Reasoning and answer: He bought 2 * 50 = 100 pages. It cost 5 * 100 = 500 cents. So he spent 500 / 100 = 5 cents per page.
The answer: 5
What was the question?
Question: James buys 2 notebooks with 50 pages each. He pays $5. How many cents did each page cost?
It's 2021 and Mark was born in 1976 so Mark is 2021 - 1976 = 45 years old. Graham is 3 years younger than Mark who is 45 so Graham is 45 - 3 = 42 years old. Janice is 1 / 2 the age of Graham who is 42 so Janice is 42 / 2 = 21 years old.
The answer: 21
Reverse engineering the question: It's February 2021. Mark was born in January 1976. Graham is 3 years younger than Mark, and Graham's sister, Janice, is 1/2 the age of Graham. How old is Janice?
Reasoning and answer: The total number of tabs in three windows of each browser is 10 * 3 = 30 tabs. If James had two browsers on his computer and in each browser he opened three windows, the total number of tabs in the two browsers is 2 * 30 = 60 tabs.
The answer: 60
What was the question?
Question: James had two browsers on his computer. In each browser, he opened three windows, each with ten tabs. What's the total number of tabs he opened in all the browsers together?
Oranges = 56 * 1 / 4 = 14 oranges. Peaches = half of oranges = 14 / 2 = 7 peaches. Apples = 5 * peaches = 5 * 7 = 35. There are 35 apples in the box.
The answer: 35
Reverse engineering the question: There are 56 pieces of fruit in a box. One-fourth of the box contains oranges. There are half as many peaches as oranges and five times as many apples as peaches. How many apples are in the box?
Reasoning and answer: The number of boxes of pizza is 8 + 10 = 18 boxes. The number of cans of soda is 10 + 15 = 25 cans. The eighteen boxes of pizza cost 18 x $14 = $252. The cost of 25 cans of soda is 25 x $1.80 = $45. Therefore, the total amount they spend is $252 + $45 = $297.
The answer: 297
What was the question?
Question: Two friends, Hubert and Ian, are planning to have a pizza party. One box of pizza is worth $14, and a can of soda is worth $1.80. Hubert orders eight boxes of pizza and ten cans of soda. Ian buys ten boxes of pizza and fifteen cans of soda. How much do they spend in all?
Reasoning and answer: Ursula's boss want's the commercial to be 30 / 100 * 30 = 9 seconds shorter. After Ursula makes the desired changes, the ad is going to be 30 - 9 = 21 seconds long.
The answer: 21
What was the question?
Question:
Ursula is working at a marketing firm. She created a 30-second long commercial. Her boss told her that this commercial is too long to air and told her to shorten the commercial by 30%. How long will this commercial be after Ursula makes the desired changes?