museum has 2 * 12 + 1 = 25 paintings displayed in the painting wings. There are 4 times as many artifacts displayed, so there are 25 * 4 = 100 artifacts. There are 8 wings and 3 are painting wings, so there are 8 - 3 = 5 artifact wings. Each artifact wing has 100 / 5 = 20 artifacts in it.
The answer: 20
Reverse engineering the question: A museum has eight different wings displaying four times as many artifacts as paintings displayed. Three of the wings are dedicated to paintings. The artifacts are divided evenly among the remaining wings. One painting is so large it takes up an entire wing, and the other two wings house 12 smaller paintings each. How many artifacts are in each artifact wing?
Reasoning and answer: When 43 books were checked out on Wednesday, Suzy remained with 98 - 43 = 55 books. After 23 books were returned on Thursday, she ended with 55 + 23 = 78 books. However, 5 books were checked out on the same day meaning that 78 - 5 = 73 books were left. After 7 books were returned on Friday, Suzy had 73 + 7 = 80 books.
The answer: 80
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Question: When Suzy the librarian sat at her desk on Wednesday morning, she had 98 books ready for checkout. The same day, 43 books were checked out. The following day, 23 books were returned, but 5 books were checked out. On Friday, 7 books were returned. How many books did Suzy have?
Tony drank yesterday 100% - 4% = 96% of what he drank two days ago. Since 96% is 48 ounces, then every 1% is equal to 48 / 96 = 0.5 ounces of water. So, Tony drank 0.5 x 100 = 50 ounces two days ago.
The answer: 50
Reverse engineering the question: Tony tries to drink more water, so he has been tracking how much water he drinks. Yesterday, he drank 48 ounces of water, which is 4% less than what he drank two days ago. How much water did Tony drink two days ago?
Reasoning and answer: Micah had to buy 6 * 2 = 12 stamps for 6 envelopes less than 5 pounds. He has 52 - 12 = 40 more stamps to buy. There are 40 / 5 = 8 envelopes that weigh more than 5 pounds. Micah needed to buy 8 + 6 = 14 envelopes.
The answer: 14
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Question: Micah bought envelopes to send, and depending on the weight of the envelope he will need more stamps. If an envelope weighs more than 5 pounds, he will need 5 stamps. If it weighs less than that, it will only need 2 stamps. If he bought 52 stamps with 6 envelopes that weigh less than 5 pounds, how many envelopes in total did Micah need to buy?
Ellianna cooking 40 herrings with 40 oz of fat each gives her 40 * 40 = 1600 oz of fat. If Ellianna also cooked 40 eels with 20 oz of fat each, she got 40 * 20 = 800 0z of fat. All the herrings and eels together have a total fat content of 1600 + 800 = 2400 oz of fat. A pike, with 10 more oz of fat than an eel, has 10 + 20 = 30 oz of fat. Cooking 40 pikes gives 40 * 30 = 1200 oz of fat. Since Ellianna cooked all the fish, she had 1200 + 2400 = 3600 oz of fat in her serving.
The answer: 3600
Reverse engineering the question: A herring has 40 oz of fat, an eel 20 oz, and a pike 10 more oz of fat than an eel. If Ellianna cooked and served 40 fish of each type, calculate how many ounces of fat she served.
First find the number of times Missy yells at the stubborn dog: 4 * 12 times = 48 times. Then add the number of times she yells at the obedient dog to find the total number of times she yells: 48 times + 12 times = 60 times.
The answer: 60
Reverse engineering the question:
Missy has an obedient dog and a stubborn dog. She has to yell at the stubborn dog four times for every one time she yells at the obedient dog. If she yells at the obedient dog 12 times, how many times does she yell at both dogs combined?