Reasoning and answer: Sarah's name has 5 letters, so the first number to add is 5. The second number is twice Sarah's age, so it is 2 * 9 = 18. Adding the numbers together, the game predicts that Sarah will get married at 5 + 18 = 23 years old.
The answer: 23
What was the question?
Question: Diane shows Sarah a game that deciphers at what age she will marry based on her name and current age. Sarah is 9 years old. The game consists of adding the number of letters in the player's name plus twice the player's age. According to the game, at what age will Sarah get married?
There are 64 / 8 = 8 rows of bean seedlings. There are 84 / 7 = 12 rows of pumpkin seedlings. There are 48 / 6 = 8 rows of radishes. Thus, there are a total of 8 + 12 + 8 = 28 rows of vegetables. Therefore, the farmer had 28 / 2 = 14 plant beds.
The answer: 14
Reverse engineering the question: A farmer plants his vegetables in neat rows. He has 64 bean seedlings and plants 8 seedlings in a row. He also has 84 pumpkin seeds and plants 7 seeds in a row. Recently, he planted 48 radishes with 6 radishes in a row. If the farmer plants two rows per plant bed, how many plant beds did he have for all his plants?
Reasoning and answer: The number of inhabitants of Salem is 15 * 58940 = 884100 inhabitants. But some have moved, so there are 884100 - 130000 = 754100 inhabitants left. Of these, 754100 / 2 = 377050 are women.
The answer: 377050
What was the question?
Question: Salem is 15 times the size of Leesburg. Leesburg has 58940 people. If 130000 people move out of Salem, and half of Salem's population is women, how many women live in Salem?
Sarah has 12 / 6 = 2 pencils. Tim has 8 * 2 = 16 pencils.
The answer: 16
Reverse engineering the question: Tyrah has six times as many pencils as Sarah has. Tim has eight times as many pencils as Sarah. If Tyrah has 12 pencils, how many does Tim have?
Reasoning and answer: Tamara had 2 x 8 = 16 big square brownie pieces. Each brownie piece cost $32 / 16 = $2.
The answer: 2
What was the question?
Question: At the bake sale, Tamara makes $32 from the brownies. She made 2 pans of brownies which were all sold. The brownies were cut into 8 big square pieces. How much did each brownie cost?
Reasoning and answer: John earnt $18 / 2 = $9 on Sunday. In total, John made $18 + $9 + $20 = $47 over the two weekends. John needs $60 - $47 = $13 extra to buy the pogo stick.
The answer: 13
What was the question?
Question:
John earned $18 on Saturday but he only managed to earn half that amount on Sunday. He earned $20 the previous weekend. How much more money does he need to earn to give him the $60 he needs to buy a new pogo stick?