Reasoning and answer: If 20 slices are sufficient for a meal to feed a single person, then to feed eight Thelma will need 8 * 20 = 160 slices of tomato. At 8 slices per tomato, Thelma will need 160 / 8 = 20 tomatoes to feed a family of 8.
The answer: 20
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Question: To make fried green tomatoes, Thelma cuts each green tomato into 8 slices before cooking them up. If 20 slices of fried green tomato make a meal for a single person, how many tomatoes will Thelma need to make enough fried green tomatoes to feed a family of 8 for a single meal?
Let x represent the number of cans Rachel brought in. Jaydon:5 + 2x. Mark:4(5 + 2x) = 20 + 8x. Total:x + 5 + 2x + 20 + 8x = 135. 11x + 25 = 135. 11x = 110. x = 10. Mark: 20 + 8(10) = 100 cans.
The answer: 100
Reverse engineering the question: A local school is holding a food drive. Mark brings in 4 times as many cans as Jaydon. Jaydon brings in 5 more than twice the amount of cans that Rachel brought in. If there are 135 cans total, how many cans did Mark bring in?
Reasoning and answer: There will be 30 kids playing soccer and 2 granola bars for each kid, 30 x 2 = 60 granola bars total. Each box of granola bars has 12 in it, so Katie's mother needs 60 granola bars / 12 bars each box = 5 boxes.
The answer: 5
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Question: Katie's mother wants to get granola bars for all the kids to eat after Katie's soccer game. There will be 30 kids playing soccer, including Katie. Katie's mother wants to get 2 granola bars for each kid, since the bars are not that big and she figures the kids will be very hungry. Each box of granola bars has 12 bars in it. How many boxes should Katie's mother buy?
He drives each vehicle 150 miles because 450 / 3 = 150. The first car will need 3 gallons of gas because 150 / 50 = 3. The second car will need 15 gallons of gas because 150 / 10 = 15. The third car will need 10 gallons of gas because 150 / 15 = 10. He will need 28 gallons in total because 3 + 15 + 10 = 28. This will cost him $56 because 28 x $2 = $56.
The answer: 56
Reverse engineering the question: Arnold owns three cars. The first car averages 50 miles per gallon of gas. The second car averages 10 miles per gallon of gas. And the third car averages 15 miles per gallon of gas. He splits his 450-mile monthly driving mileage equally amongst his three cars. If gas costs $2 per gallon, how much does he spend on gas each month?
Reasoning and answer: Mona has 27 / 3 = 9 cheese crackers. Nicholas has 9 + 6 = 15 cheese crackers.
The answer: 15
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Question: Marcus has three times as many cheese crackers as Mona. Nicholas has 6 more crackers than Mona. If Marcus has 27 crackers, how many crackers does Nicholas have?
Reasoning and answer: The sum of the bills of the family in the first 4 months is $30 / month x 4 months = $120. The sum of the bills of the family in the last 2 months is $24 / month x $2 = $48. The sum of the bills of the family over the 6 months is $120 + $48 = $168. Hence, their average monthly bill is $168 / 6 months = $28 / month.
The answer: 28
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Question:
A family's water and electricity bills average $30 a month for the first 4 months and $24 a month for the last 2 months. If the family's bills were averaged over all 6 months, what would the average monthly bill be?