Reasoning and answer: Wraps add 600 * .25 = 150 pounds to his lift. So they add 150 - 30 = 120 pounds more than sleeves.
The answer: 120
What was the question?
Question: John has a raw squat of 600 pounds without sleeves or wraps. Sleeves add 30 pounds to his lift. Wraps add 25% to his squat. How much more pounds does he get out of wraps versus sleeves.
Let the number of square feet in Benedict's house be x. So, we can write the equation 4 * x + 600 = 10000. Subtracting 600 from both sides we get 4 * x = 9400. Dividing both sides by 4 we get x = 2350 square feet.
The answer: 2350
Reverse engineering the question: Kennedy's house is 600 square feet larger than 4 times Benedict's house. If Kennedy's house is 10000 square feet, how many square feet is Benedict's house?
Reasoning and answer: The height of the sunflowers from Packet A is the same as the height of the sunflowers from Packet B + 20%. If Y represents the height of the sunflowers from Packet B, Y + 0.20Y = the height of sunflowers from Packet A. We know the height of the sunflowers from Packet A is 192 inches = Y + 0.20Y or 1.2Y. To figure out Y, we would divide both sides of the equation by 1.2, like this: 192 / 1.2 = 1.2Y / 1.2 or 160 = Y.
The answer: 160
What was the question?
Question: Melody planted sunflowers from two different seed packets. She found that the sunflowers from Packet A were 20% taller than the sunflowers from Packet B. If the sunflowers from Packet A were 192 inches tall, how tall were the sunflowers from Packet B?
The clay pot costs $20 + $9 = $29. The bag of soil costs $9 - $2 = $7. The cost to plant the flowers is $9 + $29 + $7 = $45.
The answer: 45
Reverse engineering the question: The flowers cost $9, the clay pot costs $20 more than the flower, and the bag of soil costs $2 less than the flower. How much does it cost to plant the flowers?
Reasoning and answer: First find the total number of tomatoes harvested: 18 plants * 7 tomatoes / plant = 126 tomatoes. Then divide that number by 2 to find how many tomatoes are left undried: 126 tomatoes / 2 = 63 tomatoes. Then divide that number by 3 to find how many tomatoes are turned into sauce: 63 tomatoes / 3 = 21 tomatoes. Then subtract that number from the number of undried tomatoes to find the remaining number of tomatoes: 63 tomatoes - 21 tomatoes = 42 tomatoes.
The answer: 42
What was the question?
Question: Andy harvests all the tomatoes from 18 plants that have 7 tomatoes each. If he dries half the tomatoes and turns a third of the remainder into marinara sauce, how many tomatoes are left?
Reasoning and answer: 60% of female alligators are adults because 100 - 40 = 60. There are 25 female alligators because 15 / .6 = 25. There are 50 alligators in total because 25 / .5 = 50. There are 25 male alligators because 50 / 2 = 25.
The answer: 25
What was the question?
Question:
Lagoon island is populated by alligators. Half the alligators are male. The rest are female. Among the females, 40% are juveniles. There are 15 adult females. How many male alligators are there?