Reasoning and answer: First find how many cherries Jerry can pick in one hour: 300 cherries / 2 hours = 150 cherries / hour. Then multiply the number of quarts of syrup by the number of cherries per quart to find the total number of quarts Jerry needs: 500 cherries / quart * 9 quarts = 4500 cherries. Then divide the total number of cherries by the number of cherries he picks per hour to find the number of hours the cherry - picking takes: 4500 cherries / 150 cherries / hour = 30 hours. Then add the time it takes him to make the syrup to find the total time: 30 hours + 3 hours = 33 hours.
The answer: 33
What was the question?
Question: Jerry is making cherry syrup. He needs 500 cherries per quart of syrup. It takes him 2 hours to pick 300 cherries and 3 hours to make the syrup. How long will it take him to make 9 quarts of syrup?
Lola and Dora together have $9 / person x 2 people = $18. After buying the deck of cards they had $18 - $10 = $8. With 8 dollars they bought $8 / $2 / pack = 4 packs of stickers. Dora received 4 packs / 2 people = 2 packs of stickers.
The answer: 2
Reverse engineering the question: Lola and Dora combined their allowance of $9 each to buy a deck of playing cards for $10, they also bought $2 boxes of stickers and split the boxes evenly. How many packs of stickers did Dora get?
Reasoning and answer: Merry had a total of 50 + 25 = 75 boxes of apples. These 75 boxes is equal to 75 x 10 = 750 apples. There were 750 - 720 = 30 apples left. Thus, 30 / 10 = 3 boxes of apples are left.
The answer: 3
What was the question?
Question: Merry had 50 boxes of apples on Saturday and 25 boxes on Sunday. There were 10 apples in each box. If she sold a total of 720 apples on Saturday and Sunday, how many boxes of apples are left?
Let x represent the number of stamps for AJ. KJ:x / 2 stamps. CJ:5 + 2(x / 2) = 5 + x. Total:x + (x / 2) + 5 + x = 930. (5 / 2)x + 5 = 930. (5 / 2)x = 925. x = 925(2 / 5) = 370 stamps.
The answer: 370
Reverse engineering the question: CJ, KJ, and AJ collect stamps. CJ has 5 more than twice the number of stamps that KJ has, and KJ has half as many as AJ. If the three boys have 930 stamps all together, how many stamps does AJ have?
Reasoning and answer: The pumpkin patch sold 96 / 3 = 32 pumpkins. They have 83 - 32 = 51 pumpkins left. Thus, the pumpkin patch will produce 51 / 3 = 17 cans of pie filling.
The answer: 17
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Question: A pumpkin patch allows people to come pick pumpkins to carve in the fall every year. They charge $3 per person for a pumpkin. The remaining pumpkins get turned into cans of pie filling, 3 pumpkins to a can. They grew 83 pumpkins this year and made $96 selling pumpkins for carving. How many cans of pie filling will the pumpkin patch produce?
Reasoning and answer: The factory creates 300 gummy bears a minute, which means it produces 300 / 50 = 6 packets of gummy bears per minute. It would take 240 / 6 = 40 minutes to manufacture enough gummy bears to fill 240 packets.
The answer: 40
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Question:
The gummy bear factory manufactures 300 gummy bears a minute. Each packet of gummy bears has 50 gummy bears inside. How long would it take for the factory to manufacture enough gummy bears to fill 240 packets, in minutes?