Reasoning and answer: Matt would have walked for 220 / 20 = 11 minutes. Tom would have gone up by 11 * 5 = 55 steps more. Tom would have gone up by 220 + 55 = 275 steps.
The answer: 275
What was the question?
Question: Matt and Tom both walk up the stairs of the library. Matt goes up the stairs 20 steps per minute. Tom goes up the stairs 5 steps per minute more than Matt. If Matt has reached 220 steps above the entrance, how many steps will Tom have gone up by that time?
Classroom A raised 2 x $20 = $40 from two families. They raised 8 x $10 = $80 from eight families. They raised 10 x $5 = $50 from ten families. Altogether, they raised $40 + $80 + $50 = $170. Therefore, they need $200 - $170 = $30 more to reach the goal.
The answer: 30
Reverse engineering the question: A school is planning a community outreach program. Each classroom must raise $200 for this activity. Classroom A has raised $20 from each of two families, $10 from each of eight families, and $5 from each of ten families. How much more money does Classroom A need in order to reach the goal?
Reasoning and answer: His dining room is 4 walls and he has already removed 1 wall of wallpaper so that leaves 4 - 1 = 3 walls in the dining room. He has 3 walls left in the dining room and 4 in his living room for a total of 3 + 4 = 7 walls. It takes 2 hours to remove wallpaper from just 1 wall and he has 7 more to go so it will take him 2 * 7 = 14 hours.
The answer: 14
What was the question?
Question: Eric spent 2 hours removing wallpaper from just 1 wall of his 4 walled dining room. He also needs to remove wallpaper from his 4 walled living room. How many hours will it take him to remove the remaining wallpaper?
If Jacob has 18 hours left to finish his homework, Greg has 18 - 6 = 12 hours left to finish his homework. The total number of hours Jacob and Greg have left to finish their homework is 12 + 18 = 30 hours. Patrick has 4 hours less than twice Greg has left to finish his homework, meaning Patrick has 4 hours less than 12 * 2 = 24 hours left to finish his homework. Patrick has 24 - 4 = 20 hours left to finish his homework. Altogether, the three have 30 + 20 = 50 hours left to finish their homework.
The answer: 50
Reverse engineering the question: Patrick has 4 hours less than twice the amount of time that Greg has left to finish his homework. Greg has six hours less than Jacob left to finish his homework. If Jacob has 18 hours left to finish his homework, calculate the total number of hours they all have left to finish their homework?
Reasoning and answer: Each kettle has 15 hawks that get pregnant and each one yields 4 babies per pregnancy so there are 15 * 4 = 60 babies expected per kettle. If 60 baby hawks are expected per kettle and the ornithologists are tracking 6 kettles total then there are 60 * 6 = 360 baby hawks expected across all six kettles this breeding season. If there 25% of eggs do not hatch, then we are looking for 25 (percent that do not make it) / 100 (total number of babies expected) = .25 (percentage converted to decimal form for the proportion of expected baby hawks to be lost). The total number of baby hawks expected equals 360 * .25 expected los s = 90 babies not expected to hatch (lost). There are 360 total number of baby hawks expected and there are 90 babies expected to be lost so 360 - 90 = 270 remaining baby hawks expected this breeding season.
The answer: 270
What was the question?
Question: A group of hawks is called a kettle. It is breeding season for hawks. A group of ornithologists are tracking 6 kettles of hawks. Each kettle has an average of 15 pregnancies that yield 4 babies per batch. How many babies are expected this season if approximately 25% are lost?
Reasoning and answer: His favorite player scored 150 total points that week because 30 plus 28 plus 32 plus 34 plus 26 equals 150. He averaged 30 points a game because 150 divided by 5 equals 30. He gets paid $10,000 because that's how much he gets if he averages 30 or more points that week.
The answer: 10000
What was the question?
Question:
James's favorite basketball player got paid based on how many points he averaged each week. He gets $10,000 if he averages 30 or more points a game and $8,000 if he averages under 30 points a game. For his last week, in the first game he scored 30 points and in the second game he scored 28 points. In the third game he scored 32 points. In the fourth game he scored 34 points and in the fifth game he scored 26 points. How much does he get paid for the week?