Reasoning and answer: Using buy - 1 - get - 1 - free pricing, it costs 1 * $5 = $5 to buy 2 triple cheese pizzas. At $5 per 2 pizzas, it costs $5 / 2 = $2.5 per triple cheese pizza. Using buy - 2 - get - 1 - free pricing, it costs 2 * $5 = $10 to buy 3 meat lovers pizzas. At $10 per three pizzas, it cost $10 / 3 = $3 and $1 / 3 per meat lovers pizza. With the buy - 1 - get - 1 - free pricing, 10 triple cheese pizzas are 10 * $2.5 = $25. With the buy - 2 - get - 1 - free pricing, 9 meat lovers pizzas are 9 * ($3 + $1 / 3) = $30. In total, for 10 triple cheese and 9 meat lovers pizzas, it will cost $25 + $30 = $55.
The answer: 55
What was the question?
Question: Piazzanos Pizzeria has a buy-1-get-1-free special on triple cheese pizzas, and a buy-2-get-1-free special on meat lovers pizzas. If the standard price for a pizza is $5, how much does it cost, in dollars, to purchase 10 triple cheese and 9 meat lovers pizzas using the special pricing?
Janet paid with $20 and got back $11, so her muffins cost $20 - $11 = $9. Each muffin cost 75 cents, so she bought 9 / .75 = 12 muffins.
The answer: 12
Reverse engineering the question: Janet bought some muffins at the bakery. Each muffin is 75 cents. Janet paid $20 and got $11 in change back. How many muffins did Janet buy?
Reasoning and answer: First figure out how long it takes to help one toddler: 4 minutes + 3 minutes = 7 minutes. Then multiply the time per toddler by the number of toddlers: 7 minutes / toddler * 2 toddlers = 14 minutes. Now add the time spent helping the toddlers to the time Jack spends on his own shoes: 14 minutes + 4 minutes = 18 minutes.
The answer: 18
What was the question?
Question: Jack needs to put his shoes on, then help both his toddlers tie their shoes. If it takes Jack 4 minutes to put his shoes on, and three minutes longer to help each toddler with their shoes, how long does it take them to get ready?
The basketball team earned 50 x $2 = $100 from selling cupcakes. They also earned 40 x 0.5 = $20 from selling cookies. So their total earnings was $100 + $20 = $120. The two basketballs cost $40 x 2 = $80. Thus, $120 - $80 = $40 was used to buy the 20 bottles of energy drinks. Therefore, each bottle of energy drink costs $40 / 20 = $2.
The answer: 2
Reverse engineering the question: The basketball team sold 50 cupcakes for $2 each and 40 cookies for $0.5 each. Then the money from their sales was used to buy two basketballs that cost $40 each. The rest of the money was used to buy 20 bottles of energy drinks. How much does a bottle of energy drink cost?
Reasoning and answer: Violet has 27 - 3 = 24 nails, twice the number of nails that Tickletoe has. Therefore, Tickletoe has 1 / 2 * 24 = 12 nails. Together, Tickletoe and Violet have 12 + 27 = 39 nails.
The answer: 39
What was the question?
Question: Violet has 3 more than twice as many nails as Tickletoe. If Violet has 27 nails, how many nails do they have together?
Reasoning and answer: Kimberley and Houston collected 10 + 12 = 22 pounds of firewood. You can find how much Ela collected by subtracting that amount from the total amount collected: 35 - 22 = 13 pounds.
The answer: 13
What was the question?
Question:
Kimberley, Ela, and Houston all are sent to collect firewood by their grammy. Kimberley collects ten pounds of firewood, and Houston collects 12 pounds of firewood. If the three of them managed to collect a total of 35 pounds of firewood, how many pounds were collected by Ela?