Reasoning and answer: If there are 12 uniforms, and the lab coats are 6 times as many as the number of uniforms, there are 6 * 12 = 72 lab coats. The total number of lab coats and uniforms in the lab is 72 + 12 = 84. If the number of lab techs is half the number of uniforms, then there are 12 / 2 = 6 lab techs. If they share the lab coats and uniforms equally, each lab tech will get 84 / 6 = 14 lab coats and uniforms.
The answer: 14
What was the question?
Question: There are 6 times as many lab coats as uniforms in the lab. The number of lab techs is half of the number of uniforms. If there are 12 uniforms in the lab, and the lab techs share the coats and uniforms equally among them, how many coats and uniforms in total does each lab tech get?
Greg and Sarah will split their apples, so 18 apples / 2 = 9 apples per child. Susan has 2 * 9 apples = 18 apples. Mark has 18 apples - 5 apples = 13 apples. Combined the children have 9 apples + 9 apples + 18 apples + 13 apples = 49 apples. Mom will have 49 apples - 40 apples = 9 apples left over.
The answer: 9
Reverse engineering the question: Greg and Sarah have 18 apples that they are going to split evenly. Susan has twice as many apples as Greg will end up with. Mark has 5 fewer apples than Susan. Their mom needs 40 apples to make an apple pie. How many will she have left over?
Reasoning and answer: If Lexie takes 20 minutes to run a mile, Celia takes 20 / 2 = 10 minutes to run the same distance since she is twice as fast. Celia takes 10 minutes to run one mile so it will take 10 * 30 = 300 minutes to run 30 miles.
The answer: 300
What was the question?
Question: Celia runs twice as fast as Lexie. If it takes Lexie 20 minutes to run a mile, how long, in minutes, will it take Celia to 30 miles?
During the weekdays it was visited by 100 * 5 = 500 people. On Sunday and Saturday, it was visited by 200 + 300 = 500 people. In total 500 + 500 = 1000 people visited the park in a week. So it earned 1000 * 3 = 3000 dollars in a week.
The answer: 3000
Reverse engineering the question: An amusement park sells tickets for $3. This week it welcomed 100 people per day but on Saturday it was visited by 200 people and on Sunday by 300. How much money did it make overall in a week?
Reasoning and answer: 20 minutes is 20 / 60 = 1 / 3 of an hour. Ms. Warren ran 6 / 3 = 2 miles. 30 minutes is 30 / 60 = 1 / 2 of an hour. Ms. Warren walked 2 / 2 = 1 mile. Ms Warren ran and walked 2 + 1 = 3 miles in total.
The answer: 3
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Question: Ms. Warren ran at 6 mph for 20 minutes. After the run, she walked at 2 mph for 30 minutes. How many miles did she run and walk in total?
Reasoning and answer: One less than 5 is 5 - 1 = 4. If one tarantula egg sac can contain 1000 tarantulas, then four egg sacs can hold 4 * 1000 = 4000 tarantula babies. If each tarantula baby has eight legs, the 4 egg sacs can contain 4000 * 8 = 32,000 baby tarantula legs.
The answer: 32000
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Question:
If a tarantula has eight legs, and one tarantula egg sac can contain 1000 tarantulas, how many baby tarantula legs would be in one less than 5 egg sacs?