Reasoning and answer: There are 18 / 3 = 6 female contestants. There are 18 - 6 = 12 male contestants.
The answer: 12
What was the question?
Question: A third of the contestants at a singing competition are female, and the rest are male. If there are 18 contestants in total, how many of them are male?
The cost of laundering all of Leo's trousers is 10 * 9 = 90 dollars. Since the total bill was 140 dollars, this means that all the shirts were cleaned for 140 - 90 = 50 dollars. As each shirt is cleaned at 5 dollars, Sudsy Laundry therefore laundered a total of 50 / 5 = 10 shirts. The missing shirts are therefore 10 - 2 = 8 shirts.
The answer: 8
Reverse engineering the question: On Tuesday last week, Leo dropped off 10 pairs of trousers and some shirts at Sudsy Laundry. He was given a bill of $140, charged at $5 per shirt and $9 for each pair of trousers. When he went to pick up his clothes yesterday, the attendant insisted that he had only dropped off 2 shirts. Leo reported the matter to the manager, who ordered the attendant to search for the rest of Leo's shirts. How many shirts were missing?
Reasoning and answer: The total number of jewelry Jessy had before going to the store is 10 necklaces + 15 earrings = 25. At the store, Jessy bought 2 / 3 * 15 = 10 earrings. When she got back from the store, Jessy received 1 / 5 * 10 = 2 more earrings than the ones she bought at the store from her mother. The total number of earrings Jessy received from her mother is 2 + 10 = 12 earrings. The total number of earrings Jesy has after being given 12 more from her mother is 10 + 12 = 22 earrings outside the jewelry box. When Jessy puts all the jewelry in the box, the total number becomes 22 new earrings + 10 new necklaces + 25(the total number of jewelry she had before) = 57.
The answer: 57
What was the question?
Question: A jewelry box has 10 necklaces and 15 earrings. Jessy goes to the jewelry stores and buys 10 more necklaces and 2/3 as many earrings as before. After returning home, her mother gives her 1/5 times more earrings than the number she purchased at the store. Calculate the total number of jewelry pieces Jessy has in her box if she puts all of them together.
After giving 18 apples to Zenny, Yanna remained with 60 - 18 = 42 apples. Since she also gave Andrea 6 apples, Yanna remained with 42 - 6 = 36 apples. Therefore, Yanna kept 36 apples.
The answer: 36
Reverse engineering the question: Yanna bought 60 apples. She gave eighteen apples to Zenny. She gave six more apples to Andrea and kept the rest. How many apples did she keep?
Reasoning and answer: The cost of 2 liters of mustard oil is $13 x 2 = $26. The cost of 3 pounds of gluten - free penne pasta is $4 x 3 = $12. So, Jerry spent a total of $26 + $12 + $5 = $43 for grocery shopping. Thus, Jerry will have $50 - $43 = $7 for himself.
The answer: 7
What was the question?
Question: Jerry was asked by her mom to do grocery shopping. He needs to buy 2 liters of mustard oil that costs $13 per liter, 3 pounds of gluten-free penne pasta that costs $4 per pound, and 1 pound of pasta sauce that costs $5. If Jerry can keep the rest of the $50 after grocery shopping, how much money will he have?
Reasoning and answer: He wants to rent for 20 days and there is a deal if you rent for 14 days so that leaves 20 - 14 = 6 individual days. Each individual day is $50.00 and he will have 6 individual days for a total of 50 * 6 = $300.00. 14 days costs $500.00 and 6 days costs $300.00 for a total of 500 + 300 = $800.00.
The answer: 800
What was the question?
Question:
Jason has a carriage house that he rents out. He's charging $50.00 per day or $500.00 for 14 days. Eric wants to rent the house for 20 days. How much will it cost him?